Edward W. Lee, MD

Areas of Specialty 

Arthroscopic and Reconstructive Surgery of the Shoulder

Education and Training

Bachelor of Arts Candidate
The Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

Bachelor of Arts, American History
Columbia University
New York, New York

Doctor of Medicine with Distinction
The George Washington University School of Medicine
Washington, D.C.

Internship in General Surgery
The George Washington University School of Medicine
Washington, D.C. 

Residency in Orthopedic Surgery
The George Washington University School of Medicine
Washington, D.C. 

Fellowship in Shoulder Arthroscopy/Reconstruction (Evan L. Flatow, M.D.) 
The Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, New York 

Clinical Instructor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Montefiore Medical Center/The Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York 

Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Montefiore Medical Center/The Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York

Presentations 

Lee E, Qureshi S, Hsiao A, Braman J, Flatow E. Subscapularis Function After Total Shoulder Replacement: Results with Lesser Tuberosity Osteotomy. Poster presentation at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 72nd Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., February 2005; Poster presentation at the 5th Biennial AAOS/ASES Shoulder and Elbow Meeting, Orlando, Florida, April 6-9, 2006.

Keener J MD, Galatz L MD, Lee E MD, Flatow E MD, Williams G MD, Rogers K PhD. Outcomes Following Closed Reduction and Percutaneous Pinning of Proximal Humerus Fractures. Presented at the American Shoulder and Elbow Society, 21st Annual Closed Meeting, New York, NY, Oct 2004; American Shoulder and Elbow Society, Open Meeting, Washington, D.C., February 2005.

Flatow E MD, Bishop J MD, Sprague M MD, Lee E MD, Gelber J MD, Krol M PhD, Gladstone J MD, Rosenblatt M MD. Interscalene Regional Block is Safe and Effective for Shoulder Surgery. Presented at the American Orthopaedic Association, 117th Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, June 2004.

Bishop JY MD, Gladstone JN MD, Lo IKY MD, Lee E MD, Flatow E MD. “Fatty Infiltration and Atrophy of the Rotator Cuff Do Not Improve Following Rotator Cuff Repair and Correlate With Poor Functional Outcome” Poster Presentation at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, June 2004.

Lee E, Bishop J, Langford J, Gelber J, Flatow E. “Outcomes After Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repairs” Podium presentation at the Arthroscopy Association of North America, 23rd Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, May 2004; West Point Fellow’s Day, West Point, New York, June 2004.

Bishop J, Lo I, Klepps S, Bird J, Lee E, Gladstone J, Flatow E. “Prospective Evaluation of Rotator Cuff Integrity on Patient Outcomes Following Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair” Podium presentation at the Arthroscopy Association of North America, 23rd Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, May 2004.

Sprague M, Gelber J, Lee E, Kroll M, Rosenblatt M, Gladstone J, Flatow E. Interscalene Regional Anesthesia is a Safe and Effective Form of Anesthesia for Shoulder Surgery. Poster presentation at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 71st Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, March 2004.

Langford J, Lee E, Bishop J, Flatow E. “Outcomes Following Open Repair of Bankart Lesions for Recurrent, Traumatic Anterior Glenohumeral Dislocations” Podium presentation at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 71st Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, March 2004.

Klepps S, Chiang A, Miller S, Jiang CY, Hazrati Y, Lee E, Flatow E. "Incidence of Immediate Radiolucent Glenoid Lines in Patients Undergoing Total Shoulder Replacement" Podium presentation at the 9th International Congress on Surgery of the Shoulder, Washington, D.C., May 2004.

Sprague M, Bishop J, Lee E, Lo I, Flatow E. Resection Arthroplasty: An Alternative Treatment to Postoperative Infection of the Shoulder. Poster presentation at ASES, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons 2003 Focus Meeting: Shoulder & Elbow Arthritis - Management Options from Arthroscopy to Arthroplasty, Las Vegas, Nevada, November 2003.

Robertson W, Lee E. Treatment of Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip in Infancy. Presented at he American Orthopaedic Association, 111th Annual Meeting, Asheville, North Carolina, June 1998.

Lee E. Age-Based Allocation of Health Care: Moral and Practical Considerations. Presented to Annual Meeting of Academy of Medicine of Washington, D.C. 1995, Award for paper in bioethics.

Publications

Qureshi S, Hsiao A, Klug RA, Lee E, Braman J, Flatow EL.
Subscapularis function after total shoulder replacement: results with lesser tuberosity osteotomy. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2008 Jan-Feb;17(1):68-72.

Lee E, Bishop JY, Braman JP, Langford J, Gelber J, Flatow E. Outcomes after arthroscopic rotator cuff repairs. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2007 Jan-Feb; 16(1):1-5. Epub 2006 Sep 29.

Braman J, Sprague M, Bishop J, Lo I, Lee E, Flatow E. The outcome of resection shoulder arthroplasty for recalcitrant shoulder infections. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2006 Sep-Oct;15(5):549-53. Epub 2006 Aug 7.

Langford J, Bishop J, Lee E, Flatow E. Outcomes Following Open Repair of Bankart Lesions for Recurrent, Traumatic Anterior Glenohumeral Dislocations. Orthopaedics, 2006 Nov;29(11):1008-13

Lee E, Flatow E. Shoulder Arthroplasty in the Young, Active Patient. In: Warner JP, Iannotti JP, Flatow EL, eds. Complex and Revision Problems in Shoulder Arthroplasty. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005.

Lee E, Flatow E. Shoulder and Arm. In: Weinstein SL, Buckwalter JA, eds. Turek’s Orthopaedics: Principles and Practice, 6th Ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005.

Lee E, Flatow E. Mini-incision Bankart Repair for Shoulder Instability. In: Scuderi GR, Berger RA, Tria AJ, eds. Manual of MIS Techniques in Orthopaedics. New York, Springer-Verlag, 2005.

Lee E, Flatow E. Arthroplasty for Proximal Humerus Fractures, Nonunions, and Malunions. In: Bigliani LU, Flatow EL, eds. Shoulder Arthroplasty. New York, Springer-Verlag, 2005.

Biography