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Benjamin J. Lee, MD, MAS, FASN

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Academic Institute
Houston Methodist
Weill Cornell Medical College


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Biography

Dr. Benjamin J. Lee graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Harvard College, where he was named a John Harvard Scholar and elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society.  After obtaining his Doctorate of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Lee completed internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where he was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Dr. Lee subsequently completed his fellowship in Nephrology at UCSF while simultaneously obtaining a Master of Advanced Study in Clinical Research from the UCSF Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. At UCSF, he was named the 2015-2016 ACGME Clinical Fellow of the Year in Nephrology and honored with a Teaching Excellence Award for Cherished Housestaff (TEACH) and the Andy I. Choi Memorial Scholarship.

Dr. Lee is Board-certified in both Internal Medicine and Nephrology. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology, an AHSCP Certified Hypertension Specialist, and a member of the American Society of Transplantation. He is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at both Weill Cornell Medical College and the Houston Methodist Institute of Academic Medicine, as well as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University College of Medicine. Dr. Lee also works closely with the J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center at Houston Methodist Hospital to care for kidney transplant patients.

Dr. Lee is invested in medical education, regularly lecturing trainees at Houston Methodist Hospital in the medical and surgical intensive care units and teaching trainees who rotate with the practice. He serves on the Program Evaluation Committee for the Houston Methodist Internal Medicine Residency Program. Dr. Lee received a 2021 Faculty Development Award from the Texas A&M College of Medicine and a 2022 Clinical Scholar Award (Clinical Educator) from the Houston Methodist Academic Institute. Dr. Lee also serves on the Board of Trustees for KDSAP (Kidney Disease Screening and Awareness Program), an organization that fosters student career development and community outreach regarding chronic kidney disease.

Publications

Associations between abrupt transition, dialysis-requiring AKI, and early mortality in ESKD among U.S. veterans
Hsu, RK, Rubinsky, AD, Shlipak, MG, Johansen, KL, Estrella, MM, Lee, BJ, Peralta, CA & Hsu, CY 2023, , BMC Nephrology, vol. 24, no. 1, 339. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-023-03387-9

Associations between abrupt transition, dialysis-requiring AKI, and early mortality in ESKD among U.S. veterans
Hsu, RK, Rubinsky, AD, Shlipak, MG, Johansen, KL, Estrella, MM, Lee, BJ, Peralta, CA & Hsu, CY 2023, , BMC Nephrology, vol. 24, no. 1, 339, pp. 339. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-023-03387-9, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-023-03387-9

Hypophosphatemia is an independent risk factor for AKI among hospitalized patients with COVID-19 infection
Chen, Z, Gao, C, Yu, H, Lu, L, Liu, J, Chen, W, Xiang, X, Hussain, HMJ, Lee, BJ, Li, C, Wei, W, Huang, Y, Li, X, Fang, Z, Yu, S, Weng, Q, Ouyang, Y, Hu, X, Tong, J, Liu, J, Lin, L, Liu, M, Xu, X, Liu, D, Song, Y, Lv, X, Zha, Y, Ye, Z, Jiang, T, Jia, J, Chen, X, Bi, Y, Xue, J, Chen, N, Hu, W, He, CJ, Wang, H, Liu, J & Xie, J 2021, , Renal Failure, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 1329-1337. https://doi.org/10.1080/0886022X.2021.1979039

Renal Denervation in Hypertension
Ansari, US & Lee, BJ 2021, , Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 73-74. https://doi.org/10.14797/TPCC5120

Hypophosphatemia is an independent risk factor for AKI among hospitalized patients with COVID-19 infection
Chen, Z, Gao, C, Yu, H, Lu, L, Liu, J, Chen, W, Xiang, X, Hussain, HMJ, Lee, BJ, Li, C, Wei, W, Huang, Y, Li, X, Fang, Z, Yu, S, Weng, Q, Ouyang, Y, Hu, X, Tong, J, Liu, J, Lin, L, Liu, M, Xu, X, Liu, D, Song, Y, Lv, X, Zha, Y, Ye, Z, Jiang, T, Jia, J, Chen, X, Bi, Y, Xue, J, Chen, N, Hu, W, He, CJ, Wang, H, Liu, J & Xie, J 2021, , Renal Failure, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 1329-1337. https://doi.org/10.1080/0886022X.2021.1979039

