Sunyoung S. Lee, M.D., Ph.D.

Sunyoung S. Lee, M.D., Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Her research focuses on hepatobiliary malignancies, specifically hepatocellular carcinoma, intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, gallbladder cancer, and fibrolamellar carcinoma. Her recent work investigates the clinical determinants of immunotherapy response, including the obesity paradox in cholangiocarcinoma, predictive immune biomarkers, and population-specific immunogenomic alterations. She has also published on HER2-targeted therapies across biliary tract cancers and neoadjuvant immunotherapy in liver transplant recipients. Her research integrates molecular pathology, surgical oncology, and translational immunology to improve prognostic stratification and therapeutic outcomes in hepatobiliary cancers.