University of California San Francisco

Dr. Teng C. Lee
Teng C.
Lee
MD, FACS

Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Co-Director, UCSF Center for Aortic Disease

Academic Office:
500 Parnassus Ave, MUW 405, Box 0118
San Francisco, CA 94143
Tel: (415) 353-8890
Email: [email protected] 
Admin: [email protected]

Cardiac Surgery Program
400 Parnassus Avenue, Suite 501, Box 0957
San Francisco, California,  94143
Tel:415-353-1606
Fax: 415-353-1312

Cardiothoracic Surgery Program at WHHS
Washington Hospital Healthcare System 
39141 Civic Center Dr., Suite 335
Fremont, CA 94538
Tel: 510-248-1409 

    Biography

    Teng C. Lee, M.D., F.A.C.S, joined UCSF as an Associate Professor of Surgery in the Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery. He was previously the Co-Director of the Aorta Center at University of Florida. Prior to that, he founded the Center for Aortic Disease at University of Maryland and also started the highly successful Transcatheter Aortic Valve (TAVR) program there.

    Originally from Singapore, he graduated from Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis. He then went on to a general surgery residency at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland where he was also the Dudley P. Allen Scholar before finishing his cardiothoracic surgery residency at Duke University.

    He also completed a fellowship in Endovascular/Interventional Radiology at Skåne University Hospital (Lund University) in Malmö, Sweden where he trained under the world-renowned Krassi Ivancev, M.D., Ph.D. and another fellowship in advanced aortic surgery, heart transplantation, and mechanical circulatory support at Duke University. Dr. Lee is one of only a handful of "hybrid" specialists fully cross-trained in both interventional and open surgical techniques for the treatment of complex thoracic aortic disease.

    Dr. Lee's research is focused on new stent-graft technologies for the aortic arch. He had been the Site Principal Investigator in numerous clinical trials involving treatment of aortic arch aneurysms using minimally invasive (endovascular) techniques. He has experience in using branched stent-grafts in the aortic arch with the Gore Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis, the Medtronic MonaLSA endoprosthesis, and the Cook 2-branch arch device.

    Recently, he has also collaborated with bio-medical engineers to study the hemodynamic consequences of different stent-graft device in the aortic arch.

    Over the last few years, Dr. Lee and his research collaborators have also been looking into the outcomes and management of acute type A aortic dissection, and potential strategies to improve them.

    Awards & Honors

    Award Conferred By Date
    Dudley P. Allen Surgical Research Scholar Case Western Reserve University 2001/2003
    Fellow American College of Surgeons

    Education

    Institution Degree Dept or School End Date
    Duke University Fellow/Aortic Surgery, Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support 2010
    Duke University Resident/Cardiothoracic Surgery 2010
    Lunds Universitet (Malmö University Hospital) Fellow/Interventional Radiology and Endovascular Surgery 2007
    Case Western Reserve University Resident/General Surgery 2006
    Washington University School of Medicine M.D. Medicine 1999

    Board Certifications

    American Board of Thoracic Surgery, Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

    Clinical Expertise

    Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection Repair

    Endovascular Surgery

    Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)

    Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery, including off-pump

    Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery

    Heart Transplantation

    Arrhythmia Surgery

    Re-operative surgery

    Valve-sparing root replacement

    Thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

    Mitral Valve Repair

    Aortic Valve Repair

    Foreign Languages Spoken

    Mandarin, Taiwanese

    Program Affiliations

    UCSF Heart and Vascular Center

    UCSF Transcatheter Valve Program

    Washington Hospital Health System

    Research Narrative

    Dr. Lee's research is focused on new stent-graft technologies for the aortic arch. He had been the Site Principal Investigator in numerous clinical trials involving treatment of aortic arch aneurysms using minimally invasive (endovascular) techniques. He has experience in using branched stent-grafts in the aortic arch with the Gore Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis, the Medtronic MonaLSA endoprosthesis, and the Cook 2-branch arch device.

    Recently, he has also collaborated with bio-medical engineers to study the hemodynamic consequences of different stent-graft device in the aortic arch.

    Over the last few years, Dr. Lee and his research collaborators have also been looking into the outcomes and management of acute type A aortic dissection, and potential strategies to improve them.

