Dr. LEE Chung Ho, Anson

MBBS (HK), MRCP (UK), FRCPath, DCH (International) (RCPCH), PDipID (HK), PDip Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CUHK)

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong.

ORCID link: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3691-3800

Email: ansonchl@hku.hk

Academic qualifications

2018  Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong
2021  Postgraduate Diploma in Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong
2023  Postgraduate Diploma in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

 

Professional Qualifications

2022  Diploma of Child Health, The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
2022  Fellow, The Royal College of Pathologists
2023  Member, The Royal Colleges of Physicians of London and Edinburgh and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

 

biography

Dr. Anson Lee joined the Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKU), as a Clinical Assistant Professor in January 2026. He graduated from HKU in 2018 and worked as a resident in the Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, Kwong Wah Hospital, Hong Kong, from 2019 to 2025. He obtained Fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists (FRCPath) in 2022, as well as Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom (MRCP[UK]) in 2023. He also holds the Diploma of Child Health (DCH), a Postgraduate Diploma in Infectious Diseases from HKU, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Dr. Lee’s research interests focus on the rapid diagnosis and control of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and multidrug-resistant organisms. His work emphasizes integrating rapid diagnostic tools into routine clinical microbiology laboratory workflows to support timely antimicrobial stewardship. He is interested in translational diagnostics and the surveillance of antimicrobial resistance, as well as emerging and re-emerging bacterial pathogens.

Selected Publications

  1. Wong, T. T., Lee, C. H., Luk, H. W., Tse, C. W., Ho, P. L. (2025). Predictive Value of Direct Disk Diffusion Testing from Positive Blood Cultures for Detection of Antimicrobial Nonsusceptibility. Microorganisms. 2025; 13(2), 398. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms13020398
  2. Lee, C. H., Woo, P. Y., Leung, C. K., Li, R., Chan, J. K., Ng, K. S., & Tse, C. W. (2024). Infectious intracranial aneurysm associated with Lactococcus garvieae: A case report and literature review. Infectious medicine, 3(3), 100123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imj.2024.100123
  3. Lee, C. H., Cao, H., Jiang, S., Wong, T. T., Tse, C. W., & Ho, P. L. (2024). Inoculum Size and False-Positive Detection of NDM- and OXA-48-Type Carbapenemases Using Two Multiplex Lateral Flow Assays. Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 14(12), 1274. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics14121274
  4. Chan, Y.-X., Cao, H., Jiang, S., Li, X., Fung, K.-K., Lee, C.-H., Sridhar, S., Chen, J. H.-K., & Ho, P.-L. (2024). Genomic investigation of Lactococcus formosensis, Lactococcus garvieae, and Lactococcus petauri reveals differences in species distribution by human and animal sources. Microbiology spectrum, 12(6), e0054124. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.00541-24
  5. Tang, F., Lee, C. H., Li, X., Jiang, S., Chow, K. H., Tse, C. W., & Ho, P. L. (2023). Evaluation of Two Tests for the Rapid Detection of CTX-M Producers Directly in Urine Samples. Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 12(11), 1585. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics12111585
  6. Fang, H., Lee, C. H.*, Cao, H., Jiang, S., So, S. Y., Tse, C. W., Cheng, V. C., & Ho, P. L. (2023). Evaluation of a Lateral Flow Immunoassay for Rapid Detection of CTX-M Producers from Blood Cultures. Microorganisms, 11(1), 128. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11010128

       * co-first author