Hwajeong (Jenny) Lee, MD, is Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Albany Medical College. Dr. Lee completed her pathology training at Henry Ford Hospital in Michigan, followed by fellowship training in oncologic surgical pathology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and in gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, and pancreatic pathology at the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Lee’s academic work includes peer-reviewed publications, review articles, and book chapters in gastrointestinal and liver pathology. Her research focuses on diagnostic gastrointestinal and liver pathology, with an emphasis on clinicopathologic correlation and biomarker development.

Select recent publications:

H Lee, Z Fu, BH Koo, CE Sheehan, GQ Young, J Lin, DT Patil, Z Yang. The expression of TTF1, CDX2 and ISL1 in 74 poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma. Ann Diagn Pathol 2018;37:30-34

C Zuo, Z Fu, E C Lee, L Foulke, GQ Young, D Cubero Rego, HLee. Microscopic ileitis in diverted and non-diverted enteric segments: an under-recognized condition with a multifactorial etiology. Hum Pathol 2018;77:80-87. doi:10.1016/j.humpath.2018.03.019 [PMID: 29596895]

S Najjar, S Ahn, I Kasago, C Zuo, K Umrau, S Ainechi, C Whyte, CE Sheehan, S M Homan, H Lee. Image processing and analysis (IPA) of mucosal calretinin staining to define the transition zone in Hirschsprung disease: A pilot study. Eur J Pediatr Surg Epub ahead of print. doi: 10.1055/s-0037-1618594 [PMID: 29304518]

T El Jabbour, J S Ross, CE Sheehan, KE Affolter, KB Geiersbach, A Boguniewicz, S Ainechi, MP Bronner, DM Jones, H Lee. PD-L1 protein expression in tumour cells and immune cells in mismatch repair protein deficient and proficient colorectal cancer: The foundation study using the SP142 antibody and whole section immunohistochemistry. J Clin Pathol 2018;71(1):46-51. [PMID: 28667193]

C Zuo, V Chumbalkar, PF Ells, DJ Bonville, H Lee. Prevalence of histological features of idiopathic noncirrhotic portal hypertension in general population: A retrospective study of incidental liver biopsies. Hepatol Int 2017;11(5):452-60. [PMID: 28597108]