The relation between dialysis-requiring acute kidney injury and recovery from end-stage renal disease: A national study
Chen, Z, Lee, BJ, McCulloch, CE, Burrows, NR, Heung, M, Hsu, RK, Pavkov, ME, Powe, NR, Saran, R, Shahinian, V & Hsu, CY 2019, , BMC Nephrology, vol. 20, no. 1, 342, pp. 342. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-019-1483-y

Hypertension in CKD: Core Curriculum 2019
Ku, E, Lee, BJ, Wei, J & Weir, MR 2019, , American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation, vol. 74, no. 1, pp. 120-131. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.ajkd.2018.12.044

The Kidney in Congenital Cyanotic Heart Disease
Lee, BJ 2019, , Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 158-159. https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcj-15-2-158

Predicting Renal Recovery After Dialysis-Requiring Acute Kidney Injury
Lee, BJ, Hsu, C-Y, Parikh, R, McCulloch, CE, Tan, TC, Liu, KD, Hsu, RK, Pravoverov, L, Zheng, S & Go, AS 2019, , Kidney International Reports, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 571-581. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2019.01.015

Potential Impact of Medicare Payment Policy on Misclassification of Dialysis-Requiring Acute Kidney Injury as ESRD: A National Temporal Trend Analysis
Lee, BJ, Johansen, KL, McCulloch, CE & Hsu, CY 2018, , American Journal of Kidney Diseases, vol. 72, no. 2, pp. 311-313. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.ajkd.2018.01.054

Non-recovery from dialysis-requiring acute kidney injury and short-term mortality and cardiovascular risk: A cohort study
Lee, BJ, Hsu, CY, Parikh, RV, Leong, TK, Tan, TC, Walia, S, Liu, KD, Hsu, RK & Go, AS 2018, , BMC Nephrology, vol. 19, no. 1, 134. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-018-0924-3

Pre-admission proteinuria impacts risk of non-recovery after dialysis-requiring acute kidney injury
Lee, BJ, Go, AS, Parikh, R, Leong, TK, Tan, TC, Walia, S, Hsu, RK, Liu, KD & Hsu, CY 2018, , Kidney international, vol. 93, no. 4, pp. 968-976. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2017.10.017

Refining the Policy for Timing of Kidney Transplant Waitlist Qualification
Lee, BJ, McCulloch, CE, Grimes, BA, Chandran, S, Allen, IE, Delgado, C & Hsu, CY 2017, , Transplantation Direct, vol. 3, no. 8, pp. E195. https://doi.org/10.1097/TXD.0000000000000706

Refining the Policy for Timing of Kidney Transplant Waitlist Qualification
Lee, BJ, McCulloch, CE, Grimes, BA, Chandran, S, Allen, IE, Delgado, C & Hsu, CY 2017, , Transplantation Direct, vol. 3, no. 8, pp. E195. https://doi.org/10.1097/TXD.0000000000000706, https://doi.org/10.1097/TXD.0000000000000706

Acute kidney injury is important in the hospital and afterward
Lee, BJ & Hsu, CY 2017, , Journal of hospital medicine, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 126-127. https://doi.org/10.12788/jhm.2691

Ureteropelvic junction obstruction by an accessory renal artery: an under-recognized but reversible cause of renovascular hypertension
Lee, BJ, Rhee, CM & Hsiao, L-L 2015, , Ann Clin Exp Hypertension, vol. 3, no. 2, 1028.

In-hospital delirium while awaiting temporal artery biopsy: A teachable moment
Hamilton, KT & Lee, BJ 2014, , JAMA Internal Medicine, vol. 174, no. 12, pp. 1891-1892. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.5310

Physical therapy-induced rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney injury associated with reduced activity of muscle lactate dehydrogenase A
Lee, BJ, Zand, L, Manek, NJ, Hsiao, L-L, Babovic-Vuksanovic, D, Wylam, ME & Qian, Q 2011, , Arthritis Care and Research, vol. 63, no. 12, pp. 1782-6. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.20584

Association of the small GTPase Rheb with the NMDA receptor subunit NR3A
Sucher, NJ, Yu, E, Chan, SF, Miri, M, Lee, BJ, Xiao, B, Worley, PF & Jensen, FE 2010, , NeuroSignals, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 203-9. https://doi.org/10.1159/000322206

Prenatal exposure to thalidomide, altered vasculogenesis, and CNS malformations
Hallene, KL, Oby, E, Lee, BJ, Santaguida, S, Bassanini, S, Cipolla, M, Marchi, N, Hossain, M, Battaglia, G & Janigro, D 2006, , Neuroscience, vol. 142, no. 1, pp. 267-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.06.017

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