Vivian Lee

Vivian Lee
Vivian Lee, c. 2010
Born	September 1966 (1966-09) (age 50) Morristown, New Jersey
Nationality	American
Fields	Radiology Health Administration Education Author Research
Alma mater	Harvard Medical School University of Oxford Duke University Harvard-Radcliffe College NYU Stern School of Business
Known for	Author of Cardiovascular MRI: Physical Principles to Practical Protocols[1] CEO[2] of University of Utah Health Care
Notable awards	Rhodes Scholarship Chang-Lin Tien Education Leadership award National Academy of Medicine

Vivian S. Lee (born 1966), an American radiologist, is CEO of University of Utah Health Care^[3] in Salt Lake City and Dean of the University of Utah School of Medicine and senior vice president for health sciences of University of Utah.^[4] Lee is a Rhodes Scholar, has published more than 150 peer-reviewed studies, and is the author of Cardiovascular MRI: Physical Principles to Practical Protocols.^[1] Lee is a recognized leader in academic medicine and health care, is a member of the National Academy of Medicine, and serves on the National Institutes of Health Council of Councils. She is married to international legal scholar Benedict Kingsbury.

Education and research

Lee graduated from Harvard-Radcliffe College magna cum laude in 1986 before receiving a Rhodes Scholarship to study at University of Oxford where she received a doctorate in medical engineering.^[5] She then earned an M.D. with honors from Harvard Medical School and subsequently completed a residency in diagnostic radiology at Duke University^[6] and a fellowship in MRI at NYU Medical Center.

In 2006, she completed a Master of Business Administration degree at NYU's Stern School of Business. Lee is currently the principal investigator for two NIH R01 grants. Her research focuses on development of quantitative functional body and cardiovascular MRI.

Academic experience

Before joining the University of Utah, Lee served as Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer^[7] at NYU's Langone Medical Center. As CEO of University of Utah Health Care, Lee oversees an academic health sciences complex that includes five major schools (School of Medicine, School of Dentistry, and colleges of Nursing, Pharmacy and Health) and a health care system comprising four hospitals, dozens of clinical and research specialty centers, a network of 10 Salt Lake City-area health centers, a health plan, and over 1,000 board-certified physicians serving patients from six mountain west states. Under her leadership, the University of Utah established a new School of Dentistry, the first new academic dental school in the nation in over 25 years.

Work at the University of Utah

Lee came to the University of Utah in July 2011 and has focused on increased efficiency in health care, translational research that can change medicine, and innovation to spur new technology and medical breakthroughs. During her tenure, the University of Utah Health Sciences Center budget has grown to $3.3 billion and now serves an extensive regional affiliation network. The following additional projects have been implemented during her tenure:

• LEAN Management and Value-Driven Outcomes (VDO): Streamlining processes and improving efficiency in health care to provide the highest quality care at the lowest possible cost.
• The Utah Genome Project:^[8] a signature research program combining leading-edge genetics research with a vast storehouse of health and genealogical information in the Utah Population Database, advancing the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease based on individual traits and family history.
• The Center for Medical Innovation:^[9] A University-wide center to bring together innovators from across campus to make breakthroughs in technology that will change the face of medicine.
• Algorithms for Innovation:^[10] A unique publication and web site that has sparked a national discussion about the big questions facing academic medicine and the range of creative solutions being proposed.

Awards and recognition

In her academic career Lee was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford University. Lee was named an Outstanding Teacher by the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine^[11] in 2005, 2011 and 2012. She also received the Chang-Lin Tien Leadership award^[12] in 2009.Currently, she is on the board of directors at Zions Bank, Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, and the American Association of Rhodes Scholars. She also is part of the Journal of the American Medical Association Journal Oversight Committee, the National Advisory Committee for the Health Care Delivery System Reform Program of The Commonwealth Fund, the Scientific Advisory Board of Massachusetts General Hospital, the Council of Councils of the National Institutes of Health, and the Administrative Board of the Council of Deans for the Association of American Medical Colleges. Elected to the National Academy of Medicine in October 2015.^[13]

Publications

• Kawamoto K, Martin CJ, Williams K, Tu MC, Park CG, Hunter C, Staes CJ, Bray BE, Deshmukh VG, Holbrook RA, Morris SJ, Fedderson MB, Sletta A, Turnbull J, Mulvihill, SJ, Crabtree GL, Entwistle DE, McKenna QL, Strong MB, Pendleton RC,^[14] Lee VS. Value Driven Outcomes (VDO): a Pragmatic, Modular, and Extensible Software Framework for Understanding and Improving Health Care Costs and Outcomes. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, Online, Nov 13, 2014
• Lee VS, Redesigning Metrics to Integrate Professionalism Into the Governance of Health Care,^[15] JAMA, May 12, 2015, Vol 313, No. 18
• Zhang JL, Morrell G, Rusinek H, Warner L, Vivier P-H, Cheung AK, Lerman L, Lee VS. Measurement of renal tissue oxygenation with Blood Oxygen Level Dependent (BOLD) MRI and oxygen transit modeling.^[16] Am J Physiology – Renal Physiology 2014;306(6):F579 –87
• Sigmund EE, Vivier PH, Sui D, Lamparello N, Mikeev A, Rusinek H, Babb J, Storey P, Lee VS, Chandarana H. Intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in renal tissue under hydration and furosemide flow challenges.^[17] Radiology 2012; 263(3):758-69
• Lee VS, Spritzer CE, Carroll BA, Pool LG, Bernstein MA, Heinle SK, MacFall JR. Flow quantification using fast cine phase-contrast (PC) MR imaging, conventionalcine PC MR imaging, and Doppler sonography: in vitro and in vivo validation.^[18] AJR 1997; 169:1125-1131.
• Lee VS, Lavelle MT, Rofsky NM, Laub G, Thomasson D, Krinsky GA, Weinreb JC. Hepatic MR imaging with a dynamic contrast-enhanced isotropic volumetric interpolated breath-hold examination: Feasibility, reproducibility, and technical quality.^[19] Radiology2000; 215:365-372.
• Lee VS, Resnick D, Bundy JM, Simonetti OP, Lee P, Weinreb JC. Cardiac function: MR evaluation in one breath hold with real-time true fast imaging with steady-state precession.^[20] Radiology 2002; 222:835-842.
• Pandharipande PV, Krinsky GA, Rusinek H, Lee VS. Perfusion imaging of the liver: Current challenges and future goals.^[21] Radiology 2005; 234(3): 661-673.
• Lee VS, Rusinek H, Bokacheva L, Huang AJ, Oesingmann N, Chen Q, Kaur M, Prince K, Song T, Kramer EL, Leonard EF. Renal function measurements from MR renography and amulticompartmental model.^[22] Am J Physiology—Renal Physiol 2007; 292;F1548-1559.
• Miyazaki M, Lee VS. Non-enhanced MR angiography: State-of-the-Art.^[23] Radiology, 2008:248(1):20-43.

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