A/Prof. Lee is one of the most published endocrine surgeons in Melbourne.

Academic and published works

A/Prof. Lee is a highly experienced surgeon, and is one of the most published endocrine surgeons in Melbourne. He has published widely in high-impact surgical journals on topics related to thyroid surgery, parathyroid surgery and adrenal surgery. He has also co-authored several chapters in endocrine surgical textbooks.

Discover a full list of A/Prof. James Lee’s published works below. 

Peer-reviewed journal articles

2021

• “Less extensive surgery for low-risk papillary thyroid cancers post 2015 American Thyroid Association Guidelines in an Australian tertiary centre” Euro J Surgical Oncology 2021 Jun 17. Doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejso.2021.06.018 M Adhami, C Bhatt, S Grodski, J Serpell, J C Lee

• “Speaking up and speaking out: gender diversity in the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Annal Scientific Congress” World Journal of Surgery 2021 Jul 17. Doi:10.1007/s00268-021-06105-4C Lai, J Farrar, F Stanzah, B Crammond, S Wong, J C Lee

• “Patient reported experience on consenting for surgery – elective versus emergency patients” Journal Surg Research 2021, Sept;265(9):114-21 D Maher, J Serpell, D Ayton, J C Lee

• “Non-diagnostic sonography may reduce negative appendicectomy rate in women when combined with abbreviated Alvarado Score” ANZJS 2021 Jan 21. Doi:10.1111/ans.16588. Online ahead of print. S Bappayya, F Chen, M Alderuccio, E Xu, N Vootukuru, J C Lee

• “Blunt abdominal trauma resulting in ovarian mucinous cystadenoma rupture” ANZJS 2021 Jan:91(1-2):197-198. Doi: 10.111/ans.16045. T Yang, E Ban, J C Lee, J Serpell, K Jassal

• “Surgical challenges of giant parathyroid adenomas weighing 10 g or more” ANZJS (in revision) 2021. S Prabhakaran, C Bhatt, J Serpell, S Grodski, J C Lee

• “Challenges in diagnosis and management of a spiradenocarcinoma: a comprehensive literature review” 2021 Feb 1. Doi: 10.1111/ans.16626. Online ahead of print. K Wagner, K Jassal, J C Lee, E Ban, R Cameron, J Serpell

2020

• “Quantifying the Differences in Surgical Management of Patients with Definitive and Indeterminate Thyroid Nodule Cytology” European Journal of Surgical Oncology 2020 Feb;46(2):252-7. Doi:10.1016/j.ejso.2019.10.004. R Stewart, YJ Leang, C Bhatt, S Grodski, J Serpell, J C Lee

• “Highlights of the 2019 Annual Academic Surgery Conference” ANZJS 2020;90(3):200-1. C Di Bella, J C Lee, C Koh, P Mukherjee, M Smithers

• Response to Walgama et al. re: “Routine preoperative laryngoscopy for thyroid surgery is not necessary without risk factors” Thyroid 2020 May;30(5):786-7. Doi: 10.1089/thy.2020.0163. J C Lee, D Maher, S Goare, E Forrest, S Grodski, J Serpell

• “Investigation of Recurrent Laryngeal Palsy Rates for Potential Associations During Thyroidectomy” ANZJS 2020 Sep;90(9):1733-1737. DOI: 10.1111/ans.16166. A Moreira, E Forrest, J C Lee, E Paul, M Yeung, S Grodski, J Serpell

• “Urgent surgical presentations during the coronavirus pandemic: an Australian perspective” ANZJS 2020 Sep;90(9):1547-1549. Doi: 10.1111/ans.16219. R Chen, C Gillespie, K Jassal, M Read, J C Lee

• “Delayed presentation of breast necrotising fasciitis due to COVID-19 anxiety” ANZJS 2020 Jul:90(7-8):1485-1487. Doi:10.1111/ans.16102. R Chen, C Gillespie, K Jassal, M Read, J C Lee

