Titles: Allergist & Immunologist

Clinical Interests: Asthma, Seasonal allergy, Hives, Eczema, Drug allergy, Angioedema, Contact dermatitis, Nasal polyps, Allergy-related sexual health, Postorgasmic illness syndrome (POIS)

Biography

Ivan Lee, MD, PhD received his medical & graduate school training at UT Southwestern Medical Center as part of the Medical Scientist Training Program. He completed his pediatrics residency at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford followed by an Allergy/Immunology fellowship at Stanford University Medical Center. He worked as an Attending Physician/Faculty at Stanford prior to moving to Massachusetts. Dr. Lee is a translational physician-scientist with an interest in allergies and infectious diseases. He has co-authored numerous high-impact peer-reviewed manuscripts in Cell and Nature press journals as well as allergy/immunology journals.

Overview:

Programs + Specialties: Allergy/Immunology (Pediatrics & Adults)

Training + Education: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; Stanford University Medical Center/Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford

Board Certifications: Allergy/Immunology; Pediatrics

Medical Licenses: Massachusetts, California

Publications

Recent first or corresponding author publications:
1.- Nature Communications. 2020 Oct 28;11(1):5453
2.- Cell Reports Medicine. 2021 Oct 19;2(10):100421
3.- Cell Metabolism. 2021 May 18:S1550-4131(21)00230- 8.
4.- Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. 2020 Jun;124(6):536-541
5.- Pediatr Allergy and Immunology. 2017 Nov;28(7):619-627

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News media

2021, "Coronavirus likely infects upper airway cells first; blood pressure drugs unlikely to increase risk"

2021, "Why are smokers at an increased risk for severe COVID-19?"

Honors

2019 & 2020 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Fellow-In-Training Travel Scholarship

2019 & 2020 Jeffrey Modell Foundation WinMD Grant

2019 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology National Allergy Bureau Scholarship for Basic Aeroallergen Course

2019 American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Fellow in Training Travel Grant for the Patch Test Training Workshop Advanced Course

2018 & 2019 American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Fellow in Training Travel Grant Award

2018 Stanford Pediatrics Resident Research Presentation Award

2017-2018 Honor Roll for Clinical Teaching, Department of Pediatrics

2016-2017 Honor Roll for Clinical Teaching, Department of Pediatrics

2015 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology Chrysalis Project Award

2003-2007 The Welch Foundation Scholarship

2003-2007 UT Arlington President’s Charter Scholarship

2007 UT Arlington John T. Murchison Scholarship

2006 & 2007 UT Arlington Laurence E. Baker Memorial Scholarship

2005 & 2006 UT Arlington Luther Wayne Odom Scholarship

2006 UT Southwestern Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)

2006 UT Arlington Science Constituency Council Outstanding Officer Award

2006 UT Arlington Carolyn A. Barros Founding Dean Scholarship

2004 UT Arlington Presidential Leadership Scholarship

2004 UT Arlington Honors College Undergraduate Research Assistantship

2004 UT Arlington Robert F. Francis Award for the Outstanding Sophomore of the Year

2003 Arlington Memorial Hospital Volunteer Guild Scholarship

Professional Memberships

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology

American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology

American Academy of Pediatrics

American Contact Dermatitis Society

European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Clinical Immunology Society

Languages spoken

English, Mandarin Chinese, conversational Japanese