Dr. Edward Lee is an associate professor of radiology at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He received his A.B. and M.D. from the University of Chicago (Phi Beta Kappa and Swift Scholar) and his M.P.H. from Harvard University (Student Marshal), followed by an internship at Harvard Medical Center (BIDM / BWH / DFCI) and a radiology residency at Mallincrodt Institute of Radiology / Washington University Medical Center. After completing a pediatric radiology fellowship as a chief fellow at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in 2005, he joined the Departments of Radiology and Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Since Dr. Lee was appointed as the Chief of Thoracic Imaging Division in 2010 and Director of MRI from 2012 - 2014, he has provided integrated image performance and interpretation across modalities for congenital and acquired pediatric disorders at Boston Children’s Hospital.

Dr. Lee has been an author on more than 200 peer-reviewed journal articles, 100 review articles or book chapters, and three books related to pediatric imaging including Pediatric Radiology: Practical Imaging Evaluation of Infants and Children as well as Pediatric Thoracic Imaging. He was the recipient of GERRAF (GE Radiology Research Academic Fellowship) in 2006 and RSNA Eyler Editorial Fellowship in 2010. He is the winner of the prestigious Caffey’s Awards from SPR in both Best Clinical Scientific Research and Best Educational Exhibit Presentation categories. As a past chair of the pediatric section and current chair of Online Longitudinal Assessment (OLA) committee of the American Board of Radiology (ABR), he has been instrumental in establishing pediatric radiology education and qualification in radiology residency training in the United States. Additionally, as an editor of the pediatric section of the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR); editorial board member of nine journals; and reviewer of 25 journals; Dr. Lee has also helped guide and establish the educational and scientific direction and growth in his academic specialty – pediatric imaging – at academic and medical institutions around the world. He is the past President of the New England Roentgen Ray Society (NERRS) and current President of the International Society of Pediatric Thoracic Imaging (ISPTI) and Middle East Society of Pediatric Radiology (MESPR). Recently, Dr. Lee has been also elected as the President of the Medical Staff Organization (MSO) at Boston Children’s Hospital.

Dr. Lee is currently one of the most sought-after internationally known radiology educators and experts in the field of pediatric imaging. He has served either as a visiting professor, an invited speaker, or radiology oral board examiner on various topics related to pediatric imaging education in more than 45 different countries in the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Australia, Africa, and Asia.