2015 International Symposium on Medical Education

Professional Info

Dr. Lee is Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, and Special Advisor for Education Innovation at Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA. She recently concluded 6 months as the 2014-2015 Kimitaka Kaga Visiting Professor at University of Tokyo’s International Research Center for Medical Education. Dr. Lee served 12 years as Associate Provost across Tufts University’s ten schools and three campuses. Broad responsibilities involved interdisciplinary educational and global health initiatives, including open education with partners in Asia and Africa. As former Dean for Educational Affairs at Tufts’ School of Medicine, she was both the strategic and operational leader. She brought eLearning, faculty development, and major educational grants to TUSM starting in the 1990’s. By promoting forward-looking uses of educational technology in health sciences education, Dr. Lee transformed training for TUSM students while greatly increasing TUSM’s national and international recognition in the educational arena. Over the past three decades, she has focused on how innovations in leadership training, technology integration, and open access can transform professional education and global health. Under her leadership, major initiatives have included Academic Leadership Development, TUSK (open source enterprise system for health sciences education used in 15 countries), Center for Enhancement of Learning and Teaching, Tufts OpenCourseWare, USAID One Health Core Competency Development (for pandemic training in Southeast Asia and Africa), and the implementation of eLearning at Christian Medical College, Vellore, India. 
Dr. Lee practiced internal medicine for over 20 years at Tufts Medical Center where she remains on the Board of Governors; she is a fellow (FACP) and laureate of the American College of Physicians. She received her B.A. and M.D. from Tufts University, and trained at Tufts Medical Center. Dr. Lee holds degrees in Health Services Research (M.S.) and Asian Studies (M.A.) from Stanford University. In recognition of her many contributions she has received numerous school and university awards, and has a biannual Medical Education Day named in her honor. She lives in Belmont, MA with her husband, Paul W. Lee, and enjoys traveling, gardening and painting. Their son, Greg, lives in San Francisco, CA and their daughter, Samantha, lives in New York City.