Dr. Derek Pok-Him Lee is a Specialist in Cardiology at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Hong Kong and an Honorary Clinical Assistant Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He holds an MSc in Medical Genetics and is a Fellow of the Hong Kong College of Physicians (FHKCP) and the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine (FHKAM). Dr. Lee has a deep subspecialization in Inherited Cardiac Conditions and heart failure, currently serving as a Clinical Fellow at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London.
Dr. Lee is a recognized expert in the molecular genetic basis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and the management of Fabry disease. He serves on the expert panel committees for the Asia Pacific ATTR-CM Registry and has been awarded several grants, including the APSC Emerging Leaders Scholarship. His research is widely published in journals such as ESC Heart Failure and the Journal of the American Heart Association, focusing on cardiogenic shock predictors and genetic landscapes of cardiac muscle diseases.