Tzu-Hao Lee (He/Him) Txp Hepatologist/Asst. Professor @bcm_gihep #HBV #HCV #LT #HCC #MedEd #DEI @RainbowinGastro🏳️‍🌈Alumni: @Duke_GI @IMResidencyDuke #Taiwan

Houston, Texas
Joined March 2012
Proud to share this🔥very first review on chronic #liver diseases in🏳️‍⚧️transgender & gender diverse populations @LancetGastroHep! Highlights: 🔥Hepatic effects of Gender-affirming hormone therapy 🔥CLD in🏳️‍⚧️ 🔥Liver Txp for🏳️‍⚧️ Thanks to my⭐️mentee @ThanhNmed and all the co-authors for their contribution🙏 🆓download authors.elsevier.com/a/1mRR2… #LiverTwitter #GITwitter #LGBTQIA #DEI
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🌈 Congratulations to our four ACG 2026 RIG Travel Award recipients! 👏Proud to see the next generation advancing LGBTQ+ digestive health research. #ACG2026! 🎉 #RainbowsInGastro
Congratulations to our four #ACG2026🌈#RIG Travel Award recipients! Meet the ⭐️ researchers helping advance LGBTQ+ digestive health research. Join us in celebrating their work! 🧵 #ACG2026 #RainbowsInGastro
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1/I couldn't agree with you more. Frailty matters. Important work by @Fran_cesca0206 and team: #LiverFrailtyIndex is assoc with 2.2x ⬆️ mortality in inpts. Also assoc with ⬆️ ICU days and LOS. Confirms multictr work by @serperm and @YucaSpice 10.1002/lt.26100
📑 Frailty matters 💪 🚨Among hospitalized 🏥 patients with decompensated #cirrhosis, physical #frailty was the strongest predictor of early mortality ☠️ ❕ #LiverX #OpenAccess journals.lww.com/hepcomm/ful…
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Thank you, @TCotterMDand & @AsraniSumeet, for inviting me to moderate the closing session of the inaugural 🔥#TheLiverSummit! I enjoyed the practical discussions and the chance to learn from such a wonderful group of speakers. Congratulations on a terrific first conference! 👏 #TLS2026 #LiverTwitter
The TLS 2026 faculty are together in Dallas-Fort Worth! Grateful to this incredible group for joining us tonight. Tomorrow, we get to share their expertise with the medical community. See you at The Liver Summit! TheLiverSummit.com
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The #Liver Summit is off to a great start‼️ ⭐️ Metabolic Health ⭐️Steatotic Liver Disease ⭐️General Hepatology Updates @TCotterMD @AsraniSumeet
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Honored to present at the 🔥5th Annual TeCH Symposium in Dallas! Thank you, @AsraniSumeet, @docamitgs, and @SeragHashem, for the invitation and opportunity. I learned so much from the outstanding speakers and discussions. Excited to keep working together to reduce the burden of #LiverCancer across Texas! 🤠 #HCC #Hepatology @bswhealth @UTSWMedCenter @bcm_gim #LiverTwitter
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Dreams can come true. >10 years of research, friendship, and team building with patients and caregivers brought us to these beautiful results. Together we (@serperm) prevented falls in patients with cirrhosis. journals.lww.com/hep/abstrac…
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🚨Proud of our new publication in @HEP_Journal🚨 FIB-4 misses 36% of significant #fibrosis in #HIV (n≈5,000, 7 centers) — worse in #MASLD. 💡 FIB-4 alone isn’t enough. ➡️ Add metabolic + HIV factors (FIB-HIV) ➡️ Consider earlier transient elastography journals.lww.com/hep/abstrac…
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At #GLMA2026 today! Join Jess Wisocky and me for the workshop:🏳️‍🌈Advancing Liver Health in Sexual and Gender Minorities, covering #viral hepatitis, #PrEP, #MASLD, #alcohol-associated liver disease, and affirming care. 🗺️Ravenna A/B 📅 4:15–5:15 PM, 9/17/2026 @GLMA_LGBTHealth #LGBTQHealth #LiverTwitter
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Meet Dr. @JVLazarus, shaping global MASLD/MASH policy, and Dr. @HowardTLeeMD, advancing equity and inclusion in liver care. Two voices you won't want to miss in Montreal. #CASLSTC2026
