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Dr. Lee received his M.D. degree from Seoul National University in Seoul, Korea. He completed an internship at St. Peter's Hospital in Albany, New York, and then completed his Surgical Residency at the University of Tennessee Hospitals. He then completed his Plastic Surgical Residency at Nassau University Medical Center.
Continuing his education, Dr. Lee received a Fellowship in Hand Surgery at St. Vincent's Hospital of the Medical College of Ohio. Dr. Lee performed the first microsurgical free flaps and replantation in Long Island. He also established the Microsurgery and Replantation Program at Nassau University Medical Center and Winthrop University Hospital and has served as the Chief of the Division for both hospitals for many years.
As a teaching professional, Dr. Lee is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery at Stony Brook School of Medicine, SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York. Dr. Gene Lee is board certified by both the American Board of Plastic Surgery and American Board of Surgery.
Dr. Lee has vast experience in reconstructive breast surgery following mastectomies and has performed numerous cosmetic and reconstructive surgeries of the face, breast and body. His current interests include cosmetic and reconstructive surgery of the breast; cosmetic surgery of the face, eyes and nose; and body contouring surgery, including abdominoplasty and liposuction.
Education
1956-1960: Seoul National University; Seoul, Korea
1960-1964: Seoul National University; Seoul Korea
Training
1965-1966: Internship: St. Peter's Hospital; Albany, New York
1966-1967: Residency: General Surgery at Flushing Hospital; Flushing, New York
1967-1970: Residency: General Surgery at Baroness Erlanger Hospital; Chattanooga, Tennessee
1970-1972: Residency: Plastic Surgery at Nassau County Medical Center; East Meadow, New York
July-December, 1972: Fellowship: Hand Surgery at St. Vincent's Hospital; Toledo, Ohio
Teaching
Clinical Instructor of Surgery; Cornell University
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery; State University of New York at Stony Brook
Gold, Alan H. and Lee, Gene W. , "Upper extremity replantation: current concepts and patient selection." J. Trauma , 21;7, 1981.
Lee, Gene W. , "Myocutaneous flaps and free microvascular flaps in plastic surgery." In: Proceedings . Nassau County Medical Center, Spring, 1982.
Hines, G.L. and Lee, Gene W ., "Osteoradionecrosis of the chest wall: management post-resection defects using Marlex mesh and a rotated latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap." American Surgeon , 40:11, 1983.
Glickman, Laurence T. and Lee, Gene W ., "The modified open rhinoplasty." Canadian Journal of Plastic Surgery , Vol. 1, No. 3, Fall, 1993.
Presenations
Lee, Gene W . and Acinapura, Anthony, "Chest wall reconstruction using latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap." Memorial Hospital , New York, NY, February, 1981.
"Management of massive soft tissue defect with exposed bone in the lower extremities." Orthopaedic section of the Nassau Surgical Society , Nassau County Medical Center, East Meadow, NY, December, 1981.
"Microvascular free flaps." New York/New England Chapter of the ASPRS. Long Island Plastic Surgical Group , Mineola, NY, September 1982.
"Microsurgery including replantation." Department of Surgery, Good Samaritan Hospital , West Islip, NY, April, 1986.
