Benjamin Lee, M.D. Titles and Appointments Associate Professor Schools Medical School Departments Pediatrics You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Dr. Benjamin Lee is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He graduated from Temple University School of Medicine in 2001 and completed his internship and Pediatrics residency at Children’s Medical Center Dallas/University of Texas Southwestern in 2004. He is board-certified in both general pediatrics and pediatric hospital medicine and works as a hospitalist at Children’s Medical Center Dallas. Dr. Lee has a two areas of interest: medical education and advocacy. He currently chairs the Post-Clerkship Committee, which oversees the curriculum of 4th-year medical students. He is also the Pediatric Clerkship Director for 2nd and 3rd-year medical students. He is a member of the Student Promotions Committee, Clerkship Directors Committee, and Medical Education Curriculum Committee at UTSW. He stresses the importance of family centered care and shared decision making. While he is a member of several national organizations, Dr. Lee focuses most of his efforts within the Texas Medical Association (TMA) and Dallas County Medical Society (DCMS). With the TMA, he has chaired both the Committee on Child and Adolescent Health and Council on Health Promotion and currently chairs the Council on Science and Public Health. He also serves as a DCMS delegate to the TMA in order to advocate for children who might not otherwise have a voice. Education Medical School Temple University School of Medicine (2001) Internship UT Southwestern/Children's Medical Center (2002), Pediatrics Residency UT Southwestern/Children's Medical Center (2004), Pediatrics Research Interest Clinical Case Reports Family Centered Rounds Health Services Research Publications Pediatric Therapeutic Plasma Exchange: Characterization of Practice, Epidemiology, and Safety Profile at a Children's Hospital in the United States Lee BC, Adkins BD, Javanbakht A, Luu HS, Noland DK Journal of Clinical Apheresis 2026 Jun 41 Hospital costs and reimbursement for short-stay inpatient versus observation status hospitalizations for children with medical complexity Arar S, Hall M, Johnson K, Katragadda H, Martinez K, Dadwani A, Chen CN, Devarakonda A, Gribbons M, Challa L, Gupta AT, Patel A, Solomon C, Nunneley CE, Lee BC, Yu AG Journal of hospital medicine 2024 Nov 19 1010-1018 National cross-sectional study on cost consciousness, cost accuracy, and national medical waste reduction initiative knowledge among pediatric hospitalists in the United States Lee BC, Hall M, Agharokh L, Yu AG, Parikh K, Shah SS PloS one 2023 Apr 18 Hospital-Level Neighborhood Opportunity and Rehospitalization for Common Diagnoses at US Children's Hospitals Yu AG, Hall M, Agharokh L, Lee BC, Zaniletti I, Wilson KM, Williams DJ Academic Pediatrics 2022 Nov 22 1459-1467 Trends in Pediatric Rhabdomyolysis and Associated Renal Failure: A 10-Year Population-Based Study Agharokh L, Zaniletti I, Yu AG, Lee BC, Hall M, Williams DJ, Wilson KM Hospital Pediatrics 2022 Aug 12 718-725 Epigastric Abdominal Pain and Weight Loss in a 17-Year-Old Male Sanchez MJ, Lee BC Clinical Pediatrics 2018 Sep 57 1250-1253 Index of suspicion. Lee B, Brown AG, Patel AM, Torok KS, Muhammad NA Pediatrics in review / American Academy of Pediatrics 2013 Nov 34 531-536 Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease: A 15-year analysis at a children's hospital in the United States Lee BC, Patel R Clinical Pediatrics 2013 Jan 52 92-95 The hybrid hospitalist teaching service: An innovative model for individualized learning, patient case-mix, and medical student and resident education Lee BC, Flores G Clinical Pediatrics 2012 Apr 51 321-331 Index of suspicion. Liu H, Patel R, Lee B, Pernica JM, Goldfarb D, Harrison ME Pediatrics in review / American Academy of Pediatrics 2009 May 30 175-180 Results 1-10 of 10 1 Books Featured Books Neonatal Problems. In Step-Up to Pediatrics (2013). Constipation. In Caring for the Hospitalized Child (2023). Honors & Awards Faculty InducteeAlpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Medical Honor Society (2022) Faculty InducteeSouthwestern Academy of Teachers (SWAT) (2022) SOPT Clinical Case Competition FinalistAmerican Academy of Pediatrics (2018) Award for Excellence in Academic Medicine - Silver level AchievementTexas Medical Association (2013) Core Clerkship Teaching AwardPresented by Class of 2013 for Outstanding Teaching during the Pediatrics Clerkship (2012) Excellence in Education AwardUT Southwestern Medical Center (2012) Leadership ScholarTexas Medical Association selects young physicians to participate in year long training program to develop leadership skills. (2011) Professional Associations/Affiliations Academic Pediatric Association (APA) (2009) American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) (2001) American Medical Association (AMA) (1997) Council on Medical Student Education in Pediatrics (COMSEP) (2013) Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) (2007) Texas Medical Association (TMA) (2006) Texas Pediatric Society (TPS) (2004)