    Research Interests

    Development of next-generation stent-graft technology

    Outcomes and management of aortic dissection

    Publications

    MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 19
    1. Commentary: Thoracic aortic disease: One step closer to precision medicine.
      Lee TC, Nguyen TC| | PubMed
    2. Haemodynamics of Different Configurations of a Left Subclavian Artery Stent Graft for Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair.
      Tricarico R, Tran-Son-Tay R, Laquian L, Scali ST, Lee TC, Beck AW, Berceli SA, He Y| | PubMed
    3. Impact of Valve Size on Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch and Aortic Valve Gradient After Transcatheter versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement.
      Aalaei-Andabili SH, Lee TC, Waheed N, Bavry AA, Petersen JW, Wayangankar S, Arnaoutakis GJ, David Anderson R, Beaver TM| | PubMed
    4. Even redo ascending aorta replacement has low mortality in elective setting.
      Aalaei-Andabili SH, Martin T, Hess P, Lee T, Arnaoutakis G, Beaver TM| | PubMed
    5. Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Efficiency and Safety Improvements With Progressive Experience and Improved Technology.
      Aalaei-Andabili SH, Anderson RD, Bavry AA, Lee TC, Wayangankar S, Arnaoutakis GJ, Beaver TM| | PubMed
    6. Contemporary management and outcomes of acute type A aortic dissection: An analysis of the STS adult cardiac surgery database.
      Lee TC, Kon Z, Cheema FH, Grau-Sepulveda MV, Englum B, Kim S, Chaudhuri PS, Thourani VH, Ailawadi G, Hughes GC, Williams ML, Brennan JM, Svensson L, Gammie JS| | PubMed
    7. Idarucizumab (Praxbind) for reversal of pradaxa prior to emergent repair of contained ruptured transverse arch aneurysm.
      Belli EV, Lee T| | PubMed
    8. Florida Sleeve Procedure Is Durable and Improves Aortic Valve Function in Marfan Syndrome Patients.
      Aalaei-Andabili SH, Martin T, Hess P, Klodell C, Karimi A, Arnaoutakis G, Lee T, Beaver T| | PubMed
    9. Outcomes of Antegrade Stent Graft Deployment During Hybrid Aortic Arch Repair.
      Aalaei-Andabili SH, Scali S, Klodell C, Lee T, Hess P, Martin T, Beck A, Feezor R, Alhussaini M, Arnaoutakis G, Beaver T| | PubMed
    10. Femorofemoral Shunt During Surgery for Acute DeBakey Type 1 Dissection to Treat Peripheral Extremity Malperfusion.
      Jeng EI, Voskresensky I, Beck AW, Lee TC| | PubMed
    11. Invited Commentary.
      Lee TC, Beaver TM| | PubMed
    12. Results with a selective revascularization strategy for left subclavian artery coverage during thoracic endovascular aortic repair.
      Lee TC, Andersen ND, Williams JB, Bhattacharya SD, McCann RL, Hughes GC| | PubMed
    13. Aortic valve replacement through right minithoracotomy in 306 consecutive patients.
      Glower DD, Lee T, Desai B| | PubMed
    14. Thoracic endografting in a patient with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia presenting with a descending thoracic aneurysm.
      Andersen ND, Dubose J, Shah A, Lee T, Wechsler SB, Hughes GC| | PubMed
    15. Comparison of Minithoracotomy versus Sternotomy in 304 Consecutive Tricuspid Valve Operations.
      Lee TC, Desai BS, Milano C, Jaggers J, Glower DD| | PubMed
    16. Results of 141 consecutive minimally invasive tricuspid valve operations: an 11-year experience.
      Lee TC, Desai B, Glower DD| | PubMed
    17. In situ bending of a thoracic stent-graft: a proposed novel technique to improve thoracic endograft seal.
      Kölbel T, Lee T, Ivancev K, Resch TA, Sonesson B, Malina M| | PubMed
    18. Liposome-mediated gene transfer to lung isografts.
      Boasquevisque CH, Lee TC, Mora BN, Peterson D, Osburn WO, Bernstein M, Zhang W, Nietupski JB, Scheule RK, Cooper JD, Botney MD, Patterson GA| | PubMed
    19. Ex vivo adenoviral-mediated gene transfer to lung isografts during cold preservation.
      Boasquevisque CH, Mora BN, Schmid RA, Lee TC, Nagahiro I, Cooper JD, Patterson GA| | PubMed