Raphael Carl Lee
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Raphael Carl Lee is an American surgeon, medical researcher, biomedical engineer, and entrepreneur.
He holds the: Paul S. and Ailene T. Professorship in Surgery, Medicine, Organismal Biology & Anatomy, and Molecular Medicine at the University of Chicago
.
He graduated from the University of South Carolina
, in electrical engineering in 1971, and Temple University
School of Medicine and Drexel University
with M.D. and M.S. degrees in 1975. He was a resident in surgery at the University of Chicago Hospitals
in 1975 to 1981 and at the Massachusetts General Hospital
1981 to 1983. While a resident at the University of Chicago, he enrolled in the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
doctoral program. He received a Sc.D. in bioelectrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
in 1979.
He is director of the Laboratory for Molecular Cell Repair at the University of Chicago
.
He is Founder and Chairman of RenaCyte BioMolecular Technologies(2005) and Avocet Polymer Technologies, Inc (1997)
Author or coauthor of more than 200 journal publications and book chapters
Life
Lee spent his childhood and adolescence in South Carolina. During medical school and graduate school he lived in Philadelphia, Chicago and Boston. Today, he practices reconstructive plastic surgery at the University of Chicago. Mostly his research has focused on advancing the care of trauma victims. Lee is recognized for the development of multiblock copolymer surfactants to mimic behavior of natural chaperone proteins to augment the body's self-repair capability following major injury. He is also recognized for characterizing the relative contributions of thermal stress and electrical forces to tissue injury in victims of electrical shock.He holds the: Paul S. and Ailene T. Professorship in Surgery, Medicine, Organismal Biology & Anatomy, and Molecular Medicine at the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
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He graduated from the University of South Carolina
University of South Carolina
The University of South Carolina is a public, co-educational research university located in Columbia, South Carolina, United States, with 7 surrounding satellite campuses. Its historic campus covers over in downtown Columbia not far from the South Carolina State House...
, in electrical engineering in 1971, and Temple University
Temple University
Temple University is a comprehensive public research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Originally founded in 1884 by Dr. Russell Conwell, Temple University is among the nation's largest providers of professional education and prepares the largest body of professional...
School of Medicine and Drexel University
Drexel University
Drexel University is a private research university with the main campus located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. It was founded in 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel, a noted financier and philanthropist. Drexel offers 70 full-time undergraduate programs and accelerated degrees...
with M.D. and M.S. degrees in 1975. He was a resident in surgery at the University of Chicago Hospitals
University of Chicago Hospitals
The University of Chicago Medical Center forms a major center for medical care and research in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois...
in 1975 to 1981 and at the Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital is a teaching hospital and biomedical research facility in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts...
1981 to 1983. While a resident at the University of Chicago, he enrolled in the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
Founded in 1970, the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, or HST, is one of the oldest and largest biomedical engineering and physician-scientist training programs in the United States and the longest-standing functional collaboration between Harvard University and the...
doctoral program. He received a Sc.D. in bioelectrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
in 1979.
He is director of the Laboratory for Molecular Cell Repair at the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
.
He is Founder and Chairman of RenaCyte BioMolecular Technologies(2005) and Avocet Polymer Technologies, Inc (1997)
Selected Awards
- Alpha Omega AlphaAlpha Omega AlphaThe Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, commonly called Alpha Omega Alpha and abbreviated ΑΩΑ or AOA, is a national honor society for medical students, residents, scientists and physicians in the United States and Canada.-History:...
- Temple University - Tau Beta PiTau Beta PiThe Tau Beta Pi Association is the oldest engineering honor society in the United States and the second oldest collegiate honor society in America. It honors engineering students who have shown a history of academic achievement as well as a commitment to personal and professional integrity...
- Drexel University - Schering Scholar in Surgery, American College of SurgeonsAmerican College of SurgeonsThe American College of Surgeons is an educational association of surgeons created in 1913 to improve the quality of care for the surgical patient by setting high standards for surgical education and practice.-Membership:...
- Sigma XiSigma XiSigma Xi: The Scientific Research Society is a non-profit honor society which was founded in 1886 at Cornell University by a junior faculty member and a handful of graduate students. Members elect others on the basis of their research achievements or potential...
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology - 1981 Fellow MacArthur Fellows ProgramMacArthur Fellows ProgramThe MacArthur Fellows Program or MacArthur Fellowship is an award given by the John D. and Catherine T...
- 1985 Scholar Searle Scholars ProgramSearle Scholars ProgramThe Searle Scholars Program is a career development award made annually to the 15 young US professionals in biomedical research and chemistry considered most promising...
- Distinguished Medical Alumnus Award, Temple University School of MedicineTemple University School of MedicineThe Temple University School of Medicine , located on the Health Science Campus of Temple University in Philadelphia, PA, is one of 7 schools of medicine in Pennsylvania conferring the doctor of medicine degree. It also confers the Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in biomedical sciences.The 2011 U.S...
- 1894 Engineering Society - University of South Carolina
- Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological EngineeringAmerican Institute for Medical and Biological EngineeringThe American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering is an organization of biomedical engineers, which focuses on taking principles of engineering to and applying them to improve the medical and biological engineering fields...
- Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
- Fellow, Biomedical Engineering Society
- Fellow, American College of SurgeonsAmerican College of SurgeonsThe American College of Surgeons is an educational association of surgeons created in 1913 to improve the quality of care for the surgical patient by setting high standards for surgical education and practice.-Membership:...
- Fellow, International College of Surgeons
- Fellow, American Association of Plastic Surgeons
- “America’s Top Surgeons” Consumers Research Council of America
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of ScienceAmerican Association for the Advancement of ScienceThe American Association for the Advancement of Science is an international non-profit organization with the stated goals of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific responsibility, and supporting scientific education and science outreach for the...
- Drexel 100 Society, Drexel UniversityDrexel UniversityDrexel University is a private research university with the main campus located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. It was founded in 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel, a noted financier and philanthropist. Drexel offers 70 full-time undergraduate programs and accelerated degrees...
- Awarded Golden Key to City of ShanghaiShanghaiShanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
Works
- Raphael C Lee and Anna Chien The Doctor's Plague: Germs, Childbed Fever, and the Strange Story of Ignac Semmelweis. (Book Review) Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - Volume 48, Number 4, Autumn 2005, pp. 616–618
- M. Capelli-Schellpfeffer, M. and R.C.Lee, "Electrical Shock” in Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Webster, J.G., Ed., John Wiley and Sons, New York , 1998
- R. C. Lee, "Electrical and Lightning Injuries" in Harrison's Principles of Internal MedicineHarrison's Principles of Internal MedicineHarrison's Principles of Internal Medicine is an American textbook of internal medicine. First published in 1950, it is presently in its eighteenth edition...
, 15th Edition, Braunwald et al., eds. McGaw-Hill, New York 2001
Author or coauthor of more than 200 journal publications and book chapters