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Dr. Richard H Lee - Plastic Surgeon

Dr. Richard H Lee

Plastic Surgeon

361 Hospital Road
Suite 424
Newport Beach, CA 92663

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Personal Details

Specialty:
Plastic Surgery, Reconstructive Surgery, Hand Surgery, Cosmetic Surgery, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Breast Surgery
Gender:
Male
Profile:
Dr. Richard H. Lee is a native of the San Francisco Bay Area. Dr. Lee graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with high honors. He attended medical school at the prestigious Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, where he was recognized for excellence in clinical research in plastic surgery pertaining to facial injuries. Dr. Lee graduated at the top quartile of his class at Johns Hopkins and began a 7-year residency program in general surgery and plastic surgery at the world renowned Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Education and Experience Details

Personal

Citizenship: United States

Married

Children: 3

Education

M.D., The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland 1996
Top Quartile of Class in Percentile Rank

B.A., University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California 1992
High Honors and Distinction in General Scholarship

Diploma, The Andrew P. Hill High School
San Jose, California 1988
Valedictorian

Postgraduate Training

Plastic Surgery Fellow
Department of Surgery
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland

Chief Resident
Department of Surgery
Division of General Surgery
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland

Senior Assistant Resident
Department of Surgery
Division of General Surgery
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland

Research Fellow
Department of Surgery
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland

Junior Assistant Resident
Department of Surgery
Division of General Surgery
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland

Intern
Department of Surgery
Division of General Surgery
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland

Certification

Board-Certified, American Board of Plastic Surgery

Certified, United States Medical Licensing Examination

Advanced Trauma Life Support
Maryland Institute of Emergency Medical Service Systems

Licensure

The Maryland State Board of Physician Quality Assurance
Physician License

The Medical Board of California
Physician & Surgeon License

Hospital Priviledges

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
One Hospital Road
Newport Beach, California 92658

Newport Beach Surgery Center
361 Hospital Road, Suite 124
Newport Beach, California 92663

Irvine Regional Hospital and Medical Center
16200 Sand Canyon Avenue
Irvine, California 92618

Huntington Beach Hospital
17772 Beach Blvd.
Huntington Beach, California 92647

Awards/Honors

First Prize
Resident Article Contest
“Blunt Traumatic Craniofacial Injuries: A Comprehensive Analysis”
The Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Trauma

Ortho-McNeil Young Investigator Award
“Inhibition of TNF Attenuates Wound Healing”
Third Joint Conference of Wound Healing Society and
European Tissue Repair Society
Bordeaux, France

Henry Strong Dennison Research Award
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

The American Heart Association
Student Research Grant

Dean’s List
College of Letters and Science
University of California, Berkeley

Alumni Scholar
University of California, Berkeley

City of Vienna Prize
15th Annual International Youth & Music Festival
First Violinist
The San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra
Vienna, Austria

Presentations

“The Evolution of Craniofacial Trauma: An 11-Year Experience of the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center” (oral)
American Association of Plastic Surgeons
78th Annual Meeting
Colorado Springs, Colorado

“Nitric Oxide Expression in the Healing Wound: A Time Course Study” (oral)
Plastic Surgery Research Council
44th Annual Meeting
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

“Insulin Resistance: A Role in Peripheral Neuropathy?”(poster)
Plastic Surgery Research Council
44th Annual Meeting
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

“Insulin Resistance: A Role in Peripheral Neuropathy?” (oral)
American Society for Peripheral Nerve
9th Annual Meeting
Los Angeles, California

“Inhibition of TNF Attenuates Wound Healing” (oral)
3rd Joint Meeting of The European Tissue Repair Society and The Wound Healing Society
Bordeaux, France

“Incisional Wound Healing in Two Different Strains of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Knock-out (iNOS-KO) Mice” (poster)
3rd Joint Meeting of The European Tissue Repair Society and The Wound Healing Society
Bordeaux, France

“Nitric Oxide in the Healing Wound: A Time Course Study” (oral)
Owen H. Wangensteen Surgical Forum
85th Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons
San Francisco, California

“Comprehensive Analysis of Craniofacial Injuries in
Motor Vehicle Collisions” (oral)
Biennial Meeting of The Johns Hopkins Medical and Surgical Association
Baltimore, Maryland

Publications

Lee RH. Manson PN. Robertson BC. Evolution of Craniomaxillofacial
Trauma. Seminars in Plastic Surgery. 16(3):283-293.

Lee RH. Efron DT. Tantry U. Barbul A. Nitric Oxide in the Healing
Wound: A Time Course Study. Journal of Surgical Research. 101(1):1-5

Lee RH. Gamble WB. Robertson B. Manson PN. Blunt Traumatic Craniofacial Injuries: A Comprehensive Analysis. The Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Trauma. 6(2):7-16

Lee RH. Efron DT. Tantry U. Stuelten C. Moldawer LL. Abouhamze A. Barbul A. Inhibition of Tumor Necrosis Factor-a Attenuates Wound Breaking Strength in Rats. Wound Repair and Regeneration. 8(6):547-53

Lee RH. Dellon AL. Insulin resistance: Does It Play a Role in Peripheral Neuropathy?. Diabetes Care. 22(11):1914-5

Lee RH. Efron DT. Tantry U. Barbul A. Nitric Oxide in the Healing Wound: A Time Course Study. Owen H. Wangensteen Surgical Forum Volume. L:636-8

Lee RH. Gamble WB. Robertson B. Manson PN. The MCFONTZL Classification System for Soft-tissue Injuries to the Face. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 103(4):1150-7

Lee RH. Gamble WB. Mayer MH. Manson PN. Patterns of Facial Laceration from Blunt Trauma. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 99(6):1544-54.

Book Chapter
Lee RH. Tufaro AP. Prosthetic Substitutes in Chest Wall Reconstruction. Current Therapy in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.

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Newport Beach CA 92663
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