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Jay Lee, MD

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Jay Lee, MD
Specialty
Thoracic Surgery
Gender Language Spoken
Male English
Hospital Affiliation
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital
State License Number
A96666
Contact
(310) 794-7333 Appointments/Office
Fax Number
(310) 794-7335 Fax
Email Address
jaymoonlee@mednet.ucla.edu
MEDICAL BOARD CERTIFICATION
Surgery, American Board of Surgery, 2004
EDUCATION
Fellowship
CardioThoracic Surgery, Brigham & Women's Hospital, 2004 - 2006
Residency
Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, 2001 - 2004
Surgery, Georgetown University Medical Center, 1998 - 1999
Internship
Surgery, Georgetown University Medical Center, 1997 - 1998
Medical Degree
MD, UCLA School of Medicine, 1997
CLINICAL INTEREST
Airway Stenosis, Airway Tumors, Chest Malignancies, Chest Wall Tumor, Diaphragm, Esophageal, Esophageal Cancer, Esophagus, Hyperhidrosis, Lung, Lung Cancer, Lung Metastasis, Lung Nodule, Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy, Mediastinal Tumor, Mesothelioma, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Myasthenia Gravis, Pectus Carinatum, Pectus Excavatum, Pediatric Thoracic, Pericardial Effusion, Pericardial Window, Pericardiectomy, Pleural Effusion, Pleural Tumor, Pneumothorax, Sarcoma, Thoracic, Thoracic Cancer, Thoracic Oncology, Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, Thoracoscopic Surgery, Thoracoscopy, Thymus, Trachea, Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS)
AFFILIATION
Department Affiliation
Director, Lung Cancer Program, Thoracic Oncology Program
Physician, Cardiothoracic Surgery, General Thoracic Surgery, Sarcoma Program, Sarcoma Program, Thoracic Oncology Program
MORE INFORMATION
Research Interest

Lung Cancer Research
Immunotherapy / Gene Therapy
Drug Discovery

Additional Information

Additional Education:
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1999-2001

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
1994-97 American Medical Association
1994-97 California Medical Association
1998-Present American College of Surgeons
2000-Present American Society of Gene Therapy
2000-Present Christian Medical and Dental Society
2004-Present Sabiston Surgical Society
2005-Present Massachusetts Chapter of the American College of Surgeons
2006-Present Nano Science and Technology Institute
2006-Present Brigham Surgical Society
2007-Present International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer

Links
http://www.lungcancer.ucla.edu
http://www.ctsnet.org/home/jaylee
Awards & Recognition

1991 Undergraduate Honors Convocation Academic Scholarship
1991 Irwin M. Newell Scholarship (Research Grant)
1993 Ernst A. Noltmann Memorial Award (Research Grant)
1994 American Heart Association (National) Medical Student Research Fellowship Award
1999 NCI Surgical Oncology Research Fellowship Award
2001 American Society of Gene Therapy (Fourth Annual Meeting) Travel Grant
2006 NIH/NCI K12 Career Development Award, UCLA Clinical Scientist Training in Cancer Gene Medicine
2006 NIH/NCI Lung Cancer SPORE Career Development Award
2009 Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation Grant
2009 STOP Cancer Research Grant
2009 NIH/NCI K23 Grant
2009 TSFRE Grant

Publications
Link to my PubMed publications
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