Tzu-Hao “Howard” Lee, MD

Dr. Tzu-Hao “Howard” Lee served as the South Central Regional Director for the National Task Force on Hepatitis B from 2022 to 2024. He is a gastroenterologist, transplant hepatologist, and assistant professor in medicine and surgery at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Texas. He completed his internal medicine residency, gastroenterology, and transplant hepatology fellowship at Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Lee has a strong clinical and research interest in hepatitis B and has participated in several HBV studies and received a grant for an HBV-HIV research project. He also started the Texas HBV ECHO program and participated in many outreach activities with a focus on immigrants, LGBTQ, and other underserved populations.