Dr. Edward Lee is an associate professor of radiology at Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH)

and Harvard Medical School (HMS). He received his A.B. and M.D. from the University of

Chicago (Phi Beta Kappa and Swift Scholar) and his M.P.H. from Harvard University

(Student Marshal), followed by an internship at Harvard Medical Center and a radiology

residency at Mallincrodt Institute of Radiology / Washington University Medical Center.

After completing a pediatric radiology fellowship as a chief fellow at BCH and HMS in 2005,

he joined the Department of Radiology at BCH and HMS. Since Dr. Lee was appointed as

the Chief of Thoracic Imaging Division in 2010- 2021 and Director of MRI from 2012 - 2014,

he has provided integrated image performance and interpretation across modalities for

congenital and acquired pediatric disorders at BCH.

Dr. Lee has contributed significantly as the leader of the local, regional, national, and

international societies or organizations: 1) Locally, he served as the President of the Medical

Staff Organization (MSO) at BCH; 2) Regionally, he served as the President of the New

England Roentgenray Society; 3) Nationally, he founded and chaired Thoracic Imaging

Committee at Society for Pediatric Radiology; and 4) Internationally, he founded and served

as the President of the International Society of Pediatric Thoracic Imaging (ISPTI).

As a past chair of the pediatric section of Core Education Committee (responsible for the

initial Radiology Board Certification for radiology residents) and current chair of the

pediatric section of Online Longitudinal Assessment Committee (responsible for the

Radiology Board Recertification for practicing radiologists) at the American Board of

Radiology (ABR), Dr. Lee has been instrumental in establishing pediatric radiology

education and qualification criteria in radiology residency training and practicing radiologist

in the United States.

Dr. Lee has been an author on more than 200 peer-reviewed journal articles, 185 review

articles or book chapters, and seven internationally widely used textbooks related to pediatric

imaging. Additionally, as the past and current editor of the pediatric section of four

prestigious radiology journals; editorial board member of 15 journals; and reviewer of 30

journals; Dr. Lee has helped guide and establish the educational and scientific direction and

growth in his academic specialty – pediatric imaging – at academic and medical institutions

around the world.

Dr. Lee is currently one of the most sought-after internationally known radiology educators,

experts, and leaders in the field of pediatric imaging. He has served either as a visiting

professor, an invited speaker, or radiology oral board examiner on various topics related to

pediatric imaging education in more than 45 different countries in the Americas, Europe,

Middle East, Australia, Africa, and Asia.