Major Kenneth Lee, IV, MD, PhD

Gastrointestinal Surgery, General Surgery
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Gastrointestinal Surgery Perelman
Schedule onlineCall 215-662-2626
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About me

  • Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery

My education and training

  • Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  • Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System

Spoken languages

English
English

Reviews

Average Rating

546 reviews

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Anonymous
May 2026
the timing of my visit. he takes the time to answer your questions and goes directly into your case. explains into detail. love that
Anonymous
May 2026
great doctor
Anonymous
April 2026
dr. lee is a skilled and thorough surgeon
Anonymous
April 2026
he was awesome

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.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

Research

Publications

Vargas GM, Farooq MS, Shafique N, Lee MK, Vollmer CM, Miura JT, Karakousis GC. Impact of Patient Income and Insurance on Postoperative Mortality After Total Pancreatectomy for Pancreatic Neoplasms , J Surg Oncol: 2025

Amit U, Metz JM, Plastaras JP, Gheewala R, Teitelbaum U, Damjanov N, Vollmer C, Schneider CJ, Lee MK 4th, O'Hara M, Reiss-Binder K, Carpenter EL, Karasic TB, Konski A, Wileyto EP, Ben-Josef E. A phase 1 dual-dose escalation study of radiation and nab-paclitaxel in patients with unresectable and borderline resectable pancreatic cancer , Cancer, 131: 2025,e35936

Major Kenneth Lee, IV Endoscopic and Minimally Invasive Therapy for Complications of Pancreatitis , Shackleford's Surgery of the Alimentary Tract: 2025

Bader A, Landau S, Hwang J, Passman J, Lee MK, Fraker D, Vollmer C, Wachtel H. Recurrence and treatment trends of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors , Surgery: 2025

Ecker BL, Seier K, Eckhoff AM, Tortorello GN, Allen PJ, Balachandran VP, Blackburn N, D'Angelica MI, DeMatteo RP, Blazer DG 3rd, Drebin JA, Fisher WE, Fortuna D, Gill AJ, Gingras MC, Kingham TP, Lee MK 4th, Lidsky ME, Nussbaum DP, Overman MJ, Samra JS, Shen R, Sigel CS, Soares KC, Vollmer CM Jr, Wei AC, Zani S, Roses RE, Gonen M, Jarnagin WR. Genome-Derived Ampullary Adenocarcinoma Classifier and Postresection Prognostication , JAMA Surg, 159: 2024,1365-1373

Quatromoni JG, Roses R, Lee MK, Jackson OA, Jackson BM, Gaffey AC. Temporary mesenteric venous shunting for portal vein reconstruction: A novel technical adjunct , J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech, 10: 2024,101540

Anstadt EJ, Carmona R, Berlin E, Yegya-Raman N, Venigalla S, Reddy V, Williams GR, Leibensperger MR, Wojcieszynski A, Baumann BC, Lee MK, Plastaras JP, Furth EE, Mell LK, Metz JM, Ben-Josef E. SMAD4 loss predicts worse overall and distant metastasis-free survival in patients with resected pancreatic adenocarcinoma , Cancer, 130: 2024,476-484

Major Kenneth Lee, IV and Charles M. Vollmer Management of Bile Leaks and Fistulae , Bailey and Love’s Essential Operations in Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery: 2024

Narasimhamurthy M, Savant D, Shreve L, Rosen MA, Lee MK, Cooper K, Furth EE, Zhang PJ, Yang Z. Myofibroblastoma in the Liver: A Case Report and Review of Literature , Int J Surg Pathol: 2023

Major Kenneth Lee, IV Mastery of Hepatic Abscess Commentary , Fischer’s Mastery of Surgery: 2023