Yeong Yeh LeeDr. Yeong Yeh Lee graduated from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and continued his post-graduate training in internal medicine in the same institution. After his gastroenterology fellowship with the Ministry of Health of Malaysia, he went on to complte his PhD with Kenneth McColl at Glasgow, United Kingdom. Subsequently he did his post-doctoral fellowship with Satish Rao, co-editor and mentor, at Augusta University but also spent time at the University of North Carolina (UNC) Center for Functional GI & Motility Disorder with an award from the American College of Physicians. Currently, he is Professor of Medicine, Clinical Consultant and Director of GI Function & Motility Lab in his alma mater, USM. Dr. Lee serves as editors of several international journals and steering committee members of Malaysian Society of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, World Gastroenterology Organization and a few regional working groups but also the scientific chairs of meetings including Asian Pacific Digestive Week. He speaks regularly at international and local meetings. Dr. Lee also trained GI fellows and supervised PhDs and post-doctoral fellows. He has received many accolades including the AGA-Moti L. and Kamla Rustgi International Award 2012, the Outstanding Young Malaysian Award 2015 and most recently the Top Research Scientist of Malaysia 2018. He authored and co-authored 7 book chapters and more than 150 highly-cited articles. Read More Read Less