Plastic Surgery
412-692-8622
412-692-8614 Fax
| W. P. Andrew Lee, MD, FACS
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Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Director, Hand Surgery Fellowship
Division of Pediatric Plastic Surgery
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
3705 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-692-8622
412-692-8614 Fax
andrew.lee@chp.edu
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Appointment Information
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| Education and Training |
Medical School:
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1983 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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Residency:
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1989 General Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
1991 Plastic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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Fellowship:
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1987 Microsurgery Research, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,
Baltimore, MD
1993 Clinical, Indiana Hand Center, Indianapolis, IN
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Memberships
- American Association of Plastic Surgeons
- World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery
- American Society for Surgery of the Hand
- American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
- American Association for Hand Surgery
- Plastic Surgery Research Council
Board Certifications
- American Board of Surgery
- American Board of Plastic Surgery; Certificate for Added Qualification
in Hand Surgery
Awards
- 2005 Pittsburgh's Top Doctors (Hand Surgery), Pittsburgh Magazine
Publications
Active Research Projects/Grants
- Senior Investigator, Donor Dendritic Cells for Composite Tissue Allotransplantation,
Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation
- Senior Investigator, Tolerogenic Dendritic Cells and Induction of
Donor Antigen-Specific Tolerance to Vascularized Skin Allograft, American
Society for Surgery of the Hand
- Co-Investigator, Surface-modified biodegradable conduits for nerve
repair, American Association for Hand Surgery
Current Research Interests
- Tolerance induction to composite tissue allografts
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| Biographical Summary
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W.P. Andrew Lee, MD, FACS, is professor of surgery, chief of the Division
of Plastic Surgery and director of the Hand Surgery Fellowship at the
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
Dr. Lee came to Children's in 2002 after more than a decade at Massachusetts
General Hospital in Boston, where he was chief of the hand surgery service
in the Department of Surgery and director of the Plastic Surgery Research
Laboratory. He also was director of the hand and microvascular surgery
fellowship.
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