Hans J. Lee, MD
Pulmonology
Highlights
Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Hans J. Lee
Professional Titles
- Interventional Pulmonary Fellowship Director
- Wang Interventional Pulmonary Fellowship Director
- Director of Bronchoscopy, Johns Hopkins Bayview
- Director of Pleural Disease Services
Primary Academic Title
Associate Professor of Medicine
Background
Dr. Lee is a specialist in Interventional Pulmonary and serves as the Wang Interventional Pulmonary Fellowship Director. His areas of clinical expertise include interventional pulmonology, pleural disease, minimal invasive diagnostics and lung cancer at Johns Hopkins. He also has extensive experience in the minimally invasive management of malignant airway obstruction, complex airway management and difficulty airways. In addition, he specializes in the diagnosis and management of pleural diseases and symptom relief with minimally invasive procedures. He is a fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians and the Johns Hopkins Master of Education for Health Professionals.
Centers and Institutes
- Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center (now called Levi Watkins, Jr., M.D., Outpatient Center)
- Lung Cancer Program
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Clinical Trials Summary
Dr. Lee is participating in the LIBERATE clinical study for individuals who have difficulty breathing and suffer from severe emphysema. For more information, visit here.
Research Interests
Airway Obstruction, Procedural Medical Education
Research Summary
Dr. Lee's primary research focus is on medical education and novel minimally invasive pulmonary procedures. One of his areas of interest is the development of assessment and medical procedural education. Dr. Lee is the PI of several multi-center studies and has received funding from the NIH and medical educational organizations. Dr Lee is the president of the Association of Interventional Pulmonary Fellowship Directors (2017-2019) and has develop multiple educational programs to develop the field of interventional pulmonary including the in-service and board examination. Dr Lee developed the Interventional Pulmonary Fellowship Application Service and is the senior author for the accreditation guidelines for interventional pulmonary fellowships. In addition, Dr Lee is active in pre-clinical and clinical research of medical devices through large animal experiments and human clinical trials.
Locations
- Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
- 4940 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224
- phone: 410-550-0100
- fax: 410-550-0101
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital
- 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287
- phone: 410-955-5000
- fax: 410-955-5001
Expertise
Education
Penn Medicine University of Pennsylvania
Fellowship, Pulmonary Medicine, 2009North Shore University Hospital
Fellowship, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, 2008New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell
Residency, Internal Medicine, 2005St George's University School of Medicine
Medical Education, MD, 2002Board Certifications
Critical Care Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine, 2008Pulmonary Disease
American Board of Internal Medicine, 2007Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine, 2005Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Humana
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- UnitedHealthcare
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)