Dr. Stephen Lee MD, MSc, FRCPC

Dr. Stephen Lee is an Associate Professor of Medicine as well as an Infectious Disease and Internal Medicine Physician with the University of Saskatchewan.

He completed his MD and his Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Alberta. This was followed by an Infectious Disease Fellowship at McMaster University. After his clinical training, he also obtained a Master of Science in Health and Clinical Informatics from Oregon Health and Science University and a Machine Learning Specialization Certificate.

During his work in Saskatchewan, he has had various leadership roles during the COVID-19 pandemic. He was the Clinical Co-Lead of the Therapeutics Expert Group, creating treatment guidelines for the province, and also the Co-Lead of the Early Therapeutics Program (monoclonal antibodies, paxlovid, remdesivir, and other outpatient COVID-19 treatments).

Clinically he has a wide range of practice ranging from both inpatient and outpatient infectious diseases (including HIV and viral hepatitis).

His research focuses on clinical informatics, data science, and machine learning within medicine.

Academic Advisor for Core Internal Medicine Residents

Clinical Teaching Unit (CTU) and Infectious Disease Rotation attending

• Lee SB. Development of a Chest X-Ray Machine Learning Convolutional Neural Network Model on a Budget and Using Artificial Intelligence Explainability Techniques to Analyze Patterns of Machine Learning Inference. JAMIA Open. 2024. 7(2):ooae035.
• Lee SB, Dai R, French E, Anzalone JA, Olex AL, Ge J, Schissel M, Agarwal G, Vinson A, Madhira V, Mannon RB. Risk Factors for Severe Outcomes of Coronavirus Disease 2019 through the Waves of the Pandemic: Comparing Patients with and Without Solid Organ Transplantation. Transplant Infectious Disease. 2024. In Press.
• Vinson AJ, Schissel M, Anzalone AJ, Dai R, French ET, Olex AL, Lee SB, Ison M, Mannon RB. The Prevalence of Post-Acute Sequalae of COVID-19 in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: Evaluation of Risk in the National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C). Am J Transplant. June 2024.
• Grant JM, Lam J, Goyal SV, Lother S, Kassim SS, Lee SB, Chan J, Girouard G, Barrett L, Takaya S, Piszczek J, Vinh DC, Findlater AR, Saxinger L. AMMI Canada Practice Point: Updated Recommendations for Treatment of Adults with Symptomatic COVID-19 in 2023-2024. JAMMI. 2024. 8(4):245-252.
• Wu LZ, Orlowski TM, Karunatilake M, Lee S, Mondal P, Kogilwaimath S, Bursztyn LLCD. Prognostic Effect of HIV on Visual Acuity in Ocular Syphilis: A Systematic Review. Eye. 2023. 37(15):3271-3281.
• Murphy TJ, Swail H, Jain J, Anderson M, Awadalla P, Behl L, Brown PE, Charlton CL, Colwill K, Drews SJ, Gingras AC, Hinshaw D, Jha P, Kanji JN, Kirsh VA, Lang AL, Langlois MA, Lee S, Lewin A, O'Brien SF, Pambrun C, Skead K, Stephens DA, Stein DR, Tipples G, Van Caeseele PG, Evans TG, Oxlade O, Mazer BD, Buckeridge DL. The Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence in Canada: A Time-Series Study, 2020-2023. CMAJ. 2023. 195(31):E1030-1037.
• LeBras M, Crawley A, Legge M, Takaya S, Lee S, Regier L. Nirmatrelvir-Ritonavir for Nonhospitalized Patients with COVID-19: Case-Based Approach to Assessment and Treatment. Can Fam Physician. 2023. 69(8): 546.
• Lanigan A, Mailman JF, Kassir S, Schmidt K, Lee SB, Sy E. Treatments and Outcomes of Critically Ill Patients with Candida spp. Colonization of the Lower Respiratory Tract in Regina, Saskatchewan. 2023. Can J Hosp Pharm. 76(4):309.
• Vinson AJ, Anzalone AJ, Sun J, Dai R, Agarwal G, Lee SB, French E, Olex A, Ison MG, Mannon RB, N3C Consortium. The Risk and Consequences of Breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients Relative to Non-Immunosuppressed Controls. Am J Transplant. June 2022. 10.1111
• Vinson AJ, Dai R, Agarwal G, Anzalone AJ, Lee SB, French E, Olex AL, Madhira V, Mannon RB. Sex and Organ-Specific Risk of Major Adverse Renal or Cardiac Events in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients with COVID-19. American Journal of Transplantation. Oct 2021. 16865.
• Vinson AJ, Agarwal G, Anzalone AJ, Lee SB, French E, Olex A, Madhira V, Mannon R. COVID-19 in Solid Organ Transplantation (SOT): Results of the National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C). Oct 2021. Transplantation Direct. 7(11):e775.
• Lee SB, Valerius J. mHealth Interventions to Promote Anti-Retroviral Adherence in HIV: Narrative Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research. Aug 2020. 8(8):e14739.
• Lee SB, Thirion DJG, Irfan N, Sung M, Brooks A, Al-Mutawa F, Frenette C, Mertz D. Antimicrobial Utilization Data: Does Point Prevalence Data Correlate with Defined Daily Doses? Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2019 Aug. 40(8):920-921
• Wang MK, Chin-Yee B, Lo CK, Lee S, El-Helou P, Alowami S, Gangji A, Ribic C. Crusted Scabies in a Renal Transplant Recipient Treated with Daily Ivermectin: A Case Report and Literature Review. Transplant Infectious Disease. 2019 June. 21(3):e13077
• Lee S, Saxinger L, Mang M, Prado V, Fernandez J, Kumar D, Gonzalez-Abraldes J, Keough A, Bastiampillai R, Carbonneau M, Fernandez J, Tandon P. Bacterial Infections in Acute Variceal Hemorrhage Despite Antibiotics – A Multicentre Study of Predictors and Impact. United European Gastroenterology Journal. 2017 Dec. 5(8):1090-1099

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