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photo Jooseob Lee, MD, MPH

General Internal Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Email: leej53@upmc.edu

Contact
 
E-mail: leej53@upmc.edu
Education and Training
Education
MD, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 2013
MPH, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, 2018
Training
Internal Medicine Residency, AMITA Health St Francis Hospital, 2021
Clinical Interest
Dr. Lee is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine and staff hospitalist in the Division of General Internal Medicine, Section of Hospital Medicine. He attended Yonsei University College of Medicine in South Korea. His career has been focused on improvement in healthcare accessibility. In pursuit of his goal, he worked with underserved populations in rainforest areas of Malaysia and finished his Master of Public Health with a specific focus on community health promotion at the University of Minnesota. Later, he completed his internal medicine residency at St Francis Hospital in Evanston, IL, before joining the University of Pittsburgh faculty in 2021. During his residency, he conducted research on prolonged mechanical ventilation in psychiatric patients and hospital outcomes of patients with COVID-19 induced acute respiratory distress syndrome.
Notable Achievements
Harry Kurz, M.D. Memorial Award, 2021