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Hun Ju Lee

Present Title & Affiliation

Primary Appointment

Assistant Professor, Department of Lymphoma/Myeloma, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Education & Training

Degree-Granting Education

2006 University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, MBA, School of Management
2006 University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, MD, School of Medicine
2001 University of Buffalo, New York, NY, BS, Magna cum laude, Biochemical Pharmacology

Postgraduate Training

7/2011-6/2012 Clinical Fellowship, Leukemia Fellowship, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
7/2009-6/2011 Clinical Fellowship, Medical Oncology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY
7/2006-6/2009 Clinical Residency, Internal Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY

Board Certifications

10/2009 American Board of Internal Medicine

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Original Research Articles
1. Lee HJ, Daver N, Kantarjian HM, Verstovsek S, Ravandi F. The Role of JAK Pathway Dysregulation in the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Clin Cancer Res 19(2):327-35, 1/2013. e-Pub 12/2012. PMID: 23209034.
2. Lee HJ, Licht AS, Hyland AJ, Ford LA, Sait SN, Block AW, Barcos M, Baer MR, Wang ES, Wetzler M. Is obesity a prognostic factor for acute myeloid leukemia outcome? Ann Hematol 91(3):359-65, 3/2012. e-Pub 9/2011. PMID: 21935651.
3. Kumar SK, Lee JH, Lahuerta JJ, Morgan G, Richardson PG, Crowley J, Haessler J, Feather J, Hoering A, Moreau P, Leleu X, Hulin C, Klein SK, Sonneveld P, Siegel D, Bladé J, Goldschmidt H, Jagannath S, Miguel JS, Orlowski R, Palumbo A, Sezer O, Rajkumar SV, Durie BG, on behalf of the International Myeloma Working Group, International Myeloma Working Group, Abildgaard N, Abonour R, Alexanian R, Alsina M, Anderson KC, Attal M, Avet-Loiseau H, Badros A, Baris D, Barlogie B, Bataille R, Beksaç M, Belch A, Ben-Yehuda D, Bensinger B, Leif Bergsagel P, Bird J, Bladé J, Boccadoro M, Cavo M, Chanan-Khan A, Ming Chen W, Child T, Chim J, Chng WJ, Comenzo R, Crowley J, Dalton W, Davies F, de Souza C, Delforge M, Dimopoulos M, Dispenzieri A, Drach J, Drake M, Durie BG, Einsele H, Facon T, Fantl D, Fermand JP, Fonseca R, Gahrton G, García-Sanz R, Gasparetto C, Gertz M, Gibson J, Giralt S, Goldschmidt H, Greipp P, Hajek R, Hardan I, Hari P, Harousseau JL, Hata H, Hattori Y, Heffner T, Ho J, Hungria V, Ida S, Jacobs P, Jagannath S, Johnsen H, Jian H, Joshua D, Jurczyszyn A, Kawano M, Kröger N, Kumar S, Kyle RA, Lacy M, Lahuerta JJ, Landgren O, Laubach J, Lee JH, Leleu X, Lentzsch S, Lokhorst H, Lonial S, Ludwig H, Maiolino A, Mateos M, Mehta J, Mellqvist UH, Merlini G, Mikhael J, Morales AR, Moreau P, Morgan G, Nari H, Munshi N, Niesvizky R, Nouel A, Novis Y, Orlowski R, Palumbo A, Pavlovsky S, Pilarski L, Powles R, Raje N, Vincent Rajkumar S, Reece D, Reiman T, Richardson PG, Roodman D, Rosiñol L, Miguel JS, Sezer O, Shah JJ, Shaughnessy J, Shimizu K, Shustik C, Siegel D, Singhal S, Sonneveld P, Spencer A, Stadtmauer E, Stewart K, Terpos E, Tosi P, Tricot G, Turesson I, Van Camp B, Van Ness B, Van Riet I, Broek IV, Vanderkerken K, Vescio R, Vesole D, Waage A, Wang M, Weber D, Westin J, Wheatley K, Zonder J. Risk of progression and survival in multiple myeloma relapsing after therapy with IMiDs and bortezomib: a multicenter international myeloma working group study. Leukemia 26(1):149-57, 2012. PMID: 21799510.
4. Lee HJ, Thompson JE, Wang ES, Wetzler M. Philadelphia Chromosome-positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Current Treatment and Future Perspectives. Cancer 117(8):1583-94, 4/15/2011. e-Pub 11/8/2010. PMID: 21472706.
5. Lee HJ, Johnson CS, Trump D, Wetzler M. Vitamin D and Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Acute Leukemia - The Scientist's Perspective and Challenge. Intechopen, 2011.
6. Armand P, Deeg HJ, Kim HT, Lee HJ, Armistead P, de Lima M, Gupta V, Soiffer RJ. Multicenter validation study of a transplantation-specific cytogenetics grouping scheme for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes. Bone Marrow Transplant 45(5):877-85, 5/2010. e-Pub 9/2009. PMCID: PMC2868955.
7. Nguyen DM, Lee HJ, Mirabella D, Wu DW. Delayed Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction Due to Anti-JKb. Case Report Highlighting the Importance of Early Blood Bank Consultation and Literature Review. NAJMS(4):187-193, 2010.
8. Lee HJ, Gulbis A, De Padua Silva L, Hosing C, Khouri I, de Lima M, Champlin RE, Ciurea SO. Rituximab for passenger lymphocyte syndrome associated with allogeneic SCT. Bone Marrow Transplant 42(1):67-9, 7/2008. e-Pub 3/17/2008. PMID: 18347568.
9. Lee HJ, Oran B, Saliba RM, Couriel DM, Shin K, Massey P, Neumann J, de Lima M, Champlin R, Giralt S. Steroid myopathy in patients with acute graft-versus-host disease treated with high-dose steroid therapy. Bone Marrow Transplant 38(4):299-303, 8/2006. e-Pub 7/3/2006. PMID: 16819437.

