Sun Y. Lee, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Sun Lee, MD, MSc, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Nutrition, and Weight Management at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine.
She earned her MD from Rutgers University – New Jersey Medical School and her MSc in Epidemiology from Boston University School of Public Health. She completed her residency in internal medicine and clinical and research fellowship in endocrinology at Boston Medical Center/ Boston University School of Medicine.

Dr. Lee has extensive clinical and research experience, with a focus on thyroid disorders and iodine nutrition, especially in pregnancy. She has been award NIH K23 grant to study effects of maternal thyroid function and thyroidal disruptor exposure on pregnancy and child developmental outcomes. Dr. Lee's research has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, and she has presented her work at national and international conferences.

With her expertise, she was invited to serve on the American Thyroid Association Thyroid and Pregnancy Guidelines Task Force. She is actively involved in professional societies locally and nationally, and serves as the chair of the publication committee at the American Thyroid Association and as the president of the New England Endocrine Alliance. She also serves on the editorial board of Thyroid.

Publications

  • Published 6/30/2025

    Lee SY. Maternal thyroid hypofunction and gestational diabetes risk. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2025 Aug; 13(8):636-637. PMID: 40609563.

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  • Published 4/29/2025

    Liu Y, Osinga JAJ, Maraka S, Bliddal S, Alexander EK, Dosiou C, Boelaert K, Brenta G, Krabbendam E, Eaton JL, Guan H, Lee SY, Morris-Wiseman LF, Nguyen CT, Shan Z, Dhillon-Smith RK, Pearce EN, Peeters RP, Leung AM, Korevaar TIM. Risk Factors for Thyroid Function Test Abnormalities During Pregnancy: A Systematic Review of the Literature to Validate Current Risk Factors and Identify Novel Ones. Thyroid. 2025 May; 35(5):553-575. PMID: 40296843.

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  • Published 10/12/2024

    Chua C, Pearce EN, Lee SY. Assessing the Quality of Care of Pregnant Patients With Thyrotoxicosis at an Urban Safety Net Hospital. Endocr Pract. 2025 Jan; 31(1):80-84. PMID: 39401698.

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  • Published 8/16/2024

    Hander S, Lee SY. Risk of Progression of Gestational Subclinical Hypothyroidism and Hypothyroxinemia to Overt Hypothyroidism After Pregnancy is Associated with Underlying Thyroid Autoimmunity. Thyroid. 2024 Sep; 34(9):1066-1067. PMID: 39104251.

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  • Published 3/28/2024

    Osinga JAJ, Liu Y, Männistö T, Vafeiadi M, Tao FB, Vaidya B, Vrijkotte TGM, Mosso L, Bassols J, López-Bermejo A, Boucai L, Aminorroaya A, Feldt-Rasmussen U, Hisada A, Yoshinaga J, Broeren MAC, Itoh S, Kishi R, Ashoor G, Chen L, Veltri F, Lu X, Taylor PN, Brown SJ, Chatzi L, Popova PV, Grineva EN, Ghafoor F, Pirzada A, Kianpour M, Oken E, Suvanto E, Hattersley A, Rebagliato M, Riaño-Galán I, Irizar A, Vrijheid M, Delgado-Saborit JM, Fernández-Somoano A, Santa-Marina L, Boelaert K, Brenta G, Dhillon-Smith R, Dosiou C, Eaton JL, Guan H, Lee SY, Maraka S, Morris-Wiseman LF, Nguyen CT, Shan Z, Guxens M, Pop VJM, Walsh JP, Nicolaides KH, D'Alton ME, Visser WE, Carty DM, Delles C, Nelson SM, Alexander EK, Chaker L, Palomaki GE, Peeters RP, Bliddal S, Huang K, Poppe KG, Pearce EN, Derakhshan A, Korevaar TIM. Risk Factors for Thyroid Dysfunction in Pregnancy: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis. Thyroid. 2024 May; 34(5):646-658. PMID: 38546971.

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Education

  • Rutgers University, MD
  • Wellesley College, BA

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