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Given Dr. Lee's specialization within pediatric transplantation, her research interests are focused primarily on the impact of social determinants of health and financial toxicity on access to and outcomes following solid organ transplantation.
 

Research Background

Dr. Eliza Lee is an Instructor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. She studied Chemistry and Religion at Gettysburg College and subsequently obtained her M.D. from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Following medical school, she pursued training in general surgery at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA.

Through clinical experiences at Boston Children’s Hospital, Dr. Lee developed an early interest in pediatric transplantation and conducted clinical outcomes research during residency under the guidance of Dr. Heung Bae Kim at Boston Children’s Hospital. After completing residency, Dr. Lee pursued adult abdominal transplant surgical training at the Johns Hopkins Hospital followed by a pediatric transplant fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.

Education

Undergraduate School

Gettysburg College
2004 Gettysburg PA

Medical School

Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
2011 New York NY

Internship

Surgery Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
2012 Boston MA

Residency

Surgery Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
2019 Boston MA

Fellowship

Transplant Sugery Johns Hopkins Hospital Abdominal
2021 Baltimore MD

Residency

Pediatric Transplant Surgery UPMC/Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
2022 Pittsburgh PA

Publications

  1. Early Graft Loss With Suspected Seventh-Day Syndrome Following Pediatric Liver Transplantation. Pediatr Transplant. 2024 Aug; 28(5):e14818. View Abstract
  2. Effect of citizenship status on access to pediatric liver and kidney transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2024 Oct; 24(10):1868-1880. View Abstract
  3. Cold Therapy for Pain Control in Pediatric Appendectomy Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Pediatr Surg. 2024 Jul; 59(7):1304-1308. View Abstract
  4. Metastatic pulmonary calcifications after pediatric liver transplantation. Pediatr Transplant. 2024 Feb; 28(1):e14693. View Abstract
  5. ASPIRE (Autologous and Synthetic Pediatric Iliofemoral Reconstruction), A Novel Technique for Pediatric Iliofemoral Artery Reconstruction. Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases, Innovations and Techniques. 2023; (2024). View Abstract
  6. Immediate extubation after pediatric liver transplantation: Update on a single-center experience. Pediatr Transplant. 2024 Feb; 28(1):e14669. View Abstract
  7. Pediatric segmental Caroli disease: A case report and review of the literature. Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports. 2023; 95. View Abstract
  8. Liver transplantation for alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency (A1ATD) using a heterozygous donor: Outcomes and review of the literature. Pediatr Transplant. 2023 06; 27(4):e14488. View Abstract
  9. Pediatric intestinal transplantation. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2022 Jun; 31(3):151181. View Abstract
  10. Transplant of SARS-CoV-2-infected Living Donor Liver: Case Report. Transplant Direct. 2021 Aug; 7(8):e721. View Abstract
  11. A Young Patient with Brief Alcohol Use and Rapidly Progressive Alcohol-Related Hepatitis: Considerations in Transplant Eligibility. Harv Rev Psychiatry. 2020 Mar/Apr; 28(2):133-142. View Abstract
  12. Perioperative renal transplantation management in small children using adult-sized living or deceased donor kidneys: A single-center experience. Pediatr Transplant. 2019 11; 23(7):e13553. View Abstract
  13. Mesenteric Artery Growth Improves Circulation (MAGIC) in Midaortic Syndrome. Ann Surg. 2018 06; 267(6):e109-e111. View Abstract
  14. Bilateral native nephrectomy to reduce oxalate stores in children at the time of combined liver-kidney transplantation for primary hyperoxaluria type 1. Pediatr Nephrol. 2018 05; 33(5):881-887. View Abstract
  15. Multivisceral transplantation for abdominal tumors in children: A single center experience and review of the literature. Pediatr Transplant. 2017 Aug; 21(5). View Abstract
  16. Laparoscopic colectomy decreases the time to administration of chemotherapy compared with open colectomy. Ann Surg Oncol. 2014 Oct; 21(11):3587-91. View Abstract
  17. Alpha-synuclein-induced aggregation of cytoplasmic vesicles in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Biol Cell. 2008 Mar; 19(3):1093-103. View Abstract

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