After receiving a BS from the Honors Program in Medical Education at Northwestern University, Dr. Lee earned her medical degree from the Northwestern University School of Medicine.  She completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Prentice Women’s Hospital at the McGaw Medical Center Medical Center of Northwestern University, and pursued fellowship training in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Strong Memorial Hospital at the University of Rochester. Dr. Lee also completed a postdoctoral research fellowship through the Reproductive Scientist Development Program in the Department of Microbiology at the NYU School of Medicine. Dr. Lee’s special interests include maternal stress during pregnancy, steroid effects on fetal development, social determinants of health and disease, epigenetics, and placental microplastics. 

Dr. Lee is the Kosasa Endowed Professor and Associate Chair for Research and Innovations in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine which gives her the opportunity to create research collaborations between junior faculty, trainees, and community partners.  Dr. Lee is the Medical Director for the Fetal Diagnostic Center at Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children which provides over 22,000 outpatient visits per year for prenatal diagnosis, OBGYN ultrasound, and perinatal consultations for the women of Hawaii and the Pacific Islands. She is the Principal Investigator of a $2.8M National Telecommunications and Information Administration and Department of Native Hawaiian Homelands Grant to set up the Hawaii Maternal Telehealth Access Program for the State of Hawaii.  She was recently named to the OBGYN Review Committee for the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), and is the co-author of the book, Religion and Medicine.