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About Aaron Y. Lee
Aaron Lee, M.D., is a board certified ophthalmologist at UW Medical Center.
Dr. Lee is an active clinician-scientist and is actively researching application of big data computing techniques in the field of ophthalmology. He has been the first to apply novel visualizations from results from cloud and cluster based computing environments. He is excited to help translate the latest breakthroughs in research into clinical care and to leverage the resources and facilities of University of Washington to provide excellent patient care.
Dr. Lee earned his M.D. at Washington University, St. Louis. He is interested in the intersection of large clinical medical datasets and using non-traditional computational techniques to both analyze and visualize the results. He has created programs to process next-generation sequencing data in supercomputing environments and analyzed numerous Big Data sources including CMS, US Census, and NLM MEDLINE archives.
Personal Interests
Dr. Lee enjoys hiking, photography and cooking.
Education and Training
University of British Columbia
Fellowship, 2015, Vitreoretinal Disease & Surgery
Moorfields Eye Hospital
Fellowship, 2014
Washington University SOM
Residency, 2013, Ophthalmology
St. John's Mercy Medical Center
Internship, 2010, Transitional Year
Washington University School of Medicine
Master, 2009
Washington University School of Medicine
Medical education, 2009
Board Certifications
Ophthalmology, 2014, American Board of Ophthalmology