SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR

Richard Lee, MD is a Clinical Professor in the Departments of Supportive Care Medicine and Medical Oncology at City of Hope National Medical Center. Dr. Lee serves as the inaugural Director and endowed Chair of the Cherng Family Center for Integrative Oncology and oversees this national program that involves clinical, research and educational programs. As a medical oncologist, he provides routine oncologic care with a focus on gastrointestinal cancers. Additionally, he provides broad consultative services regarding supportive and integrative cancer approaches.

Dr. Lee earned his both his B.A. in anthropology and M.D at George Washington University as part of the Seven-Year B.A/M.D. Combined Degree Program. He then completed his internal medicine residency at Stanford, his fellowship in hematology/oncology at the University of Chicago, where he served as chief fellow, and lastly his palliative care fellowship at Northwestern University. Between residency and fellowship, Dr. Lee became a Fulbright Scholar to Taiwan and China. There he attended China Medical University in Taichung, Taiwan to study Traditional Chinese Medicine with a focus on acupuncture. This time abroad helped to cultivate his interest in integrative oncology.