Yeon Joo Lee MD MPH
Transplant/Immunocompromised States
Associate Attending
530 East 74th StreetNew York, NY 10021
Overview of Dr. Lee
Dr. Yeon Joo Lee is an Infectious Disease specialist based in New York, NY with a subspecialty focus on Transplant/Immunocompromised States. Her education includes a medical degree from Korea University College of Medicine, an MPH in Epidemiology from UCLA, and residencies and fellowship at Hackensack University Medical Center/Englewood Hospital, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and Korea University Medical Center. She has considerable expertise in handling HSV infection, c.diff colitis, bk virus, and human adenoviruses. Dr. Lee has also contributed several publications to renowned journals including Clinical Infectious Diseases, Nature Communications, Journal of Infectious Disease, Blood Advances, and Transplant Immunology. Additionally, she's involved in a clinical trial studying the drug Pritelvir for acyclovir resistant or refractory HSV infection.
Education & Training
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterFellowship, Infectious Disease, 2010 - 2013
Hackensack University Medical Center/Englewood Hospital and Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2007 - 2010
Korea university medical centerResidency, Internal medicine, 2000 - 2004- Korea university medical centerInternship, 1999 - 2000
Korea University College of MedicineClass of 1999
UCLAMPH, Epidemiology
Certifications & Licensure
FL State Medical License 2021 - Present
NJ State Medical License 2012 - 2027
NY State Medical License 2010 - 2027
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine- American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease
Clinical Trials
- A Study of the Drug Letermovir (LTV) as Prevention for Recurrent of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection Start of enrollment: 2019 Jul 19
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Series #9: Management of Human Herpesvirus 6B After Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and Chimeric Antigen R...Eleftheria Kampouri, Guy Handley, Tuan L Phan, Yeon Joo Lee, Ryan Shaw
Transplantation and Cellular Therapy. 2025-08-01 - 1 citationsEvaluating the clinical utility of,andbronchoalveolar PCRs for the diagnosis of invasive pulmonary infections in patients with hematological malignancies.Varshini Gali, Rakan Al-Ghanamah, Katie Finnigan, Or Kalchiem-Dekel, Mini Kamboj
Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2025-02-19 - 1 citationsLetermovir for Prevention of Recurrent Cytomegalovirus in High-Risk Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Recipients.Gyuri Han, Anat Stern, Yeon Joo Lee, Yuxuan Li, Parastoo B Dahi
Transplantation and Cellular Therapy. 2025-02-01
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