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Dr. Sum Ping Lee MD PHD
Gastroenterologist | Gastroenterology
1660 S Columbian Way Medicine (s111-Gi) Seattle WA, 98108About
Dr. Sum Lee is a gastroenterologist practicing in Seattle, WA. Dr. Lee specializes in the digestive system and its diseases that affect the gastrointestinal tract, which include organs from the mouth to the anus as well as liver disorders. Gastroenterology includes conditions such as hepatitis, peptic ulcer disease, colitis, nutritional problems and irritable bowel syndrome. Dr. Lee performs colonoscopy and endoscopy procedures and provides accurate and thorough care for patients suffering from digestive issues.
Education and Training
Chinese University of Hong Kong Faculty of Medicine 1970
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Gastroenterology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Myofibroblasts are responsible for the desmoplastic reaction surrounding human pancreatic carcinomas.
- Polarized cholesterol and phospholipid efflux in cultured gall-bladder epithelial
- Angiotensin II evokes calcium-mediated signaling events in isolated dog pancreatic epithelial cells.
- Expression of cytokine and chemokine mRNA and secretion of tumor necrosis factor-alpha by gallbladder epithelial cells: response to bacterial lipopolysaccharides.
- Epidemiology and natural history of common bile duct stones and prediction of disease.
- Gastrointestinal disorders of the critically ill. Biliary sludge and cholecystitis.
- Suppression of proliferative cholangitis in a rat model by local delivery of paclitaxel.
- Origin of oxysterols in hepatic bile of patients with biliary infection.
- Interaction of apolipoprotein A-I with lecithin-cholesterol vesicles in the presence of phospholipase C.
- Calcium binding to biliary mucins is dependent on sodium ion concentration: relevance to cystic fibrosis.
- Oxysterols from human bile induce apoptosis of canine gallbladder epithelial cells in monolayer culture.
- Aggregation kinetics of low density lipoproteins upon exposure to sphingomyelinase.
- Incidence, natural history, and risk factors for biliary sludge and stones during pregnancy.
- Contribution of metabolic factors to alanine aminotransferase activity in persons with other causes of liver disease.
- Combined interaction of phospholipase C and apolipoprotein A-I with small unilamellar lecithin-cholesterol vesicles: influence of apolipoprotein A-I concentration and vesicle composition.
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