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Kiwon Lee, MD, Neurology, Summit, NJ

KiwonLeeMD

Neurology Summit, NJ

Vascular Neurology, Neurocritical Care

Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Chief of Neurology Service, Division Chief of Stroke and Neurocritical Care, Director of Comprehensive Stroke Center

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  • Office

    99 Beauvoir Ave
    Summit, NJ 07901
    Phone+1 908-522-2829
    Fax+1 908-522-6417

Summary

  • Dr. Kiwon Lee is an academic stroke and critical care neurologist in New Brunswick, NJ and is director of comprehensive stroke center and director of neuro-intensive care unit at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. He is full time professor of neurology and neurosurgery at Rutgers, the state university of New Jersey Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He received specialty degree in neurology from SUNY Stony Brook, subspecialties in stroke and neurocritical care from Massachusetts General/Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He has been a specialist for about 20 years. He has more than 250 publications and over 500 citings. He has trained a large number of residents, fellows and scholars-including faculty neurologists, neurosurgeons and intensivistst from United States and other countries. He has given numerous invited lectures around the world. His textbook, The Neuro ICU Book by McGraw-Hill is one of the most popular textbooks and used as standard text in many countries around the world (translated in three languages).

Education & Training

  • Massachusetts General Hospital
    Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Neurocritical Care, 2003 - 2005
  • Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School
    Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Vascular Neurology, 2003 - 2004
  • Stony Brook Medicine/University Hospital
    Stony Brook Medicine/University HospitalChief Residency, Neurology, 2002 - 2003
  • Stony Brook Medicine/University Hospital
    Stony Brook Medicine/University HospitalResidency, Neurology, 2000 - 2003
  • New York-Presbyterian/Queens
    New York-Presbyterian/QueensInternship, Internal Medicine, 1999 - 2000
  • Ross University School of Medicine
    Ross University School of MedicineClass of 1999

Certifications & Licensure

  • NJ State Medical License
    NJ State Medical License 2011 - 2025
  • TX State Medical License
    TX State Medical License 2012 - 2019
  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 2002 - 2016
  • PA State Medical License
    PA State Medical License 2005 - 2016
  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 2003 - 2012
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Vascular Neurology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Fellow of American College of Physicians American College of Physicians, 2012
  • Fellow of American Heart Association American Heart and Stroke Association, 2011
  • Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare Marquis Whos Who
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Decision-Making Utilizing Direct And Indirect Surrogate Markers.  
    Al-Mufti F, Lander M, Smith B, Morris NA, Nuoman R, Gupta R, Lissauer ME, Gupta G, Lee K., J. Intensive Care Med, 9/11/2018

Lectures

  • Water Homeostasis in Neurocritical Care 
    Seoul National University - 3/12/2019
  • Thrombolysis and Stroke Intervention 2019 
    Rutgers University Robert Wood Johnson Medical School - 1/30/2019
  • ICP Crisis, CPP Optimization and Hypothermia 
    New Jersey Medical School - 1/9/2019
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Press Mentions

  • Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Achieves Advanced Certification in Comprehensive Stroke Center from the Joint Commission
    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Achieves Advanced Certification in Comprehensive Stroke Center from the Joint CommissionApril 25th, 2022
  • Dental Implants May Be the Answer to Restoring Jaw Bone Loss
    Dental Implants May Be the Answer to Restoring Jaw Bone LossSeptember 24th, 2020
  • Information About Strokes and How to Prevent Them
    Information About Strokes and How to Prevent ThemApril 28th, 2022

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