Dr. Lee is professor of Ophthalmology at the Glaucoma Service of the Duke University Eye Center and Senior Fellow in the Duke Center of Aging and Human Development, and part of the Health Services Program at RAND, Santa Monica, California.

He obtained his medical degree from the University of Michigan Medical School and completed his internship in medicine at the Beth Israel Hospital of Harvard Medical School. Dr. Lee completed his residency at the Wilmer Eye Institute of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University and his fellowship in Glaucoma at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Lee provides referral and consultative evaluation, management, and surgery of complicated adult glaucoma. He is experienced in all forms of glaucoma surgery, including tube implant, laser, and filtering surgery. Known for having a special interest in enhancing patients’ understanding of and participation in their own care.

His national service activities include serving on the Board of Trustees of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Writing Committee for the board re-certification examination and Associate Examiner for the American Board of Ophthalmology. Dr. Lee also serves on the Editorial Boards of Evidence-Based Eye Care and the Chinese Journal of Ophthalmology.