SPECIALIST AREAS

Dr Yoo Young (Dominique) Lee is a Radiation Oncologist at the Princess Alexandra Hospital. Her areas of special interest include Stereotactic Body Ablative Radiotherapy (SABR), upper gastrointestinal/hepatobiliary cancers and management of palliative cancer patients.

EDUCATION

Dr Lee completed her undergraduate degree in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Otago in 2005. She commenced her specialist training in radiation oncology at Auckland City Hospital and completed her training at Liverpool Hospital in Sydney and was made a fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR), Faculty of Radiation Oncology in 2014. 

Subsequently, Dr Lee undertook an 18-month Clinical Research Fellowship investigating the use of SABR at the Westmead Hospital in Sydney. During this period, she successfully implemented Liver, Spine/Bone SABR programmes across the Sydney West Radiation Oncology Network.

RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS

Dr Lee is actively engaged in clinical research with a particular focus on  SABR. She is the Principle Investigator of a Trans-Tasman Radiation Oncology Group (TROG) supported clinical trial in liver SABR (LARK). 

Dr Lee is also the co-author of the position paper on particle therapy – RANZCR which aims to inform cancer professionals and patients about the current status of particle therapy internationally and provides recommendations for assessing Australia and New Zealand patients for referral overseas for particle therapy.

AWARDS & MEMBERSHIPS

Dr Lee is an active member of the Tras-Tasman and Radiation Oncology Group and also sits on the Australasian Gastro-Intestinal Cancer Trials Group (AGITG) Radiation Oncology Sub-committee.