James C. Lee

Background

About James C. Lee

Dr. Lee is an accomplished, Ivy League-trained Board-Certified Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon specializing in facial reconstruction, facial feminization surgery, craniomaxillofacial surgery, cancer and trauma reconstruction, and aesthetic surgery. He is dedicated to changing lives through compassionate care and consistently delivering quality results that appear natural and refined. After graduating with highest honors from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Lee was awarded a scholarship to attend the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, earning AOA honors in the process. He then completed Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery residency at Columbia and Cornell University where he trained at some of the nation's top hospitals including the Hospital for Specialty Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and New York-Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Lee was then accepted into the prestigious UCLA Craniofacial Surgery Fellowship program founded by world-renowned Craniofacial Surgeon Dr. Henry Kawamoto, where he obtained specialized training in facial feminization surgery, pediatric plastic surgery, and craniomaxillofacial surgery. As a plastic and reconstructive surgeon at Kaiser Permanente, Dr. Lee serves as the Physician Lead for Gender-Affirming Surgery in Southern California and as the Plastic Surgery Director at the Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine. He is currently Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery at both the Keck School of Medicine of USC and the Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine. Dr. Lee serves as a Section Editor for the FACE Journal and has published dozens of scientific articles in peer-reviewed plastic surgery journals with his work presented extensively at national and international conferences. Outside of the operating room, Dr. Lee is passionate about surgical education, clinical research, medical innovation, and international charity work. He has donated his time as a surgeon on volunteer medical missions and has made appearances on the television show Grey's Anatomy.