Celeste Castillo Lee BS

Celeste Castillo Lee is the Program Manager for Patient- and Family-Centered Care at the University of Michigan Health System, Adult Services. Celeste previously served as Chief of Staff to the President and CEO of Duke University Health System and the Chancellor for Health Affairs at Duke University where she was active in patient- and family-centered care initiatives.

Celeste has lived with kidney failure for 33 years, and as a result became an impassioned advisor and advocate in Massachusetts, Michigan, North Carolina, nationally, and internationally. As a strategic consultant, leader, and member of organizations such as the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute, FDA public/private partnership, the Kidney Health Initiative, National Kidney Foundation, the National Kidney Foundation of Michigan, the North Carolina Task Force on Chronic Kidney Disease, and the Vasculitis Foundation. As a public speaker, Celeste speaks out on critical issues related to kidney health and outcomes for people on dialysis with end-stage renal disease, committed to addressing health disparity among patients with kidney disease. Celeste also speaks and advocates for patients to own their own health.