Born and raised in Canada, Dr. Lee received his M.D. from the University of Toronto and was awarded the Cody Gold Medal. He did residencies in Internal Medicine, Respirology (Pulmonology), and Critical Care Medicine in Toronto. He completed a PhD in the Program in Cell Biology (Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto) in the lab of Sergio Grinstein and postdoctoral training in Microbiology and Immunology at Weill Medical College of Cornell University in the lab of Carl F. Nathan (New York).
Academic Appointments and Selected Honours:
Canada Research Chair (Tier II), Mechanisms of Endothelial Permeability
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
-Full member, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology (LMP)
-Cross-appointed, Department of Biochemistry
-Full Member, Institute of Medical Sciences (IMS)
Associate Member, Yeates School of Graduate Studies, Toronto Metropolitan University
-Graduate Program in Biomedical Engineering
Editorial Board Member, American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Hospital Appointments:
Attending Physician, Department of Critical Care, St. Michael’s Hospital (Unity Health Toronto)