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Lee F. Peng, MD, PhD

Lee F. Peng
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  • Professor, Clinical Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
  • Chief, Division of Hepatology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
  • Medical Director, Liver Transplantation, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
  • Director, Hepatology Fellowship Program, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University

Specialties

GI/Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Liver Transplant

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About Me
Publications
About Me
Clinical Interests
  • Hepatology
  • Liver disease
  • Cirrhosis
  • Viral hepatitis
  • Hepatitis A
  • Hepatitis B
  • Hepatitis C
  • Hepatitis D
  • Hepatitis E
  • Alcoholic liver disease
  • Fatty liver disease
  • Autoimmune hepatitis
  • Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC)
  • Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC)
  • Hemochromatosis
  • Wilson's disease
  • Fatty liver disease/nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)
  • Ascites
  • Varices
  • Hepatic encephalopathy
  • Endoscopy - esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) and colonoscopy
Research Interests
  • Viral hepatitis
  • Chemical biology
  • Synthetic organic chemistry
  • Developmental biology
Education
  • MD, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA
  • PhD, Chemistry, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Training
  • Fellowship, Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
  • Fellowship, Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA
  • Fellowship (Research), Medicine, Harvard Medical School Cambridge, MA
  • Residency, Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Board Certification
  • Gastroenterology
  • Internal Medicine
Memberships
  • American Association of Study of Liver Diseases
  • American Gastroenterology Association
  • American College of Physicians
Awards and Honors
  • Liver Research Scholar, American Liver Foundation / American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases 
Offices

Office Locations

Temple Digestive Disease Center

Temple University Hospital – Main Campus

3401 N. Broad Street

Ambulatory Care Center, 3rd Floor

Philadelphia, PA 19140

800-TEMPLE-MED

Temple Pancreas & Liver Transplant Program at St. Luke’s

St. Luke's Gastroenterology

701 Ostrum Street

Suite 201

Bethlehem, PA 18015

484-526-6545

Temple Hepatology at Jeanes Campus

Temple University Hospital – Jeanes Campus
7500 Central Avenue
Physicians Office Building
Suite 209
Philadelphia PA, 19111

Publications
Publications

Peng, Lee F.; Schaefer, Esperance; Maloof, Nicole; Skaff, Andrew; Berical, Andrew; Belon, Craig A.; Heck, Julie A.; Lin, Wenyu; Frick, David N.; Allen, Todd M.; Miziorko, Henry; Schreiber, Stuart L.; Chung, Raymond T. Ceestatin, a novel small molecule inhibitor of hepatitis C virus replication, inhibits HMG-CoA synthase. Journal of Infectious Disease, 2011, 204: 609-616.

Peng, Lee F.;* Stanton, Benjamin Z.;* Maloof, Nicole; Nakai, Kazuo; Wang, Xiang; Chen, James K.; Schreiber, Stuart L. Syntheses of aminoalcohol-derived macrocycles leading to a small-molecule binder to and inhibitor of Sonic Hedgehog. Bio-organic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2009, 19:6319-25.

Peng, Lee F.; * Kim, Sun Suk;* Matchacheep, Sirinya; Lin, Wenyu; Choe, Won-Hyeok; Sakamoto, Naoya; Schreiber, Stuart L.; Chung, Raymond T. Identification of Novel Epoxide Inhibitors of HCV Replication Via High-Throughput Screening.

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Dr. Lee Peng Discusses Hepatitis C in Pregnancy in Everyday Health Article

Posted October 20, 2022

Dr. Lee Peng spoke with Everyday Health for an article about hepatitis C in pregnancy.

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Moves in Medicine: Drs. Lee Peng and Rohit Soans Discuss Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Posted May 2, 2022

Temple Health and 6ABC-TV collaborated on a sponsored segment about non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. The segment featured Drs. Lee Peng and Rohit Soans.

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