Major Kenneth Lee, IV, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery
Active Surgeon, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Active Surgeon, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Active Surgeon, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Attending Surgeon, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Program Director, General Surgery Residency, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Department: Surgery
Contact information
Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street, 4 Silverstein
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street, 4 Silverstein
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
B.Ph. (molecular biology)
University of Pittsburgh , 1999.
M.D./Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2006.
Permanent linkB.Ph. (molecular biology)
University of Pittsburgh , 1999.
M.D./Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2006.
Selected Publications
Vargas GM, Farooq MS, Shafique N, Lee MK, Vollmer CM, Miura JT, Karakousis GC.: Impact of Patient Income and Insurance on Postoperative Mortality After Total Pancreatectomy for Pancreatic Neoplasms. J Surg Oncol Aug 2025.Amit U, Metz JM, Plastaras JP, Gheewala R, Teitelbaum U, Damjanov N, Vollmer C, Schneider CJ, Lee MK 4th, O'Hara M, Reiss-Binder K, Carpenter EL, Karasic TB, Konski A, Wileyto EP, Ben-Josef E.: A phase 1 dual-dose escalation study of radiation and nab-paclitaxel in patients with unresectable and borderline resectable pancreatic cancer. Cancer 131: e35936, Jun 2025.
Major Kenneth Lee, IV: Endoscopic and Minimally Invasive Therapy for Complications of Pancreatitis. Shackleford's Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 2025.
Bader A, Landau S, Hwang J, Passman J, Lee MK, Fraker D, Vollmer C, Wachtel H.: Recurrence and treatment trends of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. Surgery 2025.
Ecker BL, Seier K, Eckhoff AM, Tortorello GN, Allen PJ, Balachandran VP, Blackburn N, D'Angelica MI, DeMatteo RP, Blazer DG 3rd, Drebin JA, Fisher WE, Fortuna D, Gill AJ, Gingras MC, Kingham TP, Lee MK 4th, Lidsky ME, Nussbaum DP, Overman MJ, Samra JS, Shen R, Sigel CS, Soares KC, Vollmer CM Jr, Wei AC, Zani S, Roses RE, Gonen M, Jarnagin WR.: Genome-Derived Ampullary Adenocarcinoma Classifier and Postresection Prognostication. JAMA Surg 159: 1365-1373, Dec 2024.
Quatromoni JG, Roses R, Lee MK, Jackson OA, Jackson BM, Gaffey AC.: Temporary mesenteric venous shunting for portal vein reconstruction: A novel technical adjunct. J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech 10: 101540, May 2024.
Anstadt EJ, Carmona R, Berlin E, Yegya-Raman N, Venigalla S, Reddy V, Williams GR, Leibensperger MR, Wojcieszynski A, Baumann BC, Lee MK, Plastaras JP, Furth EE, Mell LK, Metz JM, Ben-Josef E.: SMAD4 loss predicts worse overall and distant metastasis-free survival in patients with resected pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Cancer 130: 476-484, Feb 2024.
Major Kenneth Lee, IV and Charles M. Vollmer: Management of Bile Leaks and Fistulae Bailey and Love’s Essential Operations in Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery 2024.
Narasimhamurthy M, Savant D, Shreve L, Rosen MA, Lee MK, Cooper K, Furth EE, Zhang PJ, Yang Z.: Myofibroblastoma in the Liver: A Case Report and Review of Literature. Int J Surg Pathol 2023.
Major Kenneth Lee, IV: Mastery of Hepatic Abscess Commentary. Fischer’s Mastery of Surgery 2023.