
Hochang B. Lee, M.D.
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About Me
Prior to his chairmanship at University of Rochester, he was the founding director and Chief of Yale's Psychological Medicine Service and Director of Psychological Medicine Research Center at Yale. Previously, he had also been Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Director of Research Development at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.
His primary research interests are: 1. Developing innovative models for delivery behavioral health service for medical and surgical patients. 2. Prevention of neuropsychiatric morbidity (e.g. delirium, depression, and dementia) after major surgery among the elders. 3. Asian American mental health issues, especially among the elders.
Dr. Lee is board certified in psychiatry with sub-specialty certification in psychosomatic medicine. His primary clinical interest is in behavioral aspects of dementia care, especially among those elders with multiple medical comorbidities. Dr. Lee completed psychiatry residency and combined neuropsychiatry/psychiatric epidemiology fellowships at Johns Hopkins after earning his MD at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia in 1997.
Dr. Lee is the Editor-In-Chief for Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and the President of International College of Psychosomatic Medicine.
Faculty Appointments
Professor - Department of Psychiatry (SMD)
Chair - Department of Psychiatry (SMD)
John Romano Professorship of Psychiatry - Department of Psychiatry (SMD)
Professor - Department of Neuroscience (SMD) - Joint
Credentials
Residency & Fellowship
Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. 2000 - 2003
Residency, Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins Hospital. 1998 - 2001
Internship, Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. 1997 - 1998
Education
MD | Jefferson Medical College. 1997
Awards
Donald Oken Fellow Award. 2020
Don R. Lipsitt Award. 2019
Visiting Professorship Award (Hospital of UPenn). 2018
The Chairman's Award, Department of Psychiatry. 2015
Visiting Professorship Award (Baystate Hospital). 2014
NIMH/ Advanced Research Institute Scholar. 2008
The Dlin/Fischer Award in Excellence in Clinical Research. 2007
Junior Investigator Award. 2004
The APIRE/GlaxoSmithKline Mental Health Scholar. 2003
The 2002 AAGP Summer Research Institute Scholar. 2002
The American Psychiatric Institute of Research and Education (APIRE)/ Janssen Scholar in Severe Mental Illness. 2000
Publications
Journal Articles
Oldham MA, Spira AP, Yurcheshen M, Pigeon WR, Palanca BJA, Lee HB
Sleep medicine reviews.. 2025 February 79 :102016. Epub 10/24/2024.
Han HR, Perrin N, Kwon SC, Joo J, Yun JY, Min D, Lee HB
Contemporary clinical trials.. 2025 January 148 :107771. Epub 11/30/2024.
Maeng D, Russell HA, Conner KR, Malcho J, Cross W, Lee HB
Journal of addiction medicine.. 2025 19 (2):143-149. Epub 10/16/2024.
Lee HB
Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.. 2025 66 (1):1-2. Epub 01/31/2025.
Choi JJ, Maeng DD, Wittink MN, Olivares TE, Brazill K, Lee HB
Population health management.. 2024 December 27 (6):382-389. Epub 10/02/2024.
Oldham MA, Kukla B, Walsh P, Lee HB
Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology.. 2024 November 37 (6):473-481. Epub 04/11/2024.
Maeng D, Walsh P, Nasra G, Lee HB
Population health management.. 2024 June 27 (5):345-352. Epub 08/12/2024.
Kim AT, Ding L, Lee HB, Ashbrook MJ, Ashrafi A, Wightman SC, Atay SM, David EA, Harano T, Kim AW
The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery.. 2024 April 167 (4):1502-1511.e11. Epub 05/26/2023.
Oldham MA, Maeng DD, Heaney B, Walsh P, Gleber C, Nasra G, Hopkin JL, Lee HB
The primary care companion for CNS disorders.. 2024 March 1926 (2)Epub 03/19/2024.
Oldham MA, Heaney B, Gleber C, Lee HB, Maeng DD
Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.. 2024 65 (1):25-32. Epub 10/17/2023.
