Editorial Board Member

Biography

Dr. Edward Lee is a 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). He completed an internal medicine internship at Harvard Medical Center and a diagnostic radiology residency at Mallincrodt Institute of Radiology / Washington University Medical Center. After completing the pediatric radiology fellowship as a chief fellow at BCH and HMS in 2005, he joined the Department of Radiology at BCH and HMS. Since then, Dr. Lee was appointed as the Chief of Thoracic Imaging Division in 2010 – 2021, Director of MRI from 2012 - 2014, and Director of Advanced Imaging from 2023 – Present. In these roles, he has integrated optimal imaging performance and interpretation across all modalities for congenital and acquired pediatric disorders at BCH. Dr. Lee has contributed significantly as the leader of local, regional, national, and international societies and 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 the Thoracic Imaging Committee at Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR); and 4) Internationally, he founded and served as the President of the International Society of Pediatric Thoracic Imaging (ISPTI) and is currently the chair of the Pediatric Thoracic Imaging Committee of the World Federation of Pediatric Imaging (WFPI). As a past chair of the pediatric section of Core Education Committee (responsible for the initial Radiology Board Certification for radiology residents) and the current chair of the pediatric section of Online Longitudinal Assessment Committee (responsible for the Radiology Board Recertification for practicing radiologists) of the American Board of Radiology (ABR), Dr. Lee has been instrumental in establishing pediatric radiology education and qualification criteria for radiology residency training as well as practicing radiologists in the United States. For close to two decades of exceptional contribution to the ABR, he has received the 2022 ABR Lifetime Service Award. Dr. Lee is widely regarded as a pioneer and a current leading authority in pediatric thoracic imaging around the world. Dr. Lee has been an author on more than 250 peer-reviewed journal articles, 185 review articles or book chapters, and seven internationally widely used textbooks related to pediatric imaging. Three of these titles (Pediatric Thoracic Imaging, Pediatric Pulmonary Imaging, and Pediatric Body MRI) were the first in the history of pediatric radiology. He has received two mentor awards from the Department of Radiology at BCH, the Honored Educator Award from the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), and numerous International Educator Awards from international radiology educational organizations. Additionally, as the past and current editor of the pediatric section of many prestigious radiology journals; editorial board member of 15 journals; and reviewer of 30 journals; Dr. Lee has helped guide and establish the educational growth and scientific direction of pediatric imaging at academic and medical institutions around the world. For his distinguished service to radiology, he received the 2022 American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) Gold Medal Award. Dr. Lee is currently one of the most sought-after and internationally known radiology educators, experts, and leaders in the field of pediatric thoracic 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. For his international service, Dr. Lee has received Gold Medals from Indonesia’s Global Radiology Education and the Annual Radiology Meeting in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, as well as an honorary membership to the Sociedad Latinoamericana de Radiologica Pediatrica (SLARP) and the Korean Society of Radiology (KSR).