# Sung-Gyu Lee

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## TL;DR

Built the world's highest-volume living-donor liver transplant programme, a cornerstone of liver cancer care in Asia.

## Summary

Sung-Gyu Lee is Professor of Surgery at Asan Medical Center in Seoul and leads its liver transplantation programme. He pioneered dual-graft and right-lobe living-donor liver transplantation, building the world's highest-volume living-donor programme, which treats a large share of Korean hepatocellular carcinoma within transplant criteria and is a cornerstone of liver cancer care in Asia. His publications include a description of dual-graft adult living donor liver transplantation as a procedure for expanding the live donor pool. His interests are living-donor liver transplantation, hepatocellular carcinoma surgery and hepatobiliary surgery.

## Fields

- Kind: Person
- Last checked: 2026-09-08
- Role: Professor of Surgery; Asan liver transplantation programme
- Specialisms: Living-donor liver transplantation; Hepatocellular carcinoma surgery; Hepatobiliary surgery

## Sources

- Asan Medical Center: https://eng.amc.seoul.kr
- PubMed author search: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Lee%20SG%5BAuthor%5D%20Asan%20living%20donor%20liver%20transplantation

## Connected records

- cancers: [Hepatocellular carcinoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/hcc/)
- technologies: [Liver transplantation for cancer (Milan criteria and beyond)](https://onco.cc/technologies/liver-transplant-oncology/)
- institutions: [Asan Medical Center](https://onco.cc/institutions/asan-medical-center/)

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