Lee HB, Cerimele JM, Pao M, Oldham MA
Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.. 2024 65 (1):122. Epub 10/20/2023.
Lee HB
Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.. 2024 65 (1):1-3. Epub 01/22/2024.
Oldham MA, Pigeon WR, Yurcheshen M, Hisamoto K, Knight PA, Lee HB
Sleep advances : a journal of the Sleep Research Society.. 2024 5 (1):zpae034. Epub 05/30/2024.
Lee HB
Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.. 2024 65 (4):325-326. Epub 07/22/2024.
Choi JJ, Bhasin S, Levstik J, Walsh P, Oldham MA, Lee HB
General hospital psychiatry.. 2024 90 :132-140. Epub 08/20/2024.
Oldham MA, Triplett P, Lee HB
Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.. 2024 65 (5):411-416. Epub 09/24/2024.
Lee HB
Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.. 2024 65 (6):517-518. Epub 11/28/2024.
Maeng D, Li Y, Lawrence M, Keane S, Cross W, Conner KR, Lee HB
The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association.. 2023 January 39 (1):21-29. Epub 06/16/2022.
Lee HB, Cerimele JM, Pao M, Oldham MA
Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.. 2023 64 (1):1-2. Epub 01/09/2023.
Han HR, Min D, Yun JY, Joo JH, Lee HB, Kwon S
Frontiers in public health.. 2023 11 :958657. Epub 02/22/2023.
McFarland DC, Lee HB
Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.. 2023 64 (6):489-491. Epub 10/26/2023.
Maeng DD, Poleshuck E, Rosenberg T, Kulak A, Mahoney T, Nasra G, Lee HB, Li Y
Journal of general internal medicine.. 2022 August 37 (11):2691-2697. Epub 02/07/2022.
Lee HB
Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.. 2022 63 (1):1-2. Epub 1900 01 01.
Lee HB, Oldham M
Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.. 2022 63 (3):187-188. Epub 04/08/2022.
Choi JJ, Oldham MA, Pancharovski T, Rubano A, Walsh P, Alexis JD, Gosev I, Lee HB
Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.. 2022 63 (6):599-606. Epub 09/16/2022.
Trzepacz PT, Lee HB
Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.. 2022 63 (6):519-520. Epub 11/09/2022.
Lee HB
General psychiatry.. 2022 35 (6):e100913. Epub 11/25/2022.
Han HR, Choi S, Wang J, Lee HB
Journal of clinical and translational research.. 2021 December 287 (6):712-716. Epub 10/30/2021.
Oldham MA, Lin IH, Hawkins KA, Li FY, Yuh DD, Lee HB
International journal of geriatric psychiatry.. 2021 March 36 (3):452-460. Epub 10/13/2020.
Oldham MA, Pigeon WR, Chapman B, Yurcheshen M, Knight PA, Lee HB
General hospital psychiatry.. 2021 71 :43-46. Epub 04/22/2021.
Oldham MA, Desan PH, Lee HB, Bourgeois JA, Shah SB, Hurley PJ, Sockalingam S,
Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.. 2021 62 (2):169-185. Epub 01/29/2021.
Lee HB
Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.. 2021 62 (1):1-2. Epub 11/30/2020.
Khan IR, Saulle M, Oldham MA, Weber MT, Schifitto G, Lee HB
Critical care medicine.. 2020 October 48 (10):e959-e970. Epub 1900 01 01.
Wittink MN, Cross W, Goodman J, Jackson H, Lee HB, Olivares T, Maeng DD, Caine ED
Psychiatric services : a journal of the American Psychiatric Association.. 2020 September 171 (9):885-892. Epub 05/04/2020.
Oldham MA, Walsh P, Maeng DD, Zagursky J, Stewart K, Hawkins SM, Lee HB
Journal of psychosomatic research.. 2020 July 134 :110112. Epub 04/15/2020.
Wortzel JR, Turner BE, Weeks BT, Fragassi C, Ramos V, Truong T, Li D, Sahak O, Lee HB
PloS one.. 2020 15 (6):e0233996. Epub 06/05/2020.
