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Andrew Lee (Med ’89 CM)

Award/Recognition announcement on March 23, 2024

Andrew Go Lee, MD (Col ’85, Med ’89 CM) has received the Houston Methodist Hospital Academic Institute Presidential Excellence in Education Award for 2024.

Andrew Lee (Med ’89 CM)

Award/Recognition announcement on September 16, 2023
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Dr. Andrew G. Lee (Col ’85, Med ’89 CM)  was recently awarded the 2023 Secretariat Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology. The annual award from the AAO recognizes special contributions to the Academy and to the field of Ophthalmology as determined by the AAO Senior secretaries. Dr. Lee has previously received the honor award, the senior honor award, and the life achievement award from the AAO.

Andrew Lee (Med ’89 CM)

Award/Recognition announcement on June 17, 2023

Andrew G. Lee, MD (Col ’85, Med ’89) was named as one of the top 30 ophthalmologists in the United States by Newsweek’s America’s Best Eye Doctors for 2023.  America’s Best Eye Doctors 2023 – Ophthalmologists (newsweek.com)

 

Andrew Lee (Med ’89 CM)

Publication announcement on November 16, 2022
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Dr. Andrew G. Lee (Col ’85, Med ’89 CM) has published his 12th textbook, Space Flight Associated Neuro-ocular Syndrome (SANS). The condition, known as SANS, is unique to long duration space flight. There is no known terrestrial equivalent.

Dr. Lee has worked as a consultant for NASA on SANS, but he has no intention of leaving Earth for the planned manned mission to Mars. Nevertheless, he remains committed to continued terrestrial research on the mysteries of SANS.

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Award/Recognition announcement on July 1, 2022

Dr. Andrew G. Lee (Col ’85, Med ’89 CM) received the Houston Methodist Hospital Outstanding Faculty Teacher award (2022) for educating medical students, residents, and fellows in ophthalmology at the Blanton Eye Institute, Houston. Dr. Lee recently completed his term as chairman of the board of directors for the North American Neuro-ophthalmology Society (NANOS) and will be assuming a new role in July 2022 as Senior Vice President for Neuro-ophthalmic Advocacy and Practice at NANOS. Dr. Lee’s daughter, Virginia Lee, will be joining the UVA class of 2026 as an Echols Scholar in the fall. 

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Academic Accomplishment announcement on January 17, 2022

Andrew G. Lee (Col ’85, Med ’89 CM) was recently named the inaugural recipient of the Herb and Jean Lyman Centennial Chair in Ophthalmology. Dr. Lee is currently Professor of Ophthalmology, Neurology and Neurosurgery and Chairman of the Blanton Eye Institute at Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas. Dr. Lee is completing his term this year as Chairman of the Board of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society and enjoys hosting his YouTube site, Neuro-Ophthalmology with Dr. Andy Lee.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5HcfsELV0W9AqtvJvpQQSg

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Andrew Lee (Med ’89 CM)

Award/Recognition announcement on August 6, 2021

Andrew G. Lee, MD (Col ’85, Med ’89 CM) was named by Newsweek as one of the best ophthalmologists in the United States for 2021. Dr. Lee also received the 2021 Mid-Late Career Educator award from Texas A & M College of Medicine.

Andrew Lee (Med ’89 CM)

Award/Recognition announcement on February 13, 2021
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Andrew G. Lee (Col ’85, Med ’89 CM)  was selected as a 2021 recipient of the Excellence in Teaching Awards established by the University of Texas Medical Branch McGovern Academy of Oslerian Medicine. The awards recognize faculty who excel in teaching students and residents in clinical settings, modeling the ideals of compassionate, scientifically sound, patient centered care, exemplified by Sir William Osler.” He writes, “I am proud to receive this award and nothing has been more challenging as an educator than teaching during a quarantine, a lockdown and a global viral pandemic.”

Andrew Lee (Med ’89 CM)

Other announcement on March 20, 2020

Andrew G. Lee (Col ’85, Med ’88) was named chairman of the board of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society. He also joins the board of trustees for the Houston Symphony. Lee is chairman of the Blanton Eye Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital and lives with his wife, Hilary Beaver (Med ’91), and two daughters, Virginia and Rachael .

Andrew Lee (Med ’89 CM)

Award/Recognition announcement on June 24, 2019

Andrew G. Lee (Col ’85, Med ’89 L/M) received the Sherilyn Gordon Memorial Award for Distinguished Leadership in Professionalism and the Houston Methodist Hospital Teaching Award from both from Houston Methodist Hospital in June 2019. He was also named a 2019 Health Care Hero by the Houston Business Journal. 

 

 

 

Andrew Lee (Med ’89 CM)

Academic Accomplishment announcement on February 15, 2019

Andrew G. Lee (Col ’85, Med ’89 L/M) published his 10th ophthalmology textbook, Neuro-Ophthalmology: Global Trends in Diagnosis, Treatment and Management. Dr. Lee is currently president of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society and lives in Houston, Texas, with his wife, Hilary Beaver (Med ’91) and his two daughters, Rachael and Virginia.

 

 

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Academic Accomplishment announcement on June 30, 2018

Andrew G. Lee (Col ’85 and Med ’89 L/M) will become the president of North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society in July 2018 and will join the board of directors of the American Board of Ophthalmology in 2020. Lee is chair of the Blanton Eye Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital and is a professor of ophthalmology at Weill Cornell Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Baylor College of Medicine, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, and Texas A&M College of Medicine. He and his wife, Hilary Beaver (Med ’91), encourage any Wahoos visiting the Texas Medical Center to feel free to call upon them.

Andrew Lee (Med ’89 CM)

Award/Recognition announcement on August 19, 2016

Andrew Lee (Med ’89 CM) has been named president-elect of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society. Dr. Lee is the chair of the Blanton Eye Institute at Houston Methodist Hospital and lives with his wife, Hilary Beaver (Med ’91), and their two daughters, Rachael and Virginia Lee, in Houston.

Andrew Lee (Med ’89 CM)

Other announcement on August 28, 2012

Andrew G. Lee (Col ’85, Med ’89 L/M) received the Faculty Teaching Award from the residents at The Methodist Hospital in Houston’s Texas Medical Center and will receive the American Academy of Ophthalmology Secretariat Award in November 2012. He is the chair of ophthalmology at The Methodist Hospital and professor of ophthalmology, neurology and neurosurgery at Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Lee and his wife, Hilary A. Beaver (Med ’91), have two daughters, Rachel, 10, and Virginia, 8.

Andrew Lee (Med ’89 CM)

Other announcement on September 11, 2009

Andrew Lee (Col ’85, Med ’89 L/M) is the new chairman of ophthalmology at The Methodist Hospital in Houston and a professor of ophthalmology, neurology and neurosurgery at Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Lee’s wife, Hilary Beaver (Med ’91) has also joined the department of ophthalmology as an associate professor of ophthalmology.