• “Case of dysphagia lusoria in a patient with a non-recurrent laryngeal nerve” ANZJS 2020 Jul;90(7-8):1487-1489. Doi: 10.1111/ans.15530. K Lam, E Tan, J C Lee

• “Disseminated nocardiosis with adrenal abscess masquerading as metastatic adrenal cancer in an immunocompetent adult” ANZJS 2020 Nov 2. Doi:10.1111/ans.16423. Online ahead of print. T Langmaid, J C Lee, M Yeung, Z Meher-Homji, J Serpell, K Jassal, S Grodski

• “Changes in tracheal tube cuff pressure and recurrent laryngeal nerve conductivity during thyroid surgery” World Journal of Surgery 2020 Feb;44(2):328-33. Doi: 10.1007/s00268-019-05185-7. J Taylor, K Soeyland, C Ball, J C Lee, J Serpell

• “Challenges in diagnosis and management of a spiradenocarcinoma: a case report” Euro J Surg Case Reports. 2020 Sep 25. Doi: 10.47496/nl.EJSCR.2020.01.03. K Wagner, K Jassal, J C Lee, E Ban, R Cameron, J Serpell

2019

• “Anti-thyroid antibodies and TSH as potential markers of thyroid carcinoma and aggressive behaviour in patients with indeterminate fine needle aspiration cytology” World Journal of Surgery 2019;44(2):363-70, M Adhami, P Michail, A Rao, C Bhatt, S Grodski, J Serpell, J C Lee

• “Routine Pre-operative Laryngoscopy for Thyroid Surgery Not Necessary Without Risk Factors” Thyroid 2019;29(11):1646-52, D Maher, S Goare, E Forrest, S Grodski, J Serpell, J C Lee

• “Thyroidectomy Then and Now: A 50-Year Australian Perspective” World Journal of Surgery 2019;43(12):1022-8, B Hii, D Maher, M Yeung, J Serpell, J C Lee

• “Changes in tracheal tube cuff pressure and recurrent laryngeal nerve conductivity during thyroid surgery” World Journal of Surgery 2019:44(2):328-33, J Taylor, K Soeyland, C Ball, J C Lee, J Serpell

• “The Non-Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve, a Freak of Nature” ANZJS ePub Oct 2019, K Lam, E Tan, J C Lee

• “Future is bright for academic surgery in Australasia: highlights of the 2018 Academic Meetings” ANZJS 2019;89(7-8):798-9, J C Lee, P Mukherjee, C Koh, M Smithers

2018

• “Adrenal Incidentaloma follow-up is influenced by patient, radiological and medical provider factors: a review of 804 cases” Surgery 2018;164(6):1360-5, D Maher, E Williams, S Grodski, J Serpell, J C Lee

• “Body Weight Change is Unpredictable after Total Thyroidectomy” ANZJS 2018;88(3):162-6, Ron Glick, P Chang, J Serpell, S Grodski, J C Lee

• “Re: Body weight change is unpredictable after total thyroidectomy” Response letter to the editor. ANZJS 2018;88(6):655-6, J C Lee, S Grodski, J Serpell

• “Total thyroidectomy for pressure symptoms in patients with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis” ANZJS 2018;88(4):359-62, K Heggie, M Yeung, Si Gordski, J C Lee, J Serpell

• “A case of segmental arterial mediolysis” Case Reports2018;2018:bcr-2017-223731M Britto, M Lukies, C Milne, T Joseph, J C Lee

• “Invited Commentary to Static Prognostic Factors and Appropriate Surgical Designs of Patients with MTC: The 2^nd Report of a Single-Institution Study in Japane” World Journal of Surgery 2018;42(12):3967-8, J C Lee

• “Future-proofing academic surgery in Australia and New Zealand: the Annual RACS Joint Academic Meeting” Perspective ANZJS 2018;88(3):130-1, S Aitken, J C Lee, M Smithers

2017  

• “Severe hyperkalaemia complicating parathyroidectomy in patients with end-stage renal disease” Anaesth Intensive Care 2017;45(3)365-8, M Pauling, J Serpell, J C Lee, S Wilson

