Dr. Edward Lee is an associate professor of radiology at Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH)
and Harvard Medical School (HMS). 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 and a radiology
residency at Mallincrodt Institute of Radiology / Washington University Medical Center.
After completing a pediatric radiology fellowship as a chief fellow at BCH and HMS in 2005,
he joined the Department of Radiology at BCH and HMS. Since Dr. Lee was appointed as
the Chief of Thoracic Imaging Division in 2010- 2021 and Director of MRI from 2012 - 2014,
he has provided integrated image performance and interpretation across modalities for
congenital and acquired pediatric disorders at BCH.
Dr. Lee has contributed significantly as the leader of the local, regional, national, and
international societies or organizations: 1) Locally, he served as the President of the Medical
Staff Organization (MSO) at BCH; 2) Regionally, he served as the President of the New
England Roentgenray Society; 3) Nationally, he founded and chaired Thoracic Imaging
Committee at Society for Pediatric Radiology; and 4) Internationally, he founded and served
as the President of the International Society of Pediatric Thoracic Imaging (ISPTI).
As a past chair of the pediatric section of Core Education Committee (responsible for the
initial Radiology Board Certification for radiology residents) and current chair of the
pediatric section of Online Longitudinal Assessment Committee (responsible for the
Radiology Board Recertification for practicing radiologists) at the American Board of
Radiology (ABR), Dr. Lee has been instrumental in establishing pediatric radiology
education and qualification criteria in radiology residency training and practicing radiologist
in the United States.
Dr. Lee has been an author on more than 200 peer-reviewed journal articles, 185 review
articles or book chapters, and seven internationally widely used textbooks related to pediatric
imaging. Additionally, as the past and current editor of the pediatric section of four
prestigious radiology journals; editorial board member of 15 journals; and reviewer of 30
journals; Dr. Lee has 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.
Dr. Lee is currently one of the most sought-after internationally known radiology educators,
experts, and leaders 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.