Oldham MA, Neufeld KJ, Lee HB
The New England journal of medicine.. 2019 May 2380 (18):1778-1779. Epub 1900 01 01.
Oldham MA, Hawkins KA, Lin IH, Deng Y, Hao Q, Scoutt LM, Yuh DD, Lee HB
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry.. 2019 May 27 (5):476-486. Epub 12/25/2018.
Oldham MA, Chahal K, Lee HB
General hospital psychiatry.. 2019 60 :120-126. Epub 08/02/2019.
Oldham MA, Vachon J, Yuh D, Lee HB
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.. 2018 December 66 (12):2327-2334. Epub 10/11/2018.
Park S, Lee HB, Lee JK, Park YM, Lee T, Park Y, Ahn MH, Hong JP
Psychiatric genetics. 2018 August 28 (4):71-72. Epub 1900 01 01.
DeMartini KS, Schilsky ML, Palmer A, Fehon DC, Zimbrean P, O'Malley SS, Lee HB, Toll BA
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research.. 2018 April 42 (4):761-769. Epub 03/02/2018.
Na PJ, Kim KB, Lee-Tauler SY, Han HR, Kim MT, Lee HB
International journal of geriatric psychiatry.. 2017 December 32 (12):1272-1279. Epub 10/25/2016.
Deiner S, Luo X, Lin HM, Sessler DI, Saager L, Sieber FE, Lee HB, Sano M, Jankowski C, Bergese SD, Candiotti K, Flaherty JH, Arora H, Shander A, Rock P
JAMA surgery.. 2017 August 16152 (8):e171505. Epub 08/16/2017.
Oldham MA, Piddoubny W, Peterson R, Lee HB
Critical care clinics.. 2017 July 33 (3):441-459. Epub 04/20/2017.
Lee HB, Oldham MA, Sieber FE, Oh ES
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry.. 2017 March 25 (3):308-315. Epub 10/19/2016.
Han HR, Song Y, Kim M, Hedlin HK, Kim K, Ben Lee H, Roter D
American journal of public health.. 2017 January 107 (1):159-165. Epub 11/17/2016.
Lee HB, Song ML, Koo BB, Cho YW
The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences.. 2017 29 (1):52-59. Epub 07/15/2016.
Wiznia DH, Maisano J, Kim CY, Zaki T, Lee HB, Leslie MP
General hospital psychiatry.. 2017 45 :19-24. Epub 12/18/2016.
Kim MT, Kim KB, Ko J, Jang Y, Levine D, Lee HB
BMJ open diabetes research & care.. 2017 5 (1):e000337. Epub 03/24/2017.
Talwalkar JS, Koff JL, Lee HB, Britto CJ, Mulenos AM, Georgiopoulos AM
Psychosomatics.. 2017 58 (4):343-354. Epub 04/05/2017.
Koo BB, Blackwell T, Lee HB, Stone KL, Louis ED, Redline S
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry.. 2016 November 24 (11):1105-1116. Epub 04/27/2016.
Lee T, Lee HB, Ahn MH, Kim J, Kim MS, Chung SJ, Hong JP
Parkinsonism & related disorders.. 2016 November 32 :102-107. Epub 09/06/2016.
Lee-Tauler SY, Lee-Kwan SH, Han H, Lee HB, Gallo JJ, Joo JH
Psychiatry investigation.. 2016 September 13 (5):558-565. Epub 09/30/2016.
Cho YW, Kim KT, Lee YS, Moon HJ, Chang H, Ku J, Lee HB
Sleep medicine.. 2016 September 25 :4-7. Epub 09/02/2016.
Oh ES, Sieber FE, Leoutsakos JM, Inouye SK, Lee HB
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.. 2016 August 64 (8):1616-21. Epub 07/07/2016.
Kim KB, Kim MT, Lee HB, Nguyen T, Bone LR, Levine D
American journal of public health.. 2016 June 106 (6):1052-8. Epub 03/17/2016.
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