Vivian Lee, MD

Ophthalmology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Scheie Eye Institute Penn Presbyterian
Make an appointmentCall 215-662-8100
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Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Co-director, William C. Frayer Ophthalmic Pathology Laboratory
  • Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

My education and training

  • Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  • Residency: Mount Sinai Morningside
  • Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
  • Fellowship: University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics

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.
  • 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

Zuo L, Khan RS, Lee V, Dine K, Wu W, Shindler KS SIRT1 Promotes RGC Survival and Delays Loss of Function Following Optic Nerve Crush , Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, 54(7): 2013,5097-102

Potter HD, Lee V*, Hinshaw MA, Khedr SS, Albert DM, Burkat C Lichen simplex chronicus of the conjunctiva , JAMA Ophthalmology, 131(6): 2013,816-8

Lee V, Sulewski ME, Zaidi A, Nichols CW, Bunya VY Elevated intraocular pressure-induced interlamellar stromal keratitis occurring 9 years after laser in situ keratomileusis , Cornea, 31(1): 2012,87-9

Chung DC, Lee V, Maguire AM Recent advances in ocular gene therapy , Current Opinion in Ophthalmology , 20(5): 2009,377-81

Angilletta MJ Jr, Lee V, Silva AC Energetics of lizard embryos are not canalized by thermal acclimation , Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 79(3): 2006,573-80

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