EDUCATION:

B.A. with Honors in Biology; Minor in East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
1988-1992

Medical School
Stanford University School of Medicine
1992-1996

General Surgery Residency
University of California – San Francisco
1996-2003

NASA Johnson Space Center Medical Informatics and Health Care Systems Internship
2001

Laparoscopic & Bariatric Surgery Fellowship
California Pacific Medical Center
2003-2004

MBA from the Haas School of Business
University of California, Berkeley
2009

Intuitive Surgical da Vinci Robotic Surgery Training
Marin General Hospital
2013

CERTIFICATIONS:

Board Certified in General Surgery
The American Board of Surgery

American College of Surgeons Advanced Trauma Life Support 

American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers

American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) for Providers

Drug Enforcement Agency Number (DEA #: FL0845000)

LICENSES & REGISTRATIONS:

CA State Medical License (1998-2027)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

American College of Surgeons
American Medical Association
U. S. Air Force Medical Corps
Association of Military Surgeons
Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons Candidate Group
Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgery
American Society of Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery
California Medical Association

AWARDS/HONORS:

American Chamber of Commerce Prize for the Best All-Round Student (1988)
Brenda Fluhr Prize for the Outstanding Student Proceeding to a U.S College (1988)
Harvard University Elizabeth Agassiz Academic Award for Freshmen (1989)
Harvard College Scholarship for Academic Achievement of High Distinction (1991)
Harvard University Honors in Biology (1992)
Harvard University Dean’s List (1992)
F. Edward Hébert Air Force Health Professions Scholarship (1992)
Dean’s Award for Clinical Excellence, Stanford University School of Medicine (1996)
Julius R. Krevans’ ‘Intern of the Year’ Award for Clinical Excellence (1997), U.C.S.F. Dept. of Surgery at San Francisco General Hospital
American College of Surgeons-Ethicon Scholarship for the Study of Surgical Wound Healing (1998)
Society of University Surgeons-Ethicon Surgical Research Fellowship Award (1998)
Bank of America-A.P. Giannini Foundation Research Fellowship Award (1999)
Pacific Coast Surgical Association Scientific Meeting 2000 Resident’s Prize (2000)
UCSF Department of Surgery Haile T. Debas Teaching Award (2003)
Full Scholarship for a Minimally Invasive Surgical Fellowship.
CM Lee 3 11/30/2016
Operation Access Compassion Award (2001)
“Top Doctors” in the San Francisco Bay Area
2012 – 2016 Marin Magazine “Top Doctors” poll of physician peers as to who they would
consider an “exceptional and exemplary physician”
2014 – 2016 Bay Area Consumers’ Checkbook “Top Doctors” poll of physician colleagues as to
who they would consider “the best doctors in a specified field”
2015 – 2016 Castle Connolly “Top Doctors” were selected after peer nomination, extensive
research and careful review and screening by the Castle Connolly doctor-directed research team.
2016 – 2017 San Francisco Magazine’s “Bay Area Top Doctors”