Men Jean Lee, MD
Chair
Regular (MFM)
Member Since: 1994
Original Join Date: 1994
Newark, NJ
Professional Bio
After receiving a BS from the Honors Program in Medical Education at Northwestern
University, Dr. Lee earned her medical degree from the Northwestern University School of Medicine. She completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Prentice Women’s Hospital at the McGaw Medical Center Medical Center of Northwestern University, and pursued fellowship training in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Strong Memorial Hospital at the University of Rochester. Dr. Lee also completed a postdoctoral research fellowship through the Reproductive Scientist Development Program in the Department of Microbiology at the NYU School of Medicine. Dr. Lee’s special interests include maternal stress during pregnancy, steroid effects on fetal development, social determinants of health and disease, rural health, epigenetics, environmental effects on pregnancy, and placental biology. Dr. Lee was formerly the Kosasa Endowed Professor and Associate Chair for Research and Innovations in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine. She was the Principle Investigator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and Department of Hawaiian Homelands grant to set up a Hawaii Maternal Telehealth Access Program (HMTAP) to increase access to mother-baby care across the State of Hawaii. She and her research colleagues at the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s Institute for Biogenesis Research were funded to study the pathophysiologic effects of environmental microplastics in the human placenta. She was also the Medical Director of the Fetal Diagnostic Unit at the Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children. She was recently recruited to Rutgers University - New Jersey Medical School in Newark (formerly UMDNJ) to serve as the Professor and Chair of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Health. She is a 2016 graduate of the Dan O'Keefe Leadership Academy and a 2020 graduate of ELAM.
University, Dr. Lee earned her medical degree from the Northwestern University School of Medicine. She completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Prentice Women’s Hospital at the McGaw Medical Center Medical Center of Northwestern University, and pursued fellowship training in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Strong Memorial Hospital at the University of Rochester. Dr. Lee also completed a postdoctoral research fellowship through the Reproductive Scientist Development Program in the Department of Microbiology at the NYU School of Medicine. Dr. Lee’s special interests include maternal stress during pregnancy, steroid effects on fetal development, social determinants of health and disease, rural health, epigenetics, environmental effects on pregnancy, and placental biology. Dr. Lee was formerly the Kosasa Endowed Professor and Associate Chair for Research and Innovations in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine. She was the Principle Investigator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and Department of Hawaiian Homelands grant to set up a Hawaii Maternal Telehealth Access Program (HMTAP) to increase access to mother-baby care across the State of Hawaii. She and her research colleagues at the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s Institute for Biogenesis Research were funded to study the pathophysiologic effects of environmental microplastics in the human placenta. She was also the Medical Director of the Fetal Diagnostic Unit at the Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children. She was recently recruited to Rutgers University - New Jersey Medical School in Newark (formerly UMDNJ) to serve as the Professor and Chair of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Health. She is a 2016 graduate of the Dan O'Keefe Leadership Academy and a 2020 graduate of ELAM.