Hochang Lee, MD, FACLP (he/him/his)

John Romano Professor and Chair
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, New York

Hochang Benjamin (Ben) Lee, M.D. is the John Romano Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Chief of Psychiatry at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, and Regional Chief of Psychiatry for the University of Rochester Medical Center.

Prior to his chairmanship at University of Rochester, he was the founding director and Chief of Yale's Psychological Medicine Service and Director of Psychological Medicine Research Center at Yale. Previously, he had also been Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Director of Research Development at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.

His primary research interests are: 1. Developing innovative models for delivery behavioral health service for medical and surgical patients. 2. Prevention of neuropsychiatric morbidity (e.g. delirium, depression, and dementia) after major surgery among the elders. 3. Asian American mental health issues, especially among the elders.

Dr. Lee is board certified in psychiatry with sub-specialty certification in psychosomatic medicine. His primary clinical interest is in behavioral aspects of dementia care, especially among those elders with multiple medical comorbidities. Dr. Lee completed psychiatry residency and combined neuropsychiatry/psychiatric epidemiology fellowships at Johns Hopkins after earning his MD at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia in 1997.

Dr. Lee is the Editor-In-Chief for Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and the President of International College of Psychosomatic Medicine.

I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Presentation(s):

• Learning to Cross the Chasm Between Bench and Bedside-Connecting Pressing Clinical Questions to Diverse Research Methodologies

  Thursday, November 10, 2022
  3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

• Retinal Biomarkers as Indicators for Cognitive Impairment and Depression

  Friday, November 11, 2022
  11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

• Simulation With Standardized Patients for Team-Based De-Escalation Training for Management of Agitation in Psychiatric Emergency: Description and Preliminary Findings

  Friday, November 11, 2022
  11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

• Depression In Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery is Associated with Worse Cognition and Left Middle Cerebral Artery Stenosis

  Friday, November 11, 2022
  2:15 PM – 3:45 PM

• Embedding Primary Care Clinic Within Community Mental Health Services Reduces All-Cause Hospitalizations and Emergency Department (ED) Visits for Patients with Severe Mental Illness (SMI) And Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)

  Friday, November 11, 2022
  2:15 PM – 3:45 PM

• ACLP Journal Editorial Board Meeting

  Friday, November 11, 2022
  5:00 PM – 6:00 PM