Won Lee, MD

Assistant Professor
Internal Medicine

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

won.lee@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.

Biography

Medical Director, Sleep and Breathing Disorders Center

Education

FellowshipUniversity of Chicago Hospitals, Sleep Medicine (2008)
FellowshipRush University Medical Center, Pulmonary Disease & Critical Care Medicine (2007)
ResidencyUniversity of Nevada Affiliated Hospitals, Internal Medicine (2004)
Medical SchoolUniversity of Nevada School of Medicine (2001)

Research Interests

Medical Education - Simulation Training
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation
Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Publications

Featured
Chloroplast division in higher plants requires members of two functionally divergent gene families with homology to bacterial ftsZ.

Osteryoung KW, Stokes KD, Rutherford SM, Percival AL, and Lee WY , The Plant Cell , December 1998; (10(12)):1991-2004

Diffuse pulmonary nodules in a 25 year old man with diarrhea and weight loss.

Lee WY and Balk RA , Chest , May 2008; (133(5)):1252-5

Epidemiology of obstructive sleep apnea: a population-based perspective.

Lee WY, Nagubadi S, Kryger MH, and Mokhlesi M , Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine , June 2008; (2 (3)):349-364

Diagnosis and management of obesity hypoventilation syndrome in the ICU.

Lee WY and Mokhlesi M , Critical Care Clinics , July 2008; (24 (3)):533-49

Perioperative management of obstructive sleep apnea

Adesanya AO, Lee W, Greilich NB, and Joshi GP , Chest , December 2010; (138 (6)):1489-1498

A Novel expression of exercise induced pulmonary hypertension in human immunodeficiency virus patients.

Lee W, Lateef O, Doukky R, Pelaez V, French A, and Tandon R , Am J Resp Crit Care Med , 2007; (175):A718

Honors/Awards

Outstanding Teaching Fellow Award

(2007)

Outstanding Resident Award

(2004)

Alpha Omega Alpha

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Academy of Sleep Medicine

American College of Chest Physicians

American Thoracic Society