Director, Gastrointestinal Motility, H.H. Chao Comprehensive Digestive Disease Center
School of Medicine

GI Section Chief Tibor Rubin Veterans Affairs Medical Center

1. Refractory GERD, Functional Dyspepsia, Esophageal Motility disorders, quality colonoscopy

2010 Excellence in Teaching Award, University of California Irvine GI Fellowship
2014 Excellence in Teaching Award, University of California Irvine GI Fellowship
2017 Excellence in Teaching Award, University of California Irvine GI Fellowship
2024 Excellence in Teaching Award, University of California Irvine GI Fellowship

6. Samuel Han 1, Joshua C Obuch 2, Rajesh N Keswani 3, Matt Hall 4, Swati G Patel 1, Paul Menard-Katcher 1, Violette Simon 1, Eze Ezekwe 1, Eva Aagaard 5, Asyia Ahmad 6, Saad Alghamdi 7, Kerri Austin 8, Bryan Brimhall 9, Charles Broy 10, Linda Carlin 11, Matthew Cooley 12, Jack A Di Palma 13, Anna M Duloy 1, Dayna S Early 7, Swan Ellert 11, Eric A Gaumnitz 8, Jatinder Goyal 14, Priya Kathpalia 15, Lukejohn Day 15, Najwa El-Nachef 15, David Kerman 14, Robert H Lee 16, Tisha Lunsford 17, Mohit Mittal 16, Kirsten Morigeau 18, Stanley Pietrak 6, Michael Piper 12, Anand S Shah 19, Alan B Shapiro 10, Amandeep Shergill 15, William Sonnier 13, Cari Sorrell 18, Shivakumar Vignesh 20, Sachin Wani 1Effect of individualized feedback on learning curves in EGD and colonoscopy: a cluster randomized controlled trial. Gastrointest Endosc. 2020 Apr;91(4):882-893.e4

Spechler SJ, Hunter JG, Jones KM, Lee RH. Randomized Trial of Medical Versus Surgical Treatment for Refractory Heartburn. N Engl J Med 2019, Oct; 381 (16): 1513-1523

Peer-Reviewed
Lee, RH, Tang RS. Quality of colonoscopy withdrawal technique and variability in adenoma detection rates (with videos). Gastrointest Endosc 2011, July; 74 (1): 128-34

Lee, RH. Mittal, RK. Esophageal Submucosal Injection of Capsaicin not Acid Induces Symptoms in Normal Subjects. Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2016 Feb 27. doi: 10.5056/jnm15166

Chin M, Karnes W, Jamal MM, Lee JG, Lee R, Samarasena J, Bechtold ML, Nguyen DL. Use of the Endocuff during routine colonoscopy examination improves adenoma detection: A meta-analysis. World J Gastroenterol. 2016 Nov 21;22(43):9642-9649

Non-Peer Reviewed
Stanford, SB, Lee, S, Masaquel, C., Lee, RH. Achieving Comptence in Colonoscopy: Milestones and the Need for a New Endoscopic Curriculum in Gastroenterology Training. World J Gastrointest Endosc. Dec 10;7(18):1279-86. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v7.i18.1279

Lee, R. Quality Colonoscopy: A matter of time, technique or technology? World J Gastroenterology. 2013 Mar 14;19(10):1517-22. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i10.1517

Lee, R, Mittal RK. Esophageal Pain: Emerging Concepts. Current GERD Reports. 2007 Dec ; 1(4):197-204

Lee R, Mittal RK. Heartburn and Esophageal Pain. In: Goyal and Shaker’s GI Motility On-Line; Edited by Goyal R.K, and Shaker R. Nature Publishing Group: New York, 2006. doi: 10.1038/gimo75

Endoscopic Research Award 2008, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

American College of Gastroenterology

American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society

Gastroenterology (IM)

Internal Medicine

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06/30/2025