Dr. Lee is a Professor in the Departments of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery at Weill Cornell Medical College. He specializes in Neuro-ophthalmology and currently serves as the Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology at the Blanton Eye Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital. Additionally, he is an adjunct Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Iowa. Prior to joining Houston Methodist, Dr. Lee held faculty positions at the University of Iowa, Baylor College of Medicine, and the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. He graduated with Alpha Omega Alpha honors from the University of Virginia School of Medicine (M.D., 1989).
Dr. Lee completed his ophthalmology residency at the Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, where he served as Chief Resident (1992-1993). He went on to complete a Neuro-ophthalmology Fellowship at the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, and held a Fight for Sight (Herbert Tenzer Memorial) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Neuropathology at Johns Hopkins.
Dr. Lee has authored over 400 peer-reviewed publications and has been an invited speaker at more than 200 regional, national, and international medical conferences. He has served on the editorial boards of 14 scientific journals, including JAMA Ophthalmology, Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology, American Journal of Ophthalmology, Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology, Eye, and Journal of Neuro-ophthalmology.