• Response to the letter to the editor regarding “Quantitative study of voice dysfunction after thyroidectomy” Surgery 2017;162(3):692-3, J C Lee, S Grodski, M Yeung, J Serpell

2016

• “Temporal Analysis of Thyroid Cancer Management in a Tertiary Referral centre in Melbourne (2007 – 2013)” ANZ J S 2016, J Lee, P Chang, S Grodski, M Yeung, W Johnson, J Serpell

• “A quantitative study of voice dysfunction after thyroidectomy” Surgery 2016, J Lee, D Breen, A Scott, S Grodski, M Yeung W Johnson, J Serpell

• “Surgery for parathyroid microadenomas: patient characteristics, localisation success, operative cures” ANZ J S 2016, K Suter, W Johnson, M Yeung, J Serpell, J Lee*, S Grodski* (* Senior authors)

• “Body Weight Change is Unpredictable after Total Thyroidectomy” (Submitted to Surgery) 2016, Ron Glick, P Chang, J Serpell, S Grodski, J Lee

• “An update on Indeterminate Follicular Cytology (Bethesda Categories 3 and 4) – An analysis of 972 patients” (Submitted to Asian Journal of Surgery) 2016, Yit Leang, M Yeung, S Grodski, W Johnson, J Serpell, J Lee

2015

• “Electromyographic amplitude changes in the laryngeal adductors during thyroidectomy” International Journal of Surgical Research and Practice 2015; 2:022, J Lee, SL Wong, W Johnson, M Yeung, S Grodski, M Bailey, J Serpell

• “Papillary Thyroid Cancer Derived Exosomes Contain miRNA-146b and miRNA-222” Journal of Surgical Research 2015, J Lee, JT Zhao, J Gundara, J Serpell, L Bach, S Sidhu
• “Stressing the recurrent laryngeal nerve during thyroidectomy” ANZJ Surgery 2015, J Serpell, J Lee, W Chiu, G Edwards

2014

• “Desmoid Tumours: 3 Cases involving the root of neck and literature review” Journal of Solid Tumors (epub) 2014;4(4), E Moore, J Lee, S Davis, J Serpell
• “Long non-coding RNAs can distinguish between adrenal tumours and are a marker of recurrence for adrenocortical cancer” Endocrine-Related Cancer 2014, A Glover, JT Zhao, J Ip, J Lee, B Robinson, A Gill, P Soon, S Sidhu
• “Is there an accurate biomarker test for thyroid cancer recurrence on the horizon?” Int J Endo Oncol (Editorial) 2014;1(1), 3-5, A Glover, J Lee, S Sidhu
• “Non-coding RNA blockade of autophagy is therapeutic in medullary thyroid cancer” Cancer Medicine 2014 Dec (Epub), J Gundara, JT Zhao, A Gill, J Lee, R Clifton-Bligh, L Delbridge, B Robinson, C McLean, J Serpell, S Sidhu
• “MicroRNA expression profiles in the management of papillary thyroid cancer” Oncologist 2014 19(11):1141-7, J Lee, J Gundara, A Glover, J Serpell, S Sidhu
• “Differential recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy rates after thyroidectomy” Surgery 2014;156(5):1157-66, J Serpell, J Lee, M Yeung, S Grodski, William Johnson, Michael Baile
• “Four Dimensional Computed Tomography (4DCT) for Parathyroid Localisation: a New Imaging Modality” ANZJS (epub) 2014, *S Brown, *J Lee, R Maher, J Christie, S Sidhu, M Sywak, L Delbridge (* equal first authors)
• “Thyroid abscesses in third and fourth branchial anomalies: not only a paediatric diagnosis” ANZJS (epub) 2014, S Kruijff, M Sywak, S Sidhu, A Shun, D Novakovic, J Lee, L Delbridge
• “Thermal sealing systems with and without tissue divider for total thyroidectomy” ANZJ Surgery 2014;84(5):383-5, A Glover, J Gundara, J Lee, M Sywak, L Delbridge, S Sidhu
• “Disease outcomes and nodal recurrence in patients with papillary thyroid cancer and lateral neck nodal metastases” ANZJS 2014;84(4):240-4, C O’Neill, N Coorough, J Lee, J Clements, L Delbridge, R Sippel, M Sywak, H Chen, S Sidhu

