Hannah Hoeun Lee, MD, PhD
Orthopaedic Surgery
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Orthopaedics University City - 7th Floor
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About me

  • Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Pennsylvania Hospital

Dr. Lee's clinical interests include wrist and thumb arthritis, and nerve injuries and transfers to the upper extremities. She also conducts research in hand and upper extremity disease processes, cartilage and nerve regeneration using stem cells, and bone healing.

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Pittsburgh
  • Residency: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
  • Fellowship: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

What my patients think about me

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547 reviews

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November 2025
everything went well.
November 2025
she was very thorough.
November 2025
like my doctor
November 2025
she was very nice and informative

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My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Lee is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Berns, E.M., Zhuang, T., Lee, H.H. Opioid-Free Pain Management Strategies for Patients on Oral Anticoagulation Undergoing Soft Tissue Hand Surgery , Journal of Hand Surgery American Volume: 2025

Shultz, R.B.; Laimo, F.A.; Lee, H.H.; Ali, Z.S.; Huang, R.; Barnewall, R.E.; Fetzek, C.G.; Ledebur, H.C.; Cullen, D.K.; Katiyar, K.S. A Nonhuman Primate Model to Evaluate Treatments for Long-Gap Ulnar Nerve Injury , J Neurosci Res., 103(8): 2025,e70069

Stoeckl, BD, Masada, KM, Laforest, LG, Lee, HH, Mauck, RL, Steinberg, DR Multi-Scale Analysis of Regional Pathology in the Human Trapezium during Osteoarthritis Progression , J Orthop Res, 43(9): 2025,1581-15

Zhuang, T., Berns, E.M., Hallman, M., Lee, H.H. Are Preoperative Corticosteroid Injections in Large or Intermediate Joints Associated with Surgical Site Infection After Soft Tissue Hand Surgery? A Retrospective Database Analysis , Journal of Hand Surgery American Volume, 50(7): 2025,819-828

Zhuang T, Berns EM, Lee HH. Treatment utilization for Dupuytren's contracture in the United States is influenced by socioeconomic factors , J Hand Surg Eur Vol, 50(3): 2025,418-420

Zhuang, T., Berns, E.M., Lee, H.H., Sobel, A.D. A Concurrent Perioperative Benzodiazepine and Opioid Utilization in Opioid-Naïve Patients Undergoing Soft Tissue Hand Surgery , Hand (N Y): 2025

Lee HH, Lynch KJ, Kohls MR, Fowler JR. Localization of the Median Nerve and Flexor Pollicis Longus at the Carpal Tunnel Inlet in Patients With and Without Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Using Ultrasound , Hand (N Y), 19(3): 2024,387-391

Ray, S., D’Auria, J., Lee, H.H., Baratz, M.E. Allyship for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Hand Surgery , Hand Clinics, 39(1): 2023,103-109

Lee, H.H., Satish, L. Biological Targets for Dupuytren Disease , Annals of Plastics Surgery, 87: 2021,355-358

Beck A, Lee H, Fourman M, Giugale J, Zlotnicki J, Rodosky M, Lin A. Preoperative Comorbidities and Postoperative Complications Do Not Influence Patient-Reported Satisfaction Following Humeral Head Resurfacing: Mid- to Long-term Follow-up of 106 Patients , J Shoulder Elb Arthroplast, 3: 2019,2471549219830284