Assistant Professor of Surgery Division of Cardiac Surgery

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Assistant
Michelle.Keith@osumc.edu
Dr. Lee is a practicing cardiothoracic surgery with a specific interest in heart and lung transplantation and the surgical treatment of end-stage heart failure. His laboratory research interests including the application of tissue-engineered constructs to understand mechanisms of muscle atrophy and heart failure, and to use these tissues to deliver therapeutic proteins.
Education
- MD: Brown University, Providence, RI
- PhD: Brown University, Providence, RI, Pathobiology
- MPH: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
- MS: The International Space University, Strasbourg, France, Space Studies
- Residency: St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Tufts University, Boston, General Surgery Residency
- Residency: UCLA, Los Angeles, Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency
- Fellowship: Stanford University, Heart/lung transplant and LVAD Fellowship
Research Interests
- Muscle atrophy
- Heart failure
- Space biology
- Tissue engineering
- Biomarkers
- In 2016, Dr. Lee was awarded a research grant from the National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA) for his study entitled “Microgravity sensing in tissue engineered muscle.” This project is in response of a call from NASA to U.S. institutions of higher education to develop an undergraduate-led project team that will fly a science and/or technology payload relevant to NASA's strategic goals and objectives on a suborbital reusable launch vehicle. Dr. Lee’s project was considered by the NASA reviewers as “…comprehensive with an excellent approach to mentoring, education and outreach. There is a high scientific value to NASA clearly linked to strategic goals.” Dr. Lee was also awarded the prestigious 2016 American College of Surgeons Faculty Research Fellowship.
Current Funding
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NIH K08 Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development ward (PI):
“Tissue engineering skeletal muscle delivering a myokine protein to treat volumetric muscle loss” - NASA grant (PI):
“Predictive biomarkers for space radiation induced cancer and cardiovascular injury risk assessment” - NASA grant (Co-I):
“Predictive biomarkers for space radiation induced cancer and cardiovascular injury risk assessment”
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