John Y. K. Lee, MD, MSCE

Neurosurgery
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Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Neurosurgery Pennsylvania Hospital
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About me

  • Medical Director, Gamma Knife Center
  • Clinical Director, Center for Precision Surgery
  • Director, Skull Base Surgery
  • Professor of Neurosurgery at the Pennsylvania Hospital

My education and training

  • Medical School: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
  • Residency: University of Pittsburgh
  • Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic Foundation

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Spoken languages

English
English

Reviews

Average Rating

1094 reviews

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Anonymous
May 2026
excellent service
Anonymous
May 2026
i feel dr. lee is one of the best in his profession.
Anonymous
May 2026
i had the best specialist for the trigeminal neurolgia and his theme ara amazing too
Anonymous
May 2026
he answered my questions n is very respectful

Insurance accepted

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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. In New Jersey, providers are affiliated with Penn Medicine through Clinical Health Care Associates of New Jersey or Princeton Healthcare Affiliated Physicians, PC.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

Research

Publications

Lee JYK Near Infrared Fluorescent Intraoperative Visualization of Meningiomas , Society of Neuro-Oncology - Meningiomas (Toronto, ON): 2016

Brastianos PK, Taylor-Weiner A, Manley PE, Jones RT, Dias-Santagata D, Thorner AR, Lawrence MS, Rodriguez FJ, Bernardo LA, Schubert L, Sunkavalli A, Shillingford N, Calicchio ML, Lidov HG, Taha H, Martinez-Lage M, Santi M, Storm PB, Lee JY, Palmer JN, Adappa ND, Scott RM, Dunn IF, Laws ER Jr, Stewart C, Ligon KL, Hoang MP, Van Hummelen P, Hahn WC, Louis DN, Resnick AC, Kieran MW, Getz G, Santagata S. Exome sequencing identifies BRAF mutations in papillary craniopharyngiomas , Nature Genetics, 46(2): 2014,161-5

Lee JYK, Finkelstein S, Hamilton RL, Rehka P, King Jr. JT, Omalu B Loss of Heterozygosity Analysis of Benign, Atypical, and Anaplastic Meningiomas , Neurosurgery, 55(5): 2004,1163-1173

Lee JYK, McInerney J, Niranjan A, Kondziolka D, Flickinger JF, Lunsford LD Stereotactic Radiosurgery Providing Long Term Tumor Control in Cavernous Sinus Meningiomas , Journal of Neurosurgery , 91(1): 2002,65-72

Lee JYK, Chen HI, Urban C, Hojat A, Church E, Xie SX, Farrar JT Development and psychometric testing for the Brief Pain Inventory-Facial in patients with facial pain syndromes , Journal of Neurosurgery, 113(3): 2010,516-523

Lee, JYK, Lang SS Fully Endoscopic Cerebellopontine Angle Surgery: A Step-By-Step Guide for Microvascular Decompression and Tumor Resection , Endo:Press Tuttlingen: 2013

Lee JYK, Bohman L, Bergsneider M Contemporary Neurosurgical Techniques for Pituitary Tumor Resection , J Neurooncology, 117(3): 2014,437-444

Lee JYK, Sandhu S, Miller D, Solberg T, Dorsey JF, Alonso-Basanta M Higher dose rate Gamma Knife radiosurgery may provide earlier and longer-lasting pain relief for patients with trigeminal neuralgia , Journal of Neurosurgery, 123(4): 2015,961-968

Lee JYK, O'Malley Jr, BW, Newman JG, Weinstein GS, Lega B, Diaz J, Grady MS Transoral robotic surgery of craniocervical junction and atlantoaxial spine: a cadaveric study , Journal of Neurosurgery (Spine), 12(1): 2010,13-18

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