Dr. Scott Lee MD MPH FACS is a board certified orbit, ophthalmic, and oculoplastic surgeon. He received his undergraduate degree from Brown University, MD-MPH from UCLA/Harvard as a joint degree program, residency in ophthalmology at UCSF, and fellowship at the renowned Sydney Eye Hospital.

 

Dr. Lee is a Castle Connolly top doctor, awarded to <1% of all ophthalmologists, San Francisco Magazine's Top Doctors Award recipient for the best physicians in the bay area, IAO top ophthalmologist- leading physicians of the world, as well as numerous other clinical awards. He is adjunct faculty at the Stanford School of Medicine, where he won the Plager teaching award (Teacher/Professor of the year) for his teaching of the Stanford ophthalmology residents. Dr. Lee also was awarded Professor/Mentor of the year among all campus departments University-wide for his teaching epidemiology and global public health in the UC Berkeley School of Public Health. In addition, he serves as an examiner and diplomat for the American Board of Ophthalmology.

 

He is the founder and CEO of the non-profit iCare which is active in international medical missions work. iCare is helping build eye hospitals in Egypt and Mexico, and has taught surgeons to develop sustainable surgical interventions in Bhutan, India, Haiti, Macedonia, China, Myanmar, Bolivia, Morocco, Cambodia, Swaziland, Kenya, and many other countries.

Dr. Lee is active in research and development of new technology in medicine, as partner and chief medical officer of 2 start-ups, and sits on various boards in venture capital, non-profit, and other sectors. Last year,

Dr. Lee's start-up companies were awarded numerous awards, a patent from the United States Patent and Technology Office, and significant government funding.

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Outside of work, Dr. Lee enjoys spending time with his family and coaching his son's basketball team.