Mark A. Lee, M.D.
Vice Chair of Education
Chief of Trauma Service
Orthopaedic Trauma Fellowship Director
Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
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Locations and Contact
Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center
Orthopaedic Surgery Clinic
4860 Y Street
Sacramento, CA 95817
Clinic Phone: 916-734-2700
Clinic Fax: 916-734-7137
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Philosophy of Care
I believe in providing personalized and compassionate surgical care. I like to offer cutting edge surgical treatments that are based on experience and classical principles. I believe complex surgical decisions require careful explanations and shared decision making.
Clinical Interests
Dr. Lee is a fellowship trained fracture specialist who has interest in complex fracture problems. He has a special interest in salvage of failed fracture surgeries, bones that don’t heal correctly, and managing bone loss associated with fractures. He has a special interest in limb lengthening and deformity correction.
Research/Academic Interests
Dr. Lee’s research interests focus on finding new ways to get bones to heal or to create new bone when it is missing. He has a special interest in using autogenous stem cells (from your body) to assist in bone healing and growth.
Division
Orthopaedic Surgery
Center/Program Affiliation
Trauma Program
Undergraduate School
B.S., Biology, Stanford University, Palo Alto CA 1991
Medical School
M.D., UC San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco CA 1995
Internship
General Surgery, UC San Francisco, San Francisco CA 1995-1996
Residency
Orthopaedic Surgery, UC San Francisco, San Francisco CA 1996-2001
Fellowship
Orthopaedic Trauma, UC Davis, Sacramento CA 2001-2002
Diamond Doc Award, UC Davis Health, 2022
Recognized as a “Top Doctor” in the Sacramento region, Sacramento Magazine, 2020, 2021
Outstanding Faculty of the Year, UC Davis Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Residents, 2020
Complete List of Published Work https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/mark.lee.1/bibliography/48145564/public/?sort=date&direction=ascending
Jawad MU, Delman CM, Campbell ST, Fitzpatrick EP, Soles GLS, Lee MA, Randall RL, Thorpe SW. Traumatic Proximal Femoral Fractures during COVID-19 Pandemic in the US: An ACS NSQIP® Analysis. J Clin Med. 2022 Nov 16;11(22):6778. doi:10.3390/jcm11226778. PMID:36431255.
Gresham RCH, Kumar D, Copp J, Lee MA, Leach JK. Characterization of Induction and Targeting of Senescent Mesenchymal Stromal Cells. Tissue Eng Part C Methods. 2022 Jun;28(6):239-249. doi:10.1089/ten.TEC.2022.0048. PMID:35438548.
Stoffel K, Sommer C, Lee M, Zhu TY, Schwieger K, Finkemeier C. Double fixation for complex distal femoral fractures. EFORT Open Rev. 2022 Apr 21;7(4):274-286. doi:10.1530/EOR-21-0113. PMID:35446259.
Shieh AK, Bravin DA, Shelton TJ, Garcia-Nolen TC, Lee MA, Eastman JG. A Biomechanical Comparison of Trochanteric Versus Piriformis Reconstruction Nails for Femoral Neck Fracture Prophylaxis. J Orthop Trauma. 2021 Aug 1;35(8):e293-e297. doi:10.1097/BOT.0000000000002023. PMID:33252444.
Mullis BH, Gudeman AS, Borrelli JJ, Crist BD, Lee MA, Evans AR. Bone healing: Advances in biology and technology. OTA International. 2021 April;4(25):e100. doi:10.1097/OI9.0000000000000100.
Saiz AM Jr, Gionet-Gonzales MA, Lee MA, Leach JK. Conditioning of myoblast secretome using mesenchymal stem/stromal cell spheroids improves bone repair. Bone. 2019 Aug;125:151-159. doi:10.1016/j.bone.2019.05.018. PMID:31102712.
Crist BD, Leach JK, Lee MA. Is Tissue Engineering Helping Orthopaedic Care in Trauma? J Orthop Trauma. 2019 Jun;33 Suppl 6:S12-S19. doi:10.1097/BOT.0000000000001467. PMID:31083143.
Shieh AK, Refaat M, Heyrani N, Garcia-Nolen TC, Lee MA, Eastman JG. Are piriformis reconstruction implants ideal for prophylactic femoral neck fixation? Injury. 2019 Mar;50(3):703-707. doi:10.1016/j.injury.2018.10.018. Epub 2018 Oct 17. PMID:30384972.
Ho SS, Hung BP, Heyrani N, Lee MA, Leach JK. Hypoxic Preconditioning of Mesenchymal Stem Cells with Subsequent Spheroid Formation Accelerates Repair of Segmental Bone Defects. Stem Cells. 2018 Sep;36(9):1393-1403. doi:10.1002/stem.2853. Epub 2018 Jul 3. PMID:29968952.
Eastman J, Deafenbaugh B, Christiansen B, Garcia-Nolen T, Lee M. Achieving interfragmentary compression without special drilling technique or screw design. J Orthop Res. 2018 Apr;36(4):1099-1105. doi:10.1002/jor.23724. Epub 2017 Oct 4. PMID:28885726.