
Adam Lee
Assistant Professor
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine
Adam Lee is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon with clinical interests in acute fractures of the pelvis, lower extremities, upper extremities, malunions, and nonunions. His research interests include pelvic ring injuries and orthopaedic trauma outcomes.
His research has appeared in Journal of Orthopaedic Advances, Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, Journal of the Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology.
Lee graduated magna cum laude with a BS in chemistry and a minor in religious studies from Marshall University in West Virginia, where he earned the Outstanding Graduating Chemist Award. He received his MD from Georgetown University. He completed a general surgery internship at Loyola University Medical Center, followed by orthopaedic residency training at Geisinger Medical Center in Pennsylvania, where he served as administrative chief resident. He subsequently completed a fellowship in orthopaedic trauma at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Most recently he was an assistant clinical professor at Creighton University, while also serving as an orthopaedic trauma surgeon at Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix. Prior to that, he was an assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery at the University of Southern California.