Dr. Lee received her MD degree from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. She then completed her internship in Internal Medicine at the Brown University Internal Medicine Program in Providence, Rhode Island and Neurology residency at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, where she served as Chief Resident in her final year. Dr. Lee is a currently a Clinical Fellow where she evaluates and treats patients at the Memory and Aging Center.

Dr. Lee is a classically trained singer and pianist; her interests include writing and photography. Prior to her medical career, she obtained a BA in English Literature at Harvard University, had a foray into business world as an analyst at a consulting firm and worked as a website editor for a cancer education website. She hopes to forge her long-time interests in music, visual arts and literature with cognitive neuroscience research and has a particular interest in neuroimaging.