W . P Andrew Lee MD

W. P. Andrew Lee, M.D. is the Milton T. Edgerton, MD, Professor and Chairman of Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. A hand surgeon and basic science researcher, he conducts investigation on tolerance strategy for vascularized composite allografts, such as hand or face transplants, to ameliorate the need for long-term systemic immunosuppression.

Dr. Lee is currently serving as the Chair of the American Board of Plastic Surgery and the Immediate Past President of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand. In 2008 he helped to found the American Society for Reconstructive Transplantation, for which he now serves as the President-Elect. He was elected the Chairman of Plastic Surgery Research Council in 2002