Sun Yong (Sunny) Lee, M.D., has recently been appointed assistant director at the Jefferson Breast Care Center , and has been appointed an assistant professor in the Department of Surgery at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University.

Dr. Lee received her bachelor of arts degree in East Asian Studies from Harvard University and graduated Magna Cum Laude. She then attended Cornell University Medical College where she received her medical degree in 1990. After graduation from medical school, she interned at Pennsylvania Hospital (1990-1991) and completed her surgical residency in 1996.

For the year 1993-1994, she was a Research Fellow in the Harrison Department of Surgical Research at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and focused her research on tumor immunology. Dr. Lee further trained at the University of Pennsylvania as a Trauma and Surgical Critical Care Fellow from 1996 to 1998 and stayed on as an attending surgeon and faculty member. She then made a career change and redirected her focus on breast cancer patients.

She trained as a Fellow in Breast Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital during the year 2004-2005. Dr. Lee then practiced as a breast care specialist at Hartford Hospital and was a faculty member at University of Connecticut School of Medicine prior to her return back to Jefferson. While in Hartford, Dr. Lee was recognized as one of the area’s Top Doctors.

Dr. Lee is certified by the American Board of Surgery and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. She holds memberships in the American Society of Breast Surgeons, American Society of Breast Diseases and the Association of Women Surgeons.

Source:  Thomas Jefferson University