Hwajin Lee, MD

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Perelman
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About me

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Dr. Lee is a physiatrist specializing in the functional recovery of cancer patients, as well as rehabilitation for primary and secondary lymphedema. She treats a variety of conditions patients may experience during or after cancer treatment, including musculoskeletal pain or weakness, neuropathy, radiation fibrosis, and fatigue and endurance-related issues. She also specializes in botulinum toxin injections to the head and neck region to treat radiation fibrosis and other musculoskeletal conditions.

My education and training

  • Medical School: Wake Forest University
  • Residency: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Spoken languages

English
English

Insurance accepted

Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.

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.
  • Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital
Dr. Lee is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

Research

Publications

Michael D. Stubblefield and Hwajin Lee Radiation Fibrosis Syndrome , Cancer Rehabilitation: Principles and Practice. Third Edition.: 2025,822-840

Lee H, Stubblefield MD. Evaluation and management of shoulder dysfunction in cancer survivors , Curr Phys Med Rehabil Rep, 12(3): 2024,383-394

Lee H, Stubblefield MD. Neuromuscular complications of radiation fibrosis syndrome , Curr Phys Med Rehabil Rep., 1(11): 2023,1-8

Lee H, Cartwright MS Neuromuscular ultrasound in polyneuropathy , Pract Neurol, 20(3): 2020,26-30

Rosas S., Hughes R. T., Farris M., Lee H., McTyre E. R., Plate J. F., Shi L., Emory C. L., Blackstock A. William, Kerr B. A., Willey J. S. Cartilage oligomeric matrix protein in patients with osteoarthritis is independently associated with metastatic disease in prostate cancer , Oncotarget, 1(10): 2019,4776-4785