Yi-Horng Lee, M.D.

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Dr. Yi-Horng Lee joins the University of Rochester Medical Center as an Assistant

Professor of Surgery. A native of Taipei, Taiwan, he earned his undergraduate degree

from Columbia University and his medical degree from the College of Medicine, State

University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn.

Prior to joining URMC, Dr. Lee completed general surgery residencies at the University

of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. He also completed fellowships in transplant research and

surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

From 2004 to 2006, Dr. Lee was a pediatric surgery resident in the Division of Pediatric

Surgery, Department of Surgery at the State University of New York at Buffalo and the

Department of Pediatric Surgery at the Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo. While

there, he later served as assistant professor of surgery and an attending surgeon.

Dr. Lee has also been a consultant surgeon to Roswell Park Cancer Institute.

Licensed in the states of Iowa, New York and Pennsylvania, Dr. Lee is American Board Certified. He is a member of professional organizations including the American College of Surgeons, the American Pediatric Surgical Association, Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, International Pediatric Endosurgery Group, American Academy of Pediatrics Surgical Section and the Medical Society of the State of New York.

Dr. Lee has authored a wide variety of publications and is the recipient of numerous awards and honors. He has also been engaged in several research studies as well as extramural funding efforts for research such as the Empire Clinical Research Investigator Program (ECRIP).

Current Appointments

• Assistant Professor - Department of Surgery (SMD)

Board Certifications
American Board of Surgery Certification	2006 - Present

Education
MD Medicine	SUNY Downstate Coll Medicine	1996
BA Biochemistry	Columbia University	1991

Post-Doctoral Training & Residency
Pediatric Surgery Resident Department of Surgery, University at Buffalo The State University of New York The Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo Buffalo, NY	2004 - 2006
General Surgery Resident Department of Surgery University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Iowa City, IA	2000 - 2003
General Surgery Resident Department of Surgery University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Iowa City, IA	1996 - 1998

Fellowship Awards
Clinical Transplant Fellow Division of Transplantation Surgery, Department of Surgery University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pittsburgh, PA	2003 - 2004
Transplant Research Fellow Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pittsburgh, PA	1996 - 1998

Awards and Honors
Arnold P. Gold Award for Excellence in Teaching and Humanism	2005
Iowa Academy of Surgery Resident Research Award	2001
The Jackson H. Stucky Award for Outstanding Surgial Research	1996
Columbia College Research Scholar	1990