Sei Lee, M.D., M.A.S.
Member
Sei Lee, M.D., M.A.S., is a professor of medicine in the Division of Geriatrics at the University of California, San Francisco, and the Senior Scholar emeritus for the San Francisco Veterans Affairs (VA) Quality Scholars fellowship. Dr. Lee is immediate past chair of the American Geriatrics Society Quality and Performance Measurement Committee. He has been a general internist, geriatrician, and palliative care physician for nearly 20 years and cares for veterans in the clinic, hospital, and nursing home settings. He teaches medical students, residents, and fellows how to care for frail older veterans and veterans approaching the end of life.
Dr. Lee’s research career has focused on individualizing prevention in older adults, optimizing diabetes care in nursing home residents, and dementia. He has developed new methods for survival meta-analysis to quantify how long it takes before patients benefit from a given preventive intervention. His research has been supported by foundations, the National Institutes of Health, and VA Health Services Research and Development. His work has been cited in guidelines developed by the American Geriatrics Society, Society of General Internal Medicine, and the VA/Department of Defense Clinical Practice Guidelines Workgroup. He is the 2017 recipient of the Yoshikawa Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement in Clinical Investigation from the American Geriatrics Society.
Dr. Lee received a B.A. in chemistry from the University of Chicago and an M.D. from the University of Illinois. He completed a residency in primary care internal medicine and geriatrics at the University of California, San Francisco. He also received his Master’s in clinical research from the University of California, San Francisco, as well as completing a 2-year fellowship in healthcare quality improvement from the San Francisco VA.
Dr. Lee was appointed to the Task Force due to his particular expertise in clinical prevention, primary care, and the critical evaluation of published research, as well as his experience implementing evidence-based recommendations in practice, with a focus on caring for older adults. He joined the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force in January 2024.
Dr. Lee’s research career has focused on individualizing prevention in older adults, optimizing diabetes care in nursing home residents, and dementia. He has developed new methods for survival meta-analysis to quantify how long it takes before patients benefit from a given preventive intervention. His research has been supported by foundations, the National Institutes of Health, and VA Health Services Research and Development. His work has been cited in guidelines developed by the American Geriatrics Society, Society of General Internal Medicine, and the VA/Department of Defense Clinical Practice Guidelines Workgroup. He is the 2017 recipient of the Yoshikawa Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement in Clinical Investigation from the American Geriatrics Society.
Dr. Lee received a B.A. in chemistry from the University of Chicago and an M.D. from the University of Illinois. He completed a residency in primary care internal medicine and geriatrics at the University of California, San Francisco. He also received his Master’s in clinical research from the University of California, San Francisco, as well as completing a 2-year fellowship in healthcare quality improvement from the San Francisco VA.
Dr. Lee was appointed to the Task Force due to his particular expertise in clinical prevention, primary care, and the critical evaluation of published research, as well as his experience implementing evidence-based recommendations in practice, with a focus on caring for older adults. He joined the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force in January 2024.