FrancisSangwonLeeMDF.A.C.S., C.W.S.

General Surgery • Crescent City, CA

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Office
780 E Washington Blvd
Suite 220
Crescent City, CA 95531
Phone+1 707-464-6715

Summary

I am a board certified General Surgeon, specializing Minimally Invasive Surgery with Advanced Laparoscopic Surgeries, Da Vinci Robotic Surgery, All Hernias, Surgical Endoscopy with EGD and Colonoscopy, Advanced Wound Care Specialist and the Hospitalist Surgeon at Sutter Coast Hospital for Trauma, General Surgical Clinic and Hospital and ED work. I am interest in every aspect of patient care from Surgical Critical Care, Acute Trauma, Vascular Surgery, Laparoscopic Surgery, Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VAT), Bronchoscopy, Lap. Nissen Fundoplication, Laparoscopic Diaphragmatic Hernia Repair, Full Endoscopic EGD/Colonoscopy with Diagnostic, Therapeutic Interventions, Ventral Hernia, Inguinal Hernias, Femoral Hernia Repairs and all other hernias of the abdominal walls, Laparoscopic lysis of adhesions, training Interns, Residents, Medical Students, and other ancillary students.

Education & Training

University of Kansas (Wichita)Residency, Surgery, 1988 - 1993
University of Oklahoma College of MedicineClass of 1988

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1998 - 2026
IA State Medical License 1993 - 2000
NE State Medical License 1994 - 1999
OK State Medical License 1988 - 1999
SD State Medical License 1994 - 1999
IL State Medical License 1995 - 1996
KS State Medical License 1988 - 1994
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

America’s Best Physician Certificate of Recognition America’s Best Physician, 2021-2022
Top Doctors of Orange County Top Doctors of America, 2018
Physician of Excellence in Orange County Orange County Medical Association, 2005, 2007-2012, 2017
Certificate of Recognition for OCKCC Congressman Ed Royce, 2011
Certificate of Recognition from City of Irvine City Council of Irvine California, 2011
Certificate of Congressional Recognition for Outstanding Community Service Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, 2010
America’s Top Surgeon Consumer Research Council of America, 2007
Certificate of Congressional Special Recognition Congressman Ed Royce, 2002
Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2012
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

A Surgical Technique for Closure of 10 mm and Larger Laparoscopic Port Fascial Defects Using a Graham's Nerve Hook.
Francis Sangwon Lee, Alyxis Mah, Clare Hyunna Lee, Christina Wonna Lee
JSLS. 2023-07-31

Journal Articles

New Surgical Technique for eradicating medium sized varicose-vein-Lee's U-Loop Varicose Veinectomy Procedure
Francis S. Lee, M.D., KAMA Medical Journal, 12/1999
Pulmonary Barotrauma in a Mechanically Ventilated Patient with Solitary Head Injury and no other predisposing factors
Francis S. Lee, M.D., Brad Basinger, M.D., and Paul Harrison, M.D, F.A.C.S., Kansas Medicine, pp. 70-72. Vol. 95, No.3, 3/1994

Abstracts/Posters

Complications from Laparoscopic Repair of Ventral Hernia with Underlay Mesh Placement causing Intestinal Cutaneous Fistula with Devastating Results
Francis S. Lee, M.D., F.A.C.S, Christina Wonna Lee, R.A., Clare Hyunna Lee, M.S.2, The Society of Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgeons, Orlando, FL, 10/4/2023
Case Study: Laparoscopic Assisted Pyloromyotomy to Fix the Pyloric Stenosis for a Young Woman with Chronic Malnutrition from Mitochondria Disorder
Francis S. Lee, M.D., F.A.C.S., Christina Wonna Lee, R.A., Clare Hyunna Lee, M.S.2, The Society of Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgeons, Orlando, FL, 10/2023
Comparative Study of Two Different Techniques for Closure of Laparoscopic Port Site using Graham's Nerve Hook vs. Carter Thomason Closure Device: Twenty Consecutive Ca...
Francis S. Lee, M.D, F.A.C.S, Christina Wonna Lee, R.A., Clare Hyunna Lee, M.S.2, Southern California Chapter of American College of Surgeons, Santa Barbara, CA, 1/2023
Ventral Hernia Mesh Causing the Enterocutaneous Fistula: How to fix the problem?
Francis S. Lee, M.D., F.A.C.S., Clare Hyunna Lee, M.S.2, Annual Hernia Surgery Summit, Aspen, CO, 2/23/2022
The Combined Modalities in Treating Diabetic Foot Ulcers to Reduce the Amputation Rate
Francis S. Lee, M.D., Advances in Wound Care: AAWM Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, 7/2005
The experience in New Technique of Non-Invasive Varicose Vein Removal and Disruption with Lee's U-Loop Varicose Veinectomy Technique
Francis S. Lee, M.D., KAMA Medical Journal, 12/2000
The Efficacy of the percutaneous drainage of the traumatic pancreatic pseudocysts in pediatric patients with comparative studies from other trauma centers
Francis S. Lee, M.D., Kim Callaway, R.N., and Paul Harrison, M.D., F.A.C.S., Western Trauma Conference, Snowbird, Utah, 2/28/1993
A Case Study: Hyperthrombogenicity of Bovine Collagen Impregnated Vascular Prosthetic Graft in a Patient with atherosclerotic disease of the iliac vessels and no other...
Francis S. Lee, M.D., Gyan Khicha, M.D., F.A.C.S., Southwestern Surgical Congress, Scottsdale, AZ, 4/26/1992
Primary Malignant Lymphoma of the Breast: Twenty Years' Experience in Three Community Hospitals
Francis S. Lee, M.D., Sam H. Kouri, M.D., Hana A. Razek, M.D., and George J. Farha, Southwestern Surgical Congress, Scottsdale, AZ, 4/24/1992
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