UCLA Campus    |   UCLA Health    |   School of Medicine Translate:
UCLA Health It Begins With U

Justine Lee, MD

Print
Email

Justine Lee, MD

UCLA Physician Justine Lee, MD specializes in Plastic Surgery.
Specialty
Plastic Surgery
Gender
Female
Language Spoken
English, Mandarin
Hospital Affiliation
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica
State License Number
A119155
Contact
(310) 825-5510
Email Address
justinelee@mednet.ucla.edu
PRACTICE LOCATION
200 Medical Plaza, Suite 465
Los Angeles, CA 90095
EDUCATION
Residency
Plastic Surgery, University of Chicago Hospitals, 2007 - 2012
Internship
Plastic Surgery, University of Chicago Hospitals, 2006 - 2007
Medical Degree
MD, PhD, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, 2006
MORE INFORMATION
Awards & Recognition

Research Awards

  • 2012 Illinois Society for Plastic Surgery Chief Resident Paper Competition
  • 2012: First Prize
  • 2012 American Society for Plastic Surgery Senior Resident Conference, Tampa: Best Microsurgery Paper
  • 2010 American Society for Plastic Surgery, Toronto: Outstanding Paper Presentation
  • 2004 Doolittle-Harrison Fellowship
  • 2002-2006 Frank Fellowship
  • 2002 Committee on Immunology Graduate Student Poster Award
  • 1999 Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Undergraduate Research Award
  • 1998-1999 Howard Hughes Honors Undergraduate Fellowship 1998 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Fellowship
  • 1997-1998 University of California President’s Undergraduate Fellowship
  • 1997 Howard Hughes Honors Undergraduate Fellowship

Academic Honors and Awards

  • 2005 AOA Eligible Group
  • 1999 Phi Beta Kappa
  • 1999 Summa cum laude, University of California, Los Angeles
  • 1999 Graduated with highest honors, University of California, Los Angeles
  • 1995-1999 University of California Regent’s Scholar
  • 1995-1999 National Merit Scholar
  • 1995-1999 University of California Alumni Scholar
  • 1995-1999 California Masonic Foundation Scholar
  • 1995-1999 Kiwanis Foundation

Scholar Teaching Awards

  • 2002 Wayne C. Booth Graduate Student Teaching Prize
  • 2001 Biological Sciences Division Teaching Award
  • 2000 Biological Sciences Division Teaching Award – Honorable Mention
Publications
  1. Lee JC, Olaitan OK, Lopez-Soler R. Renz JF, Millis JM, Gottlieb LJ. (2013) Expanding the envelope: The PoRSh-Liver vascular composite allotransplant. Plast Reconstr Surg. In press.
  2. Gottlieb LJ, Reid RR, Lee JC. (2013) Pediatric chest and trunk defects. In Neligan (Ed.) and Lossee (Volume Ed.): Plastic Surgery. Volume 3, Chapter 41, pp. 855-876.
  3. Lee JC, Spiguel L, Shenaq D, Zhong M, Wietholt C, He T-C, Reid RR. (2011) The role of RANK/RANKL/OPG axis in cranial suture homeostasis. J Craniofac Surg. 22: 699-705.
  4. Lee JC, Raman J, Song DH. (2010) Primary sternal closure with titanium plate fixation: plastic surgery effecting a paradigm shift. Plast Reconstr Surg. 125:1720-4.
  5. Lee JC, Wang GX, Schickling O, Peter ME. (2005) Fusing DEDD with ubiquitin changes its intracellular localization and apoptotic potential. Apoptosis. 10:1483-95.
  6. Ward S, Belogrudov G, Lee JC, Lee P, Strahan J, Shepherd J, Clarke CF. (2004) Yeast Coq5 C-methyltransferase is required for stability of other polypeptides involved in coenzyme Q biosynthesis. J Biol Chem. 279:10052-9
  7. Lee JC, Peter ME. (2003) Regulation of apoptosis by ubiquitination. Immunol Rev. 193:39-47.
  8. Dinsdale D*, Lee JC*, Dawson G, Cohen GM, Peter ME. (2003) Intermediate filaments control the intracellular distribution of caspases during apoptosis. Am J Path. 164:395-407. *contributed equally.
  9. Barnhart BC, Lee JC, Alappat EC, Peter ME. (2003) The death effector domain protein family. Oncogene. 22:8634-44.
  10. Liu N, Raja SM, Zazzeroni F, Metkar SS, Shah R, Zhang M, Wang Y, Bromme D, Russin WA, Lee JC, Peter ME, Froelich CJ, Franzoso G, Ashton-Rickardt PG. (2003) NF-kappaB protects from the lysosomal pathway of cell death. EMBO J. 22:5313-22.
  11. Lee JC, Schickling O, Stegh AH, Oshima, RG, Dinsdale D, Cohen GM, Peter ME. (2002) DEDD regulates degradation of intermediate filaments during apoptosis. J Cell Biol. 158:1051-66.
  12. Huang CJ, Nazarian R, Lee J, Zhao PM, Espinosa-Jeffrey A, de Vellis J. (2002) Tumor necrosis factor modulates transcription of myelin basic protein gene through nuclear factor kappa B in a human oligodendroglioma cell line. Int J Dev Neuroscience. 20:289-96.
Back to top
Referring a Patient to UCLA
Our staff will assist you in selecting the appropriate UCLA clinical department for your patient.

Find out how to refer a patient
Dr. Justine Lee,  click here to update your profile.