Stephanie Lee, M.D.
Associate Physician Diplomate
Stephanie Lee is not currently accepting new patients. For assistance finding a UC Davis doctor, please call 800-2-UCDAVIS (800-282-3284).
Locations and Contact
UC Davis Medical Center
UC Davis Medical Center
2315 Stockton Blvd.
Sacramento, CA 95817
Phone: 800-2-UCDAVIS (800-282-3284)
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Philosophy of Care
Recognizing that the effects of illness extend far beyond the physical, Dr. Lee uses a holistic approach to patient care. She provides compassionate care to the whole patient in collaboration with an interdisciplinary team with the goal of helping patients achieve the best possible quality of life.
Clinical Interests
Dr. Lee's clinical interests include Palliative Care, education and mentoring.
Division
Geriatrics, Hospice and Palliative Care Medicine
Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
Undergraduate School
B.S., Computer Science, Brown University, Providence RI 2005
Medical School
M.D., Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover NH 2013
Residency
Internal Medicine, UC Irvine Medical Center, Orange CA 2013-2016
Fellowship
Hospice and Palliative Medicine, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento CA 2017-2018
Ortizo R, Lee SY, Nguyen ET, Jamal MM, Bechtold MM, Nguyen DL. Exposure to oral contraceptives increases the risk for development of inflammatory bowel disease: A meta-analysis of case-controlled and cohort studies. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2017 Sep;29(9):1064-1070. doi:10.1097/MEG.0000000000000915. PMID:28542115.
Lee SY, Jamal MM, Nguyen ET, Bechtold ML, Nguyen DL. Does exposure to isotretinoin increase the risk for the development of inflammatory bowel disease? A meta-analysis. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2016 Feb;28(2):210-6. doi:10.1097/MEG.0000000000000496. PMID:26545085.
Rosas HD, Reuter M, Doros G, Lee SY, Triggs T, Malarick K, Fischl B, Salat DH, Hersch SM. A tale of two factors: what determines the rate of progression in Huntington's disease? A longitudinal MRI study. Mov Disord. 2011 Aug 1;26(9):1691-7. doi:10.1002/mds.23762. Epub 2011 May 24. PMID:21611979.
Rosas HD, Lee SY, Bender AC, Zaleta AK, Vangel M, Yu P, Fischl B, Pappu V, Onorato C, Cha JH, Salat DH, Hersch SM. Altered white matter microstructure in the corpus callosum in Huntington's disease: implications for cortical "disconnection". Neuroimage. 2010 Feb 15;49(4):2995-3004. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.10.015. Epub 2009 Oct 19. PMID:19850138.
Salat DH, Tuch DS, van der Kouwe AJ, Greve DN, Pappu V, Lee SY, Hevelone ND, Zaleta AK, Growdon JH, Corkin S, Fischl B, Rosas HD. White matter pathology isolates the hippocampal formation in Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiol Aging. 2010 Feb;31(2):244-56. doi:10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2008.03.013. PMID:18455835.
Salat DH, Lee SY, van der Kouwe AJ, Greve DN, Fischl B, Rosas HD. Age-associated alterations in cortical gray and white matter signal intensity and gray to white matter contrast. Neuroimage. 2009 Oct 15;48(1):21-8. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.06.074. Epub 2009 Jul 4. PMID:19580876.
Rosas HD, Salat DH, Lee SY, Zaleta AK, Hevelone N, Hersch SM. Complexity and heterogeneity: what drives the ever-changing brain in Huntington's disease? Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2008 Dec;1147:196-205. doi:10.1196/annals.1427.034. PMID:19076442.
Rosas HD, Salat DH, Lee SY, Zaleta AK, Pappu V, Fischl B, Greve D, Hevelone N, Hersch SM. Cerebral cortex and the clinical expression of Huntington's disease: complexity and heterogeneity. Brain. 2008 Apr;131(Pt 4):1057-68. doi:10.1093/brain/awn025. Epub 2008 Mar 12. PMID:18337273.
Lee SY, Bechtold ML, Jamal MM, Nguyen DL. Quality of Life and Caregiver Burden Among Caregivers of Patients with Chronic Liver Disease. Lloyd A (ed). Caregivers: Practices, Challenges and Expectations, Nova Science Publishers Inc., New York. 2015.
Salat DH, Lee SY, Setty B, Rosas HD, Grant PE. Diffusion imaging in development and aging. Johansen-Berg H, Behrens TEJ (eds). Diffusion MRI: From quantitative measurement to in-vivo neuroanatomy, 1st ed, Academic Press, London. 2009:205-236.