- Blepharitis
- Demodex blepharitis
- Demodex mites
- Dry eyes
- Evaporative dry eye disease
- Keratoconjunctivitis sicca
- Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD)
- Ocular graft versus host disease
- Ocular manifestations
- Ocular rosacea
- Sjogren's syndrome related dry eye
- Xerophthalmia
Vivian Lee, MD
Ophthalmology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Scheie Eye Institute Penn Presbyterian
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.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
- Devoted Health Choice Giveback Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Plus Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Core Pennsylvania (HMO)
- Devoted Health Dual Plus Pennsylvania (HMO D-SNP)
- Devoted Health Giveback Pennsylvania (HMO)
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.
Qualifications and experience
- Ophthalmology, 2013
- American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), National
- American Association of Ophthalmic Oncologists and Pathologists (AAOOP), National
- American Board of Ophthalmology, National
- Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), International
- Eastern Ophthalmic Pathology Society, National
- Eye Pathology Consortium, Local
- National Eye Institute, National Institute of Health, Pathophysiology of Eye Disease (PED) Study Section 1, National
- Sigma Xi, International
- United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, International
- University of Wisconsin McPherson Eye Research Institute (UW MERI), National
- Verhoeff-Zimmerman Society, National
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