Mr Lee is regularly invited to speak in national and international conferences. He has also mentored many junior doctors and medical students who have presented their research findings at these meetings. Many of them have also won research prizes under Mr Lee's guidance.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS
  • "FNA and the thyroid nodule - clinical and molecular markers" Australian Endocrine Surgeons 6th Postgraduate Course, Sydney 2016
  • "Management of Splenic Trauma" - Alfred General Surgery Meeting, Melbourne 2015
  • "Management of Adrenal Tumours" - Trainees Weekend, Torquay 2015
  • “A diminishing role of 131I in the management of Thyroid Cancer” – AES 5th Postgraduate Course, Melbourne 2014
  • “Hyperparathyroidism in Pregnancy” – RACS ASC, Auckland 2013
  • “Management of Adrenal Lesions & Follow-up” – RACS ASC, KL 2012
  • “Hyperparathyroidism in Pregnancy” – AES 4th Postgraduate Course, Brisbane 2012
  • “Genetics of Endocrine Diseases” – GSA Trainee day, Hobart 2012
  • “Inguinal hernia repair in 2007” – The Northern Hospital, Epping, Victoria 2007


SCIENTIFIC PAPER PRESENTATIONS
  • Podium presentation at AAS ASC, Jacksonville 2016
    “Voice dysfunction after thyroidectomy”
    J Lee, D Breen, M Bailey, S Grodski, M Yeung, W Johnson, A Scott, E Paul, J Serpell
  • Podium presentation at AAS ASC, Jacksonville 2016
    “Weight change after thyroidectomy”
    J Lee, P Chang, R Glick, J Serpell, S Grodski
  • Podium presentation at RACS ASC, Perth 2015
    “Voice dysfunction after thyroidectomy”
    J Lee, D Breen, M Bailey, S Grodski, M Yeung, W Johnson, A Scott, E Paul, J Serpell
  • Podium presentation at RACS ASC, Perth 2015
    “Stressing the recurrent laryngeal nerve during thyroidectomy”
    J Lee, J Serpell, W Chiu, G Edwards
  • Podium presentation at AAS ASC, Las Vegas 2015
    “Papillary thyroid cancer derived exosomes contain mIR-146b and miR-222”
    J Lee, JT Zhao, L Bach, J Serpell, S Sidhu
  • Podium presentation at RACS ASC, Singapore 2014
    “Exosomal miRNA Mediated Intercellular Communication”
    J Lee, JT Zhao, L Bach, J Serpell, S Sidhu
  • Podium presentation at RACS ASC, Singapore 2014
    “Differential Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Palsy Rates After Thyroidectomy”
    J Serpell, J Lee, S Grodski, M Yeung, B Johnson, M Bailey
  • Podium presentation at RACS ASC, Auckland 2013
    “MicroRNA Tissue and Circulating Biomarkers of Recurrent Papillary Thyroid Cacncer”
    J Lee, J Zhao, R Clifton-Bligh, A Gill, J Gundara, J Ip, A Glover, M Sywak, L Delbridge, B Robinson, S Sidhu
  • Podium presentation at 8th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, New Orleans 2013
    “MicroRNA-222 and miRNA-146b as Biomarkers of Papillary Thyroid Cancer Recurrence”
    J Lee, J Zhao, R Clifton-Bligh, A Gill, J Gundara, J Ip, A Glover, M Sywak, L Delbridge, B Robinson, S Sidhu
  • Podium presentation at Annual RNSH-UTS-USYD-Kolling Scientific Research Meeting, Sydney 2012
    “MicroRNA – A Step Towards Personalised Papillary Thyroid Cancer Management”
    J Lee, J Zhao, A Gill, J Gundara, J Ip, M Sywak, L Delbridge, B Robinson, R Clifton-Bligh, S Sidhu
  • Podium presentation at Surgical Research Society 49th Annual Meeting, Adelaide 2012
    “MicroRNA – A Step Towards Personalised Papillary Thyroid Cancer Management”
    J Lee, J Zhao, A Gill, J Gundara, J Ip, M Sywak, L Delbridge, B Robinson, R Clifton-Bligh, S Sidhu
  • Podium presentation at RACS Annual Scientific Congress, Kuala Lumpur 2012
    “MicroRNA Profiles Distinguish PTC of Varying Aggressiveness”
    J Lee, J Zhao, A Gill, M Sywak, L Delbridge, S Sidhu
    (Winner of Tom Reeve Award Prize for Best Basic Science Paper)
  • Poster presentations at RACS Annual Scientific Congress, Kuala Lumpur 2012
    “4D-CT for Pre-operative Localisation of Parathyroid Pathology”
    S Brown, J Lee, R Maher, S Sidhu, M Sywak, L Delbridge
  • Poster presentations at RACS Annual Scientific Congress, Kuala Lumpur 2012
    “Rare Ectopic Parathyroid Adenomas in the Neck – Pearls and Pitfalls”
    J Lee, H Mazeh, J Serpell, Mark Sywak, H Chen, L Delbridge, S Sidhu
  • Podium presentation at 7th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, Las Vegas 2012
    “MicroRNA Profiles Distinguish PTC of Varying Aggressiveness”
    J Lee, J Zhao, A Gill, M Sywak, L Delbridge, S Sidhu
  • Poster presentation at International Association of Endocrine Surgery Meeting, Yokohama 2011
    “Papillary thyroid cancer in pregnancy – a study of miRNA profiles”
    J Lee, J Zhao, M Sywak, S Sidhu, L Delbridge
  • Podium presentation at RACS Annual Scientific Congress, Adelaide 2011
    “Papillary thyroid cancer in pregnancy – a variant of the disease?”
    J Lee, J Zhao, M Sywak, S Sidhu, L Delbridge
    (Winner of Tom Reeve Research Prize)
  • Podium presentations at The Victorian Annual General Scientific and Fellowship Meeting, Traralgon, 2008
    “Inguinal Hernia Repairs: What we want vs what we do”
    J Lee, E Koppert
  • Podium presentations at The Victorian Annual General Scientific and Fellowship Meeting, Traralgon, 2008
    “Early institutional experience with endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration of mediastinal lymphadenopathy”
    J Lee, S Seevanayagam, S Knight
  • Poster presentation at Conjoint Annual Scientific Congress, Hong Kong
    “Pneumoperitoneum for large ventral hernia repair: a technique not forgotten”
    J Lee, I Bringmann, M Douglas