Education
Other Post Graduate Training
Boston University School of Medicine (1998)
Graduate School
Boston University School of Medicine (1998)
Medical School
Boston University School of Medicine (1998)
Internship
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine (1998), General Surgery
Internship
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine (2000), General Surgery
Research Fellowship
Barnes-Jewish Hospital (2002), Otolaryngology
Residency
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine (2006), Otolaryngology
Fellowship
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (2007), Pediatric Otolaryngology

Research Interest
  • Cochlear Implantation
  • Sensorineural Hearing Loss
  • Spiral Ganglion Cell Axon Guidance
  • Spiral Ganglion Cell Synaptogenesis

Publications

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Ribonucleases may limit recovery of ribonucleic acids from archival human temporal bones.
Lee, K.H., McKenna M.J., Sewell, W.F., and Ung, F. Laryngoscope September 1997 107 1228-1234
Potential role of bFGF and RA in chicken cochlear hair cell regeneration.
Lee, K.H. and Cotanche, D.A. Hearing Research May 1996 94 14-23
Localization of hair cell specific protein fimbrin during generation in the chicken cochlea.
Lee, K.H. and Cotanche, D.A. Audiology and Neuro-otology January 1996 1 41-53
Regeneration of hair cells in the vestibulo-cochlear system of birds and mammals.
Cotanche, D.A. and Lee, K.H. Current Opinion in Neurobiology April 1995 4 509-514
Looking for human papillomavirus type 16 by PCR.
Manos, M., Lee, K., Greer, C., Waldman, J., Kiviat, N., and Wheeler, C. The Lancet 1990 335/8691 734
Netrin-1 promotes neurite outgrowth and may facilitate axon guidance in spiral ganglion cells.
Lee, K.H., Warchol, M.E. Archives of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery In Press
Revision pediatric cochlear implantation in a large tertiary center since 1986.
Kou YF, Hunter JB, Kutz JW, Isaacson B, Lee KH, Cochlear Implants Int 2020 Nov 21 6 353-357
Clinical outcomes following cochlear implantation in children with inner ear anomalies.
Isaiah A, Lee D, Lenes-Voit F, Sweeney M, Kutz W, Isaacson B, Roland P, Lee KH Int. J. Pediatr. Otorhinolaryngol. 2017 Feb 93 1-6
Transcanal Endoscopic Ear Surgery for the Management of Congenital Ossicular Fixation.
Zhu VF, Kou YF, Lee KH, Kutz JW, Isaacson B Otol. Neurotol. 2016 Sep 37 8 1071-6
Cochlear Implants in Children: Recent Advances
Isaiah, A., Lee, K.H International Journal of Head and Neck Surgery 2016 7 1 59-63

Honors & Awards
  • American Society for Pediatric Otolaryngology Potsic Award
    (2006)
  • Washington University Department of Otolaryngology Medical Student Teaching Award
    (2006)
  • Washington University Joseph M Chole Humanitarian Award
    (2006)
  • Triological Society Francis Lederer Award
    (2005)
  • American Academy of Otolaryngology Resident Research Award
    (2002)

Professional Associations/Affiliations
  • AAO-HNS Subcommittee on Implantable Hearing Devices
  • American Academy of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery
  • Association for Research in Otolaryngology
  • Triological Society