About me

Dr. Jeffrey E. Lee serves as Vice President, Medical and Academic Affairs, Cancer Network; he is also Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgical Oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas; and Executive Director for the Division of Surgery for MD Anderson's Regional, National and International Cancer Network; he holds the Irving and Nadine Mansfield and Robert David Levitt Cancer Research Chair. Dr. Lee received his bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College and his medical degree from the Stanford University School of Medicine. Continuing his post graduate training at Stanford, Dr. Lee completed an internship and residency in surgery and a research fellowship in tumor immunology at Stanford. He completed his clinical fellowship in surgical oncology at MD Anderson in 1993, following which he joined the faculty. A fellow of the American College of Surgeons, Dr. Lee's clinical interests include the surgical management of patients with pancreatic cancer, endocrine tumors, and melanoma. Particular areas of interest include the management of borderline resectable pancreatic cancer, vascular resection in pancreatic surgery, multiple endocrine neoplasia, adrenal cortical cancer, neoadjuvant therapy for pancreas and adrenal cancer, minimally invasive adrenal surgery, and surgery for metastatic melanoma.