About
Hing-Chung Lee, M.D., Ph.D. joined Physician Associates in May, 2001. Dr. Lee is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology. Dr. Lee graduated from the National Taiwan University School of Medicine in Taipei, Taiwan in 1981 and obtained an M.S. and Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii in 1983 and 1985, respectively. Dr. Lee was a Clinical Research Fellow in Clinical Pharmacology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas and Internal Medicine Resident at Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska. In addition, Dr. Lee was a Senior Clinical Staff Fellow for the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland and later was appointed Chief of the Pharmacology, Brain, Aging and Dementia Section Laboratory of Neurosciences. Dr. Lee served on the faculty at Creighton University School of Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Georgetown University School of Medicine. Dr. Lee has received numerous awards and published more than 45 papers and abstracts, many of them addressing hypertension and issues in clinical pharmacology. Dr. Lee is fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese. Dr. Lee sees patients at the Rockville office Monday through Friday.
Languages
Education
Medical School
National Taiwan University School of Medicine, 1981
Residency
Internal Medicine, Creighton University (Omaha, NE)
Fellowship
Clinical Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas, TX)
Lectures
- “Bone Marrow Donation and Therapy”, Tsu-Chi Foundation U.S.A (2001)
- “Micardis”, “24-Hour Blood Pressure Control”, “Aggrenox”, “Prevent Second Stroke”, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals teleconference series (2004)
- “Hypertension” and “Coronary Artery Disease”, Guangdong Province People Hospital, China (2006)
- “Update in Hypertension”, American Chinese Society (2010)
Research Grants
- “The Evaluation of Renal Vascular Hypertension by Positron Emission Tomograpghy (PET)”, Health Future Foundation (1991-1992)
- “Progression of Hypertensive Nephrosclerosis and Renal Hyperfiltration”, Warner Lamber Fellowship Award (1991-1993)
- “A Community-Based Model for Improving Hypertensive Care of Low-Income Minority Group”, American Health Association (1993-1994)
Publications
- “Protective Action of Calcium Entry Blockers in Endotoxin Shock”, Circulatory Shock (1986)
- “Hypertension, Race, and Renal Insufficiency”, New England Journal of Medicine (1989)
- “Diuretics Potentiate the Angiotensin Converting-Enzyme Inhibitor-Associated Acute Renal Dysfunction”, Clinical Nephrology (1992)
- “Single-Drug Therapy for Hypertension in Men”, New England Journal of Medicine (1993)
Location
6000 Executive Blvd., Ste. 300, Rockville, Maryland 20852