Hochang Benjamin Lee

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, at Yale New Haven Hospital’s York Street and St. Raphael campuses. He also directed Yale’s Psychological Medicine Research Center. Previously, he also had 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.

Dr. Lee is also an expert in psychiatric aspects of restless legs syndrome, and Asian American mental health issues. 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.