Raphael Lee, MD ScD PhD FACS

Dr. Lee is the Paul S. and Allene T. Russell Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Surgery, Medicine, Molecular Medicine, Organismal Biology and Anatomy at the University of Chicago. His clinical expertise is reconstructive surgery of the abdominal wall, chest wall, vulvovaginal complex, cosmetic surgery of the eyelid, tissue engineering, hypertrophic scarring and electrical shock injury. He is Past-president of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, the Midwestern Association of Plastic Surgeons and Plastic Surgery Section of the National Medical Association. Dr. Lee is a note authority on the physics of trauma and has been elected the National Academy of Engineering and to the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering. He has been elected to Fellowship in the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Association of Plastic Surgeons, the Biomedical Engineering Society, the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, and the Institute for Electrical And Electronic Engineers. He is a founder and director of the Chicago Electrical Trauma Research Institute, a program for rehabilitation of survivors of electrical shock injury.

Breast Disorders / Procedures

• breast asymmetry
• breast cancer reconstruction
• breast lift surgery
• breast reconstruction

Burns

• burn reconstruction surgery

Cosmetic Disorders / Procedures

• blepharoplasty
• blepharoplasty (cosmetic eyelid surgery)
• Botulinum toxin (botox) injections
• brow lift
• collagen injections
• cosmetic fillers
• face lift (open surgery or minimally invasive)
• facial plastic surgery
• forehead/brow lift
• hair loss/transplant
• laser hair removal
• laser skin rejuvenation
• nose surgery
• photo facial rejuvenation
• tattoo removal
• tissue expansion

Abdomen Disorders / Procedures

• abdominoplasty (tummy tuck)

Genital Reconstruction

• vaginal reconstruction

Head and Neck Disorders / Procedures

• eyelid reconstruction
• facial deformities
• facial plastic surgery
• head and neck surgery
• nose surgery

Hand and Upper Extremity

• under arm tuck
• upper extremity reconstruction

Lower Extremity Reconstruction

• lower extremity reconstruction

Head Face & Jaw Reconstruction

Minimally Invasive Procedures

• laser surgery

Eye Procedures

• blepharoplasty

Head Neck & Skin Cancer / Tumors

• melanoma
• mole removal
• reconstructive surgery/cancer
• skin cancer surgery
• skin tumors

Plastic, other

Pediatric Plastic

• congenital nevi
• hemangiomas
• mole removal
• vascular malformations

Skin Wounds Disorders / Procedures

Trauma

• cartilage restoration
• facial trauma
• limb restoration

Surgeon, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, Illinois. Attending, St. Mary's Hospital, Hobart, Indiana

University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine

Chicago, IL

Professor