Abstracts
1. Quintas-Cardama A, Zhang X, Attieh Y, Lee HJ, Qiu YH, Kornblau S, Post S. hnRNP K: A Putative Regulator of Leukemogenesis and the p53 Pathway. Blood Blood (ASH Annual Meeting Abstracts)(120):774, 11/2012.
2. Lee HJ, Kantarjian HM, Thomas DA, Faderl S, Koller C, Ferrajoli A, Jabbour E, Garris R, Kebriaei P, Champlin R, Borthakur G, Wierda WG, Burger JA, Cortes JE, O'Brien S, Ravandi F. Long-Term Follow-up of Combined Hypercvad (hCVAD) Regimen with Dasatinib (Db) in the Front Line Therapy of Patients (pts) with Philadelphia Chromosome Positive (Ph+) Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). Blood Blood (ASH Annual Meeting Abstracts)(118):1512, 11/2011.
3. Lee HJ, O'Brien S, Kantarjian HM, Ravandi F, Faderl S, Koller C, Konopleva M, Verstovsek S, Kadia T, Garcia-Manero G, Borthakur G, Wierda WG, Burger JA, Thomas DA, Cortes JE. Outcome of Patients with Philadelphia Chromosome-Positive (Ph+) Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) with Relapse After Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor (TKI) Therapy. Blood Blood (ASH Annual Meeting Abstracts)(118):1518, 11/2011.
4. Lee HJ, Muindi J, Wei T, Wilding G, Ford LA, Sait S, Block A, Barcos M, Vigil CE, Griffiths EA, Thompson JA, Wang ES, Johnson CS, Trump D, Wetzler M. Subnormal Vitamin D Levels Are Associated with Adverse Outcome In Newly-Diagnosed Similarly-Treated Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Patients. Blood Blood (ASH Annual Meeting Abstracts)(116):1041, 11/2010.

Last updated: 3/12/2013