2013

• “MicroRNA-222 and miRNA-146b are Tissue and Circulating Biomarkers of Recurrent Papillary Thyroid Cancer” Cancer 2013;119(24):4358-65, J Lee, JT Zhao, R Clifton-Bligh, A Gill, J Gundara, J Ip, A Glover, M Sywak, L Delbridge, B Robinson, S Sidhu
• “The clinical importance of the non-recurrent inferior laryngeal nerve” OA Anatomy 2013;1(2):14, A Glover, J Ip, J Lee, J Gundara
• “Level VII is an important component of central neck dissection of papillary thyroid cacncer” Annals of Surgical Oncology 2013;20(1):2261-5, L Wang, M Versnick, A Gill, J Lee, S Sidhu, M Sywak, L Delbridge
• “The pros and cons of prophylactic central neck dissection in papillary thyroid carcinoma” Gland Surgery 2013;2(4):196-205, A Glover, J Gundara, O Norlen, J Lee, S Sidhu
• “Papillary Thyroid Cancer: the commonest endocrine malignancy” Endocrinology Today 2013;2(3):15-20, J Lee, S Sidhu

2012

• “Papillary thyroid cancer in pregnancy — A variant of the disease?” Annals of Surgical Oncology 2012;19(13):4210-6, J Lee, JT Zhao, R Clifton-Bligh, A Gill, J Gundara, J Ip, M Sywak, L Delbridge, B Robinson, S Sidhu
• “Adenomas of cervical maldescended parathyroid glands — pearls and pitfalls” ANZ J Surgery (epub) 2012 Dec, J Lee, H Mazeh, J Serpell, L Delbridge, H Chen, S Sidhu
• “Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the thyroid: a report of three cases and postulated histogenesis” Thyroid 2012;22(2):205-9, R Prichard*, J Lee*, A Gill, M Sywak, L Fingleton, B Robinson, S Sidhu, L Delbridge (*equal first authors)
• “Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy: Transperitoneal Approach” Current Surgery Reports 2012;1(1):26-33, J Ip, J Lee, S Sidhu
• “Unusually complicated chest infection: colon containing intercostal hernia” ANZ J Surgery 2012;82(11):851-2, J Gundara, J Ip, J Lee
• “Takotsubo cardiomyopathy complicating thyroidectomy for Graves’ disease” Thyroid 2012;22(9):975-6, J Gundara, J Lee, J Ip, S Sidhu
• “Asymptomatic splenic infarct and retroperitoneal sepsis in patient with Wagner’s granulomatosis” International Journal of Surgery Case Reports 2012;3(4):137-8, J Lee, I Bringmann, A Aly

2011

• “A multicenter cohort study of total thyroidectomy and routine central lymph node dissection for cN0 papillary thyroid cancer” Surgery 2011;150(6):1048-57, A Popadich, O Levin, L Morris, J Wiseman, J Lee, M Fazel, S Sidhu, L Delbridge, F Palazzo, M Sywak, M Yeh

Book chapters

• “Surgical Management of Recurrent and Retrosternal Goiters” TextBook of Endocrine Surgery, Ed Orlo Clark, Quan Duh, published by JP Medical Publishers (in press) 2013, J Lee, S Sidhu
• “The Thyroid Gland” A Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice — Endocrine Surgery, 5th Ed Tom Lennard, published by Elsevier 2013, J Lee, J Gundara, S Sidhu
• “Multinodular Goitre” Thyroid Diseases and Surgery, Ed. Adnan Isgor, published by Avrupa Tip Kitapcilik (Oct 2011, Turkey), J Lee, L Delbridge