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Yi-Chia Lee
Department of Internal Medicine, Taiwan University Hospital
- A prominent gastroenterologist at National Taiwan University Hospital.
- Holds the positions of professor of internal medicine, Graduate Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, and Institute of Clinical Medicine at the College of Medicine of NTU.
- The deputy director of the Department of Medical Research at NTUH.
- Research focus is stomach cancer screening and prevention, encompassing disease natural course evaluation, risk factor identification, and preventive program design and assessment.
- Groundbreaking work addresses H. pylori as the primary cause of stomach cancer and emphasizes the need for eradication.
- Major achievement lies in designing a comprehensive stomach cancer prevention program tailored to specific populations.
- This program has been successful in reducing stomach cancer incidence through innovative approaches like mass eradication, the two-in-one method, and the index case method.
- Work has provided long-term evidence of benefits and clarified theoretical risks, making it a successful healthcare policy in Taiwan.