Byron Lee, MD
Enriched profileProfessor of Medicine; Samuel T. and Elizabeth Webb Reeves Endowed Chair in Arrhythmia Research, Division of Cardiology · University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Byron Lee is Professor of Medicine; Samuel T. and Elizabeth Webb Reeves Endowed Chair in Arrhythmia Research, Division of Cardiology at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). OpenAlex indexes 139 publications with 4,129 citations (h-index 32); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 2 registered studies with this person as an investigator.
Data verified 14 Aug 2026
Overview
Updated 2 Sept 2026
Byron K. Lee, MD, is Professor of Medicine at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). The public record shows 139 publications with 4,129 citations (h-index 32), centered on Atrial Fibrillation, Coronary Artery Disease / ACS. It also documents an investigator role on 2 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 14 companies.
- Most recent indexed publication: 2024 · Circulation
- Top research focus: Atrial Fibrillation
- 2 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 14 companies
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Indications focus
from trials led + research topicsResearch focus
OpenAlex concept fingerprintDrugs & molecules
across trials, industry payments and publicationsWorks with
trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 3 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index, productivity × impact (OpenAlex).
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingFederally funded research awards.
Contact
The practice address and phone this provider lists in the federal NPPES (CMS) registry.
Practice address
Telephone
Practice address and telephone from the federal NPPES registry.
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Updated 2 Sept 2026
Listed as an investigator on 2 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- The OneFreeze Study
Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco
- Vest Prevention of Early Sudden Death Trial and VEST Registry
Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco
Industry payments
Updated 2 Sept 2026
14 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp)Program year202516 payments$32,466openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- Merit Medical Systems IncProgram year20259 payments
- Abbott LaboratoriesProgram year202515 payments
Medicare prescribing footprint (2024)
The drugs this prescriber writes for Medicare patients, grouped by drug class and therapeutic area. Every percentage is a share of their total prescribing, so you can see what they prescribe most. These are proportions, not patient counts or dollar amounts. No condition is inferred: the claims record what was prescribed, never why.
Cardiovascular
69.4%Antiarrhythmic36.1%Flecainide Acetate48%Amiodarone Hcl28%Propafenone Hcl Er25%Part D<11 patientsBeta blocker33.3%Metoprolol Succinate100%Part D≥20 patientsBlood & clotting
22.8%Factor Xa inhibitor22.8%Eliquis100%Part D≥14 patientsAnti-infectives
7.8%First-generation cephalosporins7.8%Cephalexin100%Part D≥14 patients
Drug classes come from the WHO ATC and U.S. National Library of Medicine (RxClass) classifications; prescribing counts come from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers file. Each drug is counted once, under its primary class. Medicare fee-for-service only, so no Medicare Advantage, commercial, or pediatric prescribing is included. CMS publishes this data about 17 months after the fact.
NIH funding
We didn't find any NIH-funded research awards for this person in NIH RePORTER. Why? →
Publications
Updated 2 Sept 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Acute Consumption of Alcohol and Discrete Atrial Fibrillation Events.
Annals of internal medicine
Article2021
Online presence
Updated 2 Sept 2026
This person's own public accounts first, then places where others mention them. Two different things, listed separately.
Owned accounts
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profiles.ucsf.edu/byron.lee
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Mentions by others
where others cite or feature them- Other
ucsfhealthcardiology.ucsf.edu/facstaff/spotlight/lee
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Background & recognition
Updated 2 Sept 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Education
degrees and training on record- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →profiles.ucsf.edu ↗
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- Board Certified
Cardiovascular Disease (American Board of Internal Medicine)
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Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology (American Board of Internal Medicine)
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Editorial & leadership roles
journal and society appointments- Director
UCSF Electrophysiology Laboratories and Clinics
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UCSF Heart and Vascular Clinic
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →google.com ↗
Awards & honors
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Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- Director
UCSF Electrophysiology Laboratories and Clinics
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Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →healthgrades.com ↗ - Co-Principal Investigator
VEST (Vest Prevention of Early Sudden Death Trial), international multi-center study
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