Kathleen C. Lee
Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
Department: Emergency Medicine
Contact information
Comcast Corporation
1701 John F. Kennedy Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19103
1701 John F. Kennedy Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Education:
BS (Bachelor of Science in Engineering, with High Honors; Chemical Engineering)
Princeton University, Princeton NJ, 2007.
MD (Doctor of Medicine)
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore MD, 2012.
BS (Bachelor of Science in Engineering, with High Honors; Chemical Engineering)
Princeton University, Princeton NJ, 2007.
MD (Doctor of Medicine)
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore MD, 2012.
Post-Graduate Training
Fellow, The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship, Baltimore MD, 2008-2009.
Fellow, Dean’s Year of Research Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2011-2012.
Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine, Hospital of the University of PA, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2014-2018.
Senior Fellow, Penn Medicine Center for Digital Health, Philadelphia, PA, 2014-2018.
Permanent linkFellow, The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship, Baltimore MD, 2008-2009.
Fellow, Dean’s Year of Research Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2011-2012.
Resident, Department of Emergency Medicine, Hospital of the University of PA, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2014-2018.
Senior Fellow, Penn Medicine Center for Digital Health, Philadelphia, PA, 2014-2018.
Description of Itmat Expertise
Patient Engagement and ExperienceProvider Engagement and Experience
Digital Health
Operations
Selected Publications
Samimi S, Hahn L, Gudobba C, Mollanazar N, Akiyama K, Vittorio C, Leri D, Gitelan Y, O’Malley C, Merchant R, Asch DA, Rosin R, Balachandran M, Khan N, Snider C, Lee KC, Kovarik C: Teledermatology Transformed Through an Automated Previsit Engagement Strategy. NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery 3(9) 3(9), Aug 2022.Lee KC, Morgan AU, Chaiyachati KH, Asch DA, Xiong RA, Do D, Kilaru AS, Lam D, Parambath A, Friedman AB, Meisel ZF, Snider CK, Chisholm DL, Kelly S, Hemmons JE, Abdel-Rahman D, Ebert J, Ghosh M, Reilly J, O'Malley CJ, Hahn L, Mannion NM, Huffenberger AM, McGinley S, Balachandran M, Khan N, Shea JA, Mitra N, Delgado MK: Pulse Oximetry for Monitoring Patients with Covid-19 at Home - A Pragmatic, Randomized Trial. N Engl J Med 386(19): 1857-1859, May 2022.
Delgado MK, Morgan AU, Asch DA, Xiong RA, Kilaru AS, Lee KC, Do D, Friedman AB, Meisel ZF, Snider CK, Lam D, Parambath A, Wood C, Wilson CM, Perez M, Chisholm DL, Kelly S, O'Malley CJ, Mannion NM, Huffenberger AM, McGinley S, Balachandran M, Khan N, Mitra N, Chaiyachati KH: Comparative Effectiveness of an Automated Text Messaging Service for Monitoring COVID-19 at Home. Ann Intern Med 175(2): 179-190, Feb 2022 Notes: doi: 10.7326/M21-2019. Epub 2021 Nov 16.
Lee KC, Al-Ramahi N, Hahn L, Donnell T, Schonewolf LJ, Khan N, O’Malley C, Khatri UG, Pearlman E, Balachandran M, Asch DA, Herndon WL, Mallozzi C, Green-McKenzie J, Kasbekar N, Cullom C, Carney S, Shaw W, Sullivan P, Okala P, Brennan PJ, South EC. : Operationalizing Equity: A Rapid-Cycle Innovation Approach to Covid-19 Vaccination in Black Neighborhoods. NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery April 2021.
Tecce, Michael; Hahn, Lauren; Welch, Bethany; Okawa, David; Wendler, Daniel; Kalva, Saiesh; Snider, Christopher; Delgado, Mucio; Flynn, Danielle; Balachandran, Mohan; Rosin, Roy; Merchant, Raina; Serletti, Joseph; Lee, Kathleen : Value-based Care Transformation: How Penn Medicine Reimagined Breast Reconstruction, Shifting the Balance of Post-op Care from Clinic to Home. NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery 2(4), April 2021 Notes: In Press.
Kilaru AS, Lee KC, Grossman L, Mankoff Z, Snider CK, Bressman E, Porges SB, Hemmert KC, Greysen SR, Asch DA, Delgado MK. : Short-Stay Hospitalizations for Patients with COVID-19: A Retrospective Cohort Study. J. Clin. Med. 2021.
South EC, Lee KC, Oyekanmi K, Buckler DG, Jordan, M, Tiako N, Martin T, Kornfield SL, Srinivas S.: Nurtured in Nature: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial to Increase Time in Greenspace among Urban-Dwelling Pregnant Women. J Urban Health 2021.
Austin S. Kilaru MD, MSHP Kathleen Lee MD Christopher K. Snider MPH Zachary F. Meisel MD, MSHP, MPH David A. Asch MD, MBA Nandita Mitra PhD M. Kit Delgado MD, MS: Return Hospital Admissions Among 1419 COVID‐19 Patients Discharged from Five U.S. Emergency Departments. Academic Emergency Medicine 27(10): 1039-1042, October 2020.
Anna U. Morgan, MD, MSc, MSHP Mohan Balachandran, MS David Do, MD Doreen Lam, BA Andrew Parambath, BA Krisda H. Chaiyachati, MD, MPH, MSHP Nancy M. Bonalumi, DNP, RN Susan C. Day, MD, MPH Kathleen C. Lee, MD David A. Asch, MD : Remote monitoring of patients with COVID-19. Design, implementation, and early outcomes of the first 3,000 patients in ‘COVID Watch’ NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery July 2020.
Katherine Choi , Srinath Adusumalli , Kathleen Lee , Roy Rosin and David A. Asch: 5 Lessons from Penn Medicine's Crisis Response. Harvard Business Review June 2020.