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🩺 BCM Gastroenterology & Hepatology 2026 Board Review Course 📅 Oct 3–4, 2026 📍 Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, Houston, TX 💻 In-person + Virtual Register: cpd.education.bcm.edu/conten…… #GITwitter #MedEd #GIBoards
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❤️ Delighted to share our new Review published in @TheLancetHIV 🌍 20–41% have #MASLD 🔬12–20% have significant liver #fibrosis 🚨 It is time to integrate liver health into #HIV care. #communautéFRQ #Hepatology #LiverHealth #HealthEquity @EACSociety 👉 lnkd.in/gdcqzD62
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📑 Hepatitis B treatment response and factors associated with #HBV treatment success: A population-based study in Rwanda‼️ #LiverX #OpenAccess journals.lww.com/hepcomm/ful…
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Women of GI: Work-life balance isn't about saying no. It's about picking what to say yes to. Check out this podcast with @UmaMahadevanIBD and Colleen Kelly, two luminaries in GI, on the yeses that shaped their careers and the field. @AmCollegeGastro @UCSFGASTRO @AmerGastroAssn
🎙️@AmCollegeGastro Women in GI Podcast bit.ly/womengi ⭐️new episode⭐️ Thrilled to get to sit down with the incredible @UmaMahadevanIBD & @ckellymd to hear their advice on cultivating a niche and building a fulfilling career in GI 🎧Listen here! bit.ly/nicheGI
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Introducing the Cirrhosis Administrative Frailty Index (CAFI), the first claims-based frailty index developed for cirrhosis, validated against the in-person LFI. Check out this work led by brilliant surgeon Dr. Lucia Calthorpe. doi.org/10.1097/LVT.00000000…
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Micronutrient deficiency in cirrhosis 1. Super common! 2. Vitamin A and zinc among most common 3. Selenium deficiency➡️frailty Excellent study from Melinda Wang and @AASLDtweets Impact Awardee. @JenLaiLiverDoc journals.lww.com/hepcomm/ful…
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Asia’s House is providing a safe place to land, a community that cares, and a little more hope for Houston’s queer and trans youth. What a beautiful example of community showing up for its young people! Read more here: chron.com/culture/article/ho…
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Great opportunity for those presenting 🌈LGBTQ+ related research at the upcoming @AmCollegeGastro annual meeting! #GITwitter #LiverTwitter
📣 Are you a fellow, resident, or medical student working on a project involving sexual and gender minority populations and #GI/#liver health? Apply for a Rainbows in Gastroenterology Travel Award! 🏆 Up to 3 awards of💰1,000 📅 Apply by Sept. 11, 2026 🔗 lnkd.in/g28nF_vQ
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Replying to @ebtapper
Nice foreshadowing. Soon to come thanks to NLP tools we’ve developed for data extraction and will be making portable ovid.com/jnls/hepcomm/fullte…
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The UN recently announced a new UN political declaration on HIV/AIDS, setting out Member States’ commitments to integrating hepatitis programmes into HIV services, including by: •Promoting and delivering integrated prevention, treatment and care •Scaling up triple elimination programmes •Ensuring access to stigma- and discrimination-free services The @Hep_Alliance has summarised the key items from the new political declaration and outlined how it can be used by advocates to hold their governments accountable; implementing its commitments and eliminating both diseases as public health threats. Read our summary here: worldhepatitisalliance.org/n…
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Most infected 🦠 people do not know they are living with #hepatitisB, which means they can spread it unknowingly. ‼️ Protect yourself and your loved ones, get vaccinated for hepatitis B today! #Vaccine #NIAM
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