Overview
Philip S. Lee, MD, PhD, is a neurosurgeon who specializes in epilepsy and movement disorders. He provides care for people with a variety of brain and spine conditions, including brain and spine tumors, facial pain, traumatic brain and spine injury and degenerative spine disease. He’s also received advanced training in awake and asleep intraoperative brain mapping, laser ablation and image-guided stereotactic neurosurgical procedures.|Dr. Lee received his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He completed his residency training at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, where he also completed a fellowship in stereotactic and functional neurosurgery. He also earned a doctorate in clinical psychology at George Mason University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in developmental cognitive neuroscience at Georgetown University.|He’s an active member of the American Epilepsy Society, American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons.|Dr. Lee received the Theodore Kurze Senior Prize in Neurological Surgery and Clinical Neuroscience from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
Dr. Lee is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Meningioma, Hydrocephalus, Myelomeningocele, Craniectomy, and Deep Brain Stimulation.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 13 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
950 East Mountain Boulevard, Wilkes Barre, PA 18702
300 Lackawanna Avenue, Scranton, PA 18503
100 North Academy Avenue, Danville, PA 17822
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
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Areas of Expertise
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- MeningiomaDr. Lee isAdvanced. Learn about Meningioma.
- Experienced
- Awake CraniotomyDr. Lee isExperienced. Learn about Awake Craniotomy.
- Chronic Subdural HematomaDr. Lee isExperienced. Learn about Chronic Subdural Hematoma.
- Complex Regional Pain SyndromeDr. Lee isExperienced. Learn about Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.
- CraniectomyDr. Lee isExperienced. Learn about Craniectomy.
- Deep Brain StimulationDr. Lee isExperienced. Learn about Deep Brain Stimulation.
- DeliriumDr. Lee isExperienced. Learn about Delirium.