Kenneth Lee, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Contact Information

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

Office Phone: 214-648-2432

kenneth.lee@utsouthwestern.edu

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

Education

FellowshipCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (2007)
ResidencyWashington University School of Medicine (2006)
FellowshipWashington University School of Medicine (2002)
Research FellowBarnes-Jewish Hospital, Otolaryngology (2002)
ResidencyWashington University School of Medicine (2000)
Graduate SchoolBoston University School of Medicine (1998)
InternshipWashington University School of Medicine (1998)
Medical SchoolBoston University School of Medicine (1998)

Research Interests

Cochlear Implantation
Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Spiral Ganglion Cell Axon Guidance
Spiral Ganglion Cell Synaptogenesis

Publications

Featured
Ribonucleases may limit recovery of ribonucleic acids from archival human temporal bones.

Lee, K.H., McKenna M.J., Sewell, W.F., and Ung, F. , Laryngoscope , September 1997; (107):1228-1234

Featured
Potential role of bFGF and RA in chicken cochlear hair cell regeneration.

Lee, K.H. and Cotanche, D.A. , Hearing Research , May 1996; (94):14-23

Featured
Localization of hair cell specific protein fimbrin during generation in the chicken cochlea.

Lee, K.H. and Cotanche, D.A. , Audiology and Neuro-otology , January 1996; (1):41-53

Featured
Regeneration of hair cells in the vestibulo-cochlear system of birds and mammals.

Cotanche, D.A. and Lee, K.H. , Current Opinion in Neurobiology , April 1995; (4):509-514

Featured
Looking for human papillomavirus type 16 by PCR.

Manos, M., Lee, K., Greer, C., Waldman, J., Kiviat, N., and Wheeler, C. , The Lancet , 1990; (335/8691):734

Tumefactive fibroinflammatory lesion: A rare etiology for a neck mass in a child.

Lee, K.H., Muthappan, P.G., White, F.V., Forsen, J.W. , International Journal of Pediatric Otolaryngology Extra , March 2006; (1/1):85-88

Ephrin A2 may play a role in axon guidance during hair cell regeneration.

Lee, K.H., Warchol, M.E. , Laryngoscope , June 2005; (115/6):1021-1025

Disruption of ephrin B/eph B interaction results in abnormal cochlear innervation patterns

Zhou CQ, Lee J, Henkemeyer MJ, Lee KL , The Laryngoscope , July 2011; (121):1541-1547

Netrin-1 promotes neurite outgrowth and may facilitate axon guidance in spiral ganglion cells.

Lee, K.H., Warchol, M.E. , Archives of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery , ; (In Press)

Honors/Awards

American Society for Pediatric Otolaryngology Potsic Award

(2006)

Washington University Department of Otolaryngology Medical Student Teaching Award

(2006)

Washington University Joseph M Chole Humanitarian Award

(2006)

Triological Society Francis Lederer Award

(2005)

American Academy of Otolaryngology Resident Research Award

(2002)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

AAO-HNS Subcommittee on Implantable Hearing Devices

American Academy of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery

Association for Research in Otolaryngology

Triological Society