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MICHELLE LEE MD
NEW YORK DOCTOR WRITER
SELECTED PUBLISHED NEWS ARTICLES
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Reflections From a First-Year Doctor in NYC COVID
COLUMBIA SYNAPSIS HEALTH HUMANITIES Personal Narrative Medicine Article, NYC
Why Christina Yuna Lee's murder is personal to Asian American women like me
THE WASHINGTON POST
Op-ed Article, NYC
Six Things You Can Do Today to Help the AAPI Community
NBC News
Dr. Russell Jeung, cofounder of StopAAPIHate.org
Interview & Article
COVID Doc Interviews Family Feeding Healthcare Workers
ZAGAT STORIES
Thai Sliders, NYC
Interviews & Article
Light at the End of COVID Tunnel for NYC Restaurants?
SALON & CIVIL EATS
NYC Council Member Keith Powers, Andrew Rigie NYC Hospitality, Antwoin Guiterrez, Simon Kim, Kevin Heald, NYC
Interviews & Article
From Pandemic to Protests: How Food Businesses Are Responding
BON APPÉTIT
Cho Dang Gol, NYC
Interview & Article
Asian American Restauranteurs Reflect on Rising Anti-Asian Hate
INFATUATION
Simon Kim, Hooni Kim, Eric Sze, Eunji Lee, Maiko Kyogoku, NYC
Interviews & Article
Honest Food: From Med School Dropout to Michelin Star Chef
KOREAM MAGAZINE
Hooni Kim, Danji/Hanjan, NYC
​Interview & Article
New American-Italian-Korean Cuisine at Piora
KOREAM MAGAZINE
Simon Kim/Chris Cipollone, NYC
Interview & Article
Would You Like Food to Go With That Drink?Â
(Barn Joo, NYC, Koream Magazine)
SELECTED MEDICAL WRITING & EDITING
Medical Writer of 70-page health book on spine health
March 2018
Editor-in-Chief of Cornell's Journal of Humanities in Medicine
May 2016
Medical Editor of 80-page health book on foot & ankle health
February 2019
Reflections from a first-year doctor in the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City (Synapsis Health Humanities Journal)
October 2020
SELECTED INVITED TALKS
PBS HEALTHCARE PANEL: EYE OF THE STORM - CONVERSATION WITH HEALTHCARE WORKERS ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH. PBS.
April 28, 2022
FIGS ROUNDS:Â EXPERIENCES OF AÂ FIRST-YEAR NYC DOCTOR DURING COVID.Â
FIGS, a public US company.
May 26, 2022
CONVERSATION ON AAPI HERITAGE IN HEALTHCARE
FIGS, a public US company.
May 13, 2022
UNDERSTANDING CURRENT ANTI-ASIAN HATE CRISIS WITH ACTIONS ITEMS.
New York Presbyterian Hospital Graduate Medical Education, Manhattan.
May 27, 2021
AAPI DIVERSITY SPEAKER
Stony Brook University Hospital in New York
May 2021
AAPI DIVERSITY SPEAKER
Mercer University School of Medicine in Georgia after nearby fatal Atlanta shootings
April 9, 2021
AAPI HERITAGE MONTH: DISCUSSION WITH FIGS. Clubhouse. Discussion Host of FIGS, a public US company.
May 24, 2021
HOW BYSTANDER INTERVENTION CAN SAVE A LIFE, KevinMD
July 17, 2021
AAPI DIVERSITY CONVERSATIONÂ
New York Presbyterian Hospital Cornell Radiology Department, Manhattan
April 20211
DOCTORS SHARE EXPERIENCES WORKING DURING COVID-19
Biorepublic
May 15, 2020
THE BEST COOKIES IN NYC WITH MICHELLE
Locasaurus Recs, New York
KOREAN FOOD CLASSICS & KTOWN NIGHTS WITH MICHELLEÂ
Locasaurus Recs, New York
FEBRUARY 25, 2019
AWARDS
Weill Cornell Medicine's Pioneers in Diversity Award for Excellence in Public Health Advocacy
New York State Radiological Society Scholarship for Young Physician Leadership Summit
American Association of University Women Professions Fellowship
Wellesley Alumni Scholarship for Graduate Study in Medicine
Wellesley College Neuroscience Honors- Best Neuroscience Thesis
New England Psychological Association Honorary Scholar
INVITED TALKS
Lee M. AAPI Month: Community Advocacy during COVID-19. Southern Connecticut State University. April 20, 2023. Zoom.
Lee M. Triumphs & Disasters of a Young NYC DOC during COVID: How writing & advocacy helped me love medicine again. FIGS Grand Rounds. May 26, 2022. Zoom.
Lee M et al. A Conversation on AAPI Heritage in Healthcare. FIGS Discussion. May 13, 2022. Instagram Live with FIGS.
Lee M et al. Grace Under Pressure & Eye of the Storm: A Conversation with Healthcare Workers About Mental Health. April 28, 2022. PBS.
Lee M. Understanding The Current Anti-Asian Hate Crisis and Actions Items. New York Presbyterian Hospital Graduate Medical Education. May 27, 2021. Zoom.
Lee M et al. AAPI Heritage Month: A discussion with FIGS. May 24, 2021. Clubhouse.
Lee, M. Building Solidarity Against Racial Injustice - Asian American & Pacific Islanders Community Check-in. Stony Brook Medicine. May 22, 2021. Zoom.
Lee M. AAPI Month: Community Advocacy during COVID-19. Mercer College of Medicine in Georgia. April 9, 2021. Zoom
Lee M et al. The Current Anti-Asian Hate Crisis: A Discussion with ASANA Voices & Bengalis of New York. March 28 , 2021. Clubhouse.
Lee M et al. Clinical characteristics of early noncritical hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease (Covid- 19): a single-center retrospective study in New York City. Infectious Diseases Week, 2020 Oct, Philadelphia, PA
Lee M et al. Clinical characteristics of early noncritical hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease (Covid- 19): a single-center retrospective study in New York City. Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital. Research Symposium, 2020 May, New York, NY.
Lee M et al. Potential Differences in Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced (DCE) MRI Perfusion between Primary CNS and Glioblastoma. Eastern Neuroradiological Society, 2016 Aug, Montreal, Canada.
Lee M, Keane MM, Gleason T. Factors contributing to the emergence of future thinking in children. Eastern Psychological Association, 2013 March, New York, NY.
Lee M, Keane MM, Gleason T. Development of episodic memory and future thinking in children. New England Psychological Association, 2012 Oct, Worcester, MA.
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