Sun Young Lee MD, MSc
Assistant Professor, Endocrinology, Diabetes, Nutrition & Weight Management
720 Harrison Ave | (617) 414-2979sun.lee@bmc.org
syoungle@bu.edu
Sections
Endocrinology, Diabetes, Nutrition & Weight Management
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's clinical focus is thyroid disease and her research focuses on thyroid disorders and iodine nutrition, especially in pregnancy. She has been awarded 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 several 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, whose updated guideline was published in 2026. She is actively involved in professional societies locally and nationally. She also serves on the editorial board of Thyroid and AACE journals.
Education
Medicine-Internal, MD, Rutgers University
Chemistry, BA, Wellesley College
Publications
Arora S, Lee SY. Subclinical Thyroid Dysfunction in Pregnancy. Endocr Pract. 2026 Jul 09. PMID: 42425488.
Published on 5/31/2026Korevaar TIM, Leung AM, Alexander EK, Bliddal S, Boelaert K, Brenta G, Chou R, Dhillon-Smith R, Dosiou C, Eaton JL, Guan H, Kilpatrick SJ, Lasserre BJ, Lee SY, Maraka S, Meister KD, Morris-Wiseman LF, Nguyen CT, Pearce EN, Shan Z. American Thyroid Association 2026 Guidelines for Thyroid Disease in Preconception, Pregnancy, and Postpartum. Thyroid. 2026 May; 36(5):481-544. PMID: 42219800.
Published on 4/28/2026Lee SY. No significant impact of levothyroxine treatment of maternal subclinical hypothyroidism on brain morphology in adolescence: insight from long-term follow up of Controlled Antenatal Thyroid Screening (CATS) study. Ann Transl Med. 2026 Apr 30; 14(2):23. PMID: 42164036.
Published on 6/30/2025Lee SY. Maternal thyroid hypofunction and gestational diabetes risk. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2025 Aug; 13(8):636-637. PMID: 40609563.
Published on 4/29/2025Liu 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.
Published on 10/12/2024Chua 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.
Published on 8/16/2024Hander 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.
Published on 3/28/2024Osinga 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.
Published on 3/5/2024Pearce EN, Lee SY. Treatment for Hyperthyroidism During Pregnancy-Reply. JAMA. 2024 Mar 05; 331(9):798-799. PMID: 38441586.
Published on 3/4/2024Peng CC, Lin YJ, Lee SY, Lin SM, Han C, Loh CH, Huang HK, Pearce EN. MACE and Hyperthyroidism Treated With Medication, Radioactive Iodine, or Thyroidectomy. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Mar 04; 7(3):e240904. PMID: 38436957.
Media Mentions
Published on 10/27/2023
VIDEO: What PCPs should know about hyperthyroidism
Published on 5/26/2022
Published on 2/15/2021
Thyroid Problems: Here Are The Warning Signs And How To Check
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