Won Lee, M.D.
Medical Director, Clinical Center for Sleep and Breathing Disorders
Associate Professor

Endowed Title Distinguished Teaching Professor

Department Internal Medicine

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Medical Director, Sleep and Breathing Disorders Center

Medical School: University of Nevada School of Medicine (2001)
Residency: University of Nevada Affiliated Hospitals (2004), Internal Medicine
Fellowship: Rush University Medical Center (2007), Pulmonary Diseases & Critical Care Medicine
Fellowship: University of Chicago Hospitals (2008), Sleep Medicine

Medical Education - Simulation Training
Neuromuscular Pulmonary Disorders (ex: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), muscular dystrophy, and diaphragm disorders)
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation
Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Featured Publications

Resident versus faculty member simulation debriefing.: Adams T, Newton C, Patel H, Sulistio M, Tomlinson A, Lee W Clin Teach 2017 Nov
Short-term modulation of the ventilatory response to exercise is preserved in obstructive sleep apnea.: Bernhardt V, Mitchell GS, Lee WY, Babb TG Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2016 Nov 236 42-50
A novel expression of exercise induced pulmonary hypertension in human immunodeficiency virus patients: a pilot study.: Doukky R, Lee WY, Ravilla M, Lateef OB, Pelaez V, French A, Tandon R Open Cardiovasc Med J 2012 6 44-9
Perioperative management of obstructive sleep apnea.: Adesanya AO, Lee W, Greilich NB, Joshi GP Chest 2010 Dec 138 6 1489-98
Diagnosis and management of obesity hypoventilation syndrome in the ICU.: Lee WY, Mokhlesi B Crit Care Clin 2008 Jul 24 3 533-49, vii
Epidemiology of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: a Population-based Perspective.: Lee W, Nagubadi S, Kryger MH, Mokhlesi B, Expert Rev Respir Med 2008 Jun 2 3 349-364
Diffuse pulmonary nodules in a 25-year-old man with diarrhea and weight loss.: Lee WY, Balk RA Chest 2008 May 133 5 1252-5
Chloroplast division in higher plants requires members of two functionally divergent gene families with homology to bacterial ftsZ.: Osteryoung KW, Stokes KD, Rutherford SM, Percival AL, Lee WY, Plant Cell 1998 Dec 10 12 1991-2004

Featured Books

Pulmonary complications of endocrine diseases. In Murray and Nadel?s Textbook of Respiratory Medicine

Hsia, C and Lee, W. (In Press). Elsevier

Commencement Marshall
UT Southwestern School of Medicine Voted by the graduating medical school class of 2019 (2019)
Outstanding Teaching Award, Basic Sciences/Biomedical Sciences Educator
Southwestern Academy of Teachers (SWAT) (2019)
Regents Outstanding Teaching Award (ROTA)
Highest teaching excellence award in the University of Texas System awarded by The Texas Board of Regents (2019)
Best Teacher, High Exposure Instruction Category
UT Southwestern School of Medicine - Preclerkship Medical Students (2018)
Nominee Outstanding Teaching Award, Basic Sciences/Biomedical Sciences Educator
Southwestern Academy of Teachers (SWAT) (2018)
Favorite Course, Integrated Medicine - Pulmonary
UT Southwestern School of Medicine (2016-2018)
Nominee Outstanding Teaching Award, Basic Sciences/Biomedical Sciences Educator
Southwestern Academy of Teachers (SWAT) (2016)
Outstanding Teaching Faculty of the Year
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center (2013)
Outstanding Teaching Faculty Award
University of Texas Southwestern - Department of Internal Medicine Residency Program (2011)
Outstanding Teaching Fellow Award
Rush University Medical Center - Chicago (2007)
Alpha Omega Alpha
University of Nevada School of Medicine (2004)
Outstanding Resident Award
University of Nevada Affiliated Hospitals (2004)