Peter K. Lee, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Contact Information
Address:               420 Delaware St SE
                            MMC 98/4-240 PWB
                            Minneapolis, MN  55455
Phone:                  612-625-5199
Fax:                      612-624-6678
Email:                   leexx078@umn.edu

Group Practice/Hospital Affiliations
University of Minnesota Physicians
University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview

Medical School and Year of Graduation
University of Minnesota, 1993 Ph.D.,
Microbiology, University of Minnesota, 1991

Residency Training:
Harvard Medical School, 1997

Fellowship/Specialized Training
Research and Clinical Fellowship, Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 1996-1998
Advanced Dermatological Surgery Fellowship, Department of Dermatology, University of Minnesota, 1998-1999
Mohs micrographic surgery
Laser surgery
Cosmetic surgery
Melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers

Professional Biography:
Peter K. Lee, M.D. is the Director of the Dermatologic Surgery and Laser Center. He is an expert in cutaneous oncology of melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers, laser surgery, and other cosmetic procedures. Dr. Lee also directs the Melanoma and Pigmented Lesion Clinic. He is active in clinical and laboratory research and is the Residency Program Director for the Dermatology Residency Training Program. Dr. Lee joined the faculty in February 1999 as a full-time dermatologic surgeon.

Dr. Lee was born in Seoul, Korea, and grew up in Bloomington, Minnesota. He received his undergraduate training at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, where he majored in chemistry. He enrolled in the M.D./Ph.D. combined program at the University of Minnesota where he received his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Microbiology in 1991 and his Doctor of Medicine degree in 1993. Dr. Lee completed his internship in Internal Medicine at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and his Residency in Dermatology at the Massachusetts General Hospital, both at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. He then completed two Fellowships; a research and clinical Fellowship in Dermatology at MGH followed by a dermatological surgery Fellowship with Dr. Whitney Tope at the University of Minnesota.

Dr. Lee is Board certified in Dermatology by the American Board of Dermatology. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor of Dermatology at the University of Minnesota with teaching and clinical responsibilities at the Fairview University Medical Center and the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He is also the Director of the Dermatologic Surgery and Laser Center at the University of Minnesota where he practices Mohs micrographic surgery, laser surgery, and cosmetic surgery. Dr. Lee is the Director of the Melanoma and Pigmented Lesion Center at the University of Minnesota and has many research interests in melanoma and other skin cancers. Professional society memberships include the American Academy of Dermatology, American College of Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Cutaneous Oncology, American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, Hennepin Medical Society, and Minnesota Dermatologic Society.
Dr. Lee is the Director of the  Melanoma and Pigmented Lesion Center and the  Dermatologic Surgery and Laser Center at theUniversity of Minnesota.