James C. Lee - Faculty Biosketch

James C. Lee, MD

Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care)

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Department: Medicine

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Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
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39 3400 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Email:
james.lee@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

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13 Education:
21 7 BA 31 (East Asian Studies - Magna Cum Laude) c
3a Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1996.
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58 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2001.
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48 The Wharton School - University of Pennsylvania, 2020.
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Links
a0 Penn Lung Transplant Program
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1f Post-Graduate Training
24 a1 Research Fellow, Four Schools Physician Scientist Training Program, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 1999-2000.
24 62 Resident in Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, 2001-2004.
24 82 Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2004-2007.
24 a5 Clinical Research Certificate Program, University of Pennsylvania Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Philadelphia, PA , 2006-2007.
24 93 Research Fellow, Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2006-2007.
24 7f LeadingSuccess (TM) Participant, Perelman School of Medicine Office of Organization Effectiveness, 2012-2013.
24 a5 Edward S. Cooper Leadership Training Fellow, Aresty Institute of Executive Education, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 2015-present.
24 b6 ASTS Leadership Development Program, American Society of Transplant Surgeons - Kellogg School of Management Executive Education, Northwestern University, 2015-2015.
24 87 Six Sigma Yellow Belt Training, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Operations Improvement Program, 2018-2018.
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17 Certifications
28 5b American Board of Internal Medicine — Internal Medicine Eligible, 2004.
28 5c American Board of Internal Medicine — Pulmonary Medicine Eligible, 2016.
28 57 American Board of Internal Medicine — Critical Care Eligible, 2017.
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Selected Publications

165 Dukes F, Kanterakis s, Lee J, Pietrofesa R, Andersen E, Arguiri E, Tyagi S, Showe L, Amrani R, Christofidou-Solomidou M: Gene Expression Profiling of Flaxseed in Mouse Lung Tissues-Modulation of Toxicologically Relevant Genes. BMC Complement and Altern Medicine 12(1): 47, April 2012.

1e8 Shah RJ, Bellamy SL, Localio AR, Wickersham N, Diamond JM, Weinacker A, Lama VN, Bhorade S, Belperio JA, Crespo M, Demissie EJ, Kawut SM, Wille KM, Lederer DJ, Lee JC, Palmer SM, Orens J, Reynolds J, Shah A, Wilkes DS, Ware LB, Christie JD: A Panel of Lung Injury Biomarkers Enhances the Definition of Primary Graft Dysfunction (PGD) After Lung Transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 31(9): 942-9, September 2012.

1c4 Lederer DJ, Kawut SM, Wickersham N, Winterbottom C, Bhorade S, Palmer SM, Lee J, Diamond JM, Wille KM, Weinacker A, Lama VN, Crespo M, Orens JB, Sonett JR, Arcasoy SM, Ware LB, and Christie JD: Obesity and Primary Graft Dysfunction After Lung Transplantation: the LTOG Obesity Study. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 184(9): 1055-1061, November 2011.

24f Diamond JM, Lederer D, Kawut SM, Lee J, Cantu E, Ahya V, Bellamy S, Palmer S, Lama V, Bhorade S, Crespo M, Demissie EJ, Sonett J, Wille K, Orens JB, Shah PD, Weinacker A, Weill D, Kohl B, Deutschman C, Arcasoy S, Shah A, Belperio J, Wilkes D, Reynolds JM, Ware L and Christie JD for the Lung Transplant Outcomes Group: Elevated Plasma Long Pentraxin-3 Levels and Primary Graft Dysfunction after Lung Transplantation for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. American Journal of Transplantation 11(11): 2517-22, November 2011.

1ec Fang A, Studer S, Kawut SM, Ahya VN, Lee J, Wille K, Lama V, Ware LB, Orens J, Weinacker A, Palmer SM, Crespo M, Lederer DJ, Deutschman CS, Kohl BA, Bellamy, S, Demissie E, Christie JD.: Elevated Pulmonary Artery Pressure is a Risk Factor for Primary Graft Dysfunction Following Lung Transplantation for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Chest 139(4): 782-7, April 2011 Notes: Published ahead of print September 23, 2010.

196 Christie JD, Bellamy S, Ware LB, Lederer D, Hadjiliadis D, Lee J, Robinson N, Localio AR, Wille K, Lama V, Palmer S, Orens S, Weinacker A, Crespo M, Demisse E, Kimmel SE, Kawut SM.: Construct Validity of the Definition of Primary Graft Dysfunction After Lung Transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 29(11): 1231-1239, November 2010.

16f Bajaj NS, Watt C, Hadjiliadis D, Gillespie C, Haas AR, Pochettino A, Mendez J, Sterman DH, Schuchter LM, Christie JD, Lee JC, Ahya VN. : Donor Transmission of Malignant Melanoma in a Lung Transplant Recipient 32 Years after Curative Resection. Transplant International 23(7): e26-31, July 2010.

18f Lee JC, Kinniry PA, Arguiri E, Serota M, Kanterakis S, Chatterjee S, Solomides CC, Javvadi P, Koumenis C, Cengel KA, Christofidou-Solimidou M : Dietary Curcumin Increases Antioxidant Defenses in Lung, Ameliorates Radiation-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis and Improves Survival in Mice. Radiation Research 173(5): 590-601, May 2010.

1ff Christie JD, Shah CV, Mangalmurti N, Lederer DJ, Sonnett JR, Ahya VN, Palmer SM, Wille K, Lama V, Shah PD, Shah A, Weinacker A, Deutschman CS, Kohl BA, Demissie E, Bellamy S, Ware LB for the Lung Transplant Outcomes Group.: Plasma Levels of Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products, Blood Transfusion, and Risk of Primary Graft Dysfunction. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 180(10): 1010-1015, November 2009.

17f Lingaraju R, Pochettino A, Blumenthal NP, Mendez J, Lee JC, Christie JD, Kotloff RM, Ahya VN, Hadjiliadis D: Lung Transplant Outcomes in White and African American Recipients: Special Focus on Acute and Chronic Rejection. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. Kirklin JK (eds.). 28(1): 8-13, January 2009.

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