Director of Microsurgery and Assistant Professor of Surgery
Associate Residency Program Director
Patient Appointments (Adults)
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Clinic
900 Blake Wilbur Dr., Room W1083
Palo Alto, CA 94304-2205
(650) 723-7001
Patient Appointments (Children)
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
725 Welch Road
Palo Alto , CA 94304
(650) 497-8201 or 1-800-756-9000
Clinical Interests
Aesthetic & reconstructive breast surgery
Microsurgery
Head & neck reconstruction
Chest wall/thorax
Cosmetic surgery
Extremity
Body contouring
Genital & pelvic reconstruction and complex wounds
Clinics
Plastic Surgery (Blake Wilbur Clinic at Stanford Hospital)
Education
B.S., University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
M.D., Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Residency: General Surgery, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Microvascular Surgery Fellowship, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Professional Societies
American Medical Association
Active Member, American Society of Plastic Surgeons
Associate Fellow, American College of Surgeons
Active Member, American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery
Member, American College of Surgeons, South Texas Chapter
Candidate Member, Texas Society of Plastic Surgeons
Texas Medical Association
Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Gordon Lee is currently the Director of Microsurgery at Stanford University. He also serves as the Associate Program Director of the Stanford Plastic Surgery Residency Program, and directs the fellowship in microsurgery at Stanford.
Dr. Lee completed his undergraduate education at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and graduated magna cum laude. Following this, he attended medical school here at Stanford. He then completed a residency in General Surgery/Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at UCLA Medical Center. After residency, Dr. Lee was a Clinical Specialist and completed an advanced microsurgery and reconstructive plastic surgery fellowship in the Department of Plastic Surgery at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. He is currently Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Stanford University Medical Center and the Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital.
His research interests include novel therapeutic modalities to minimize scarring, and novel techniques in microsurgical reconstruction.
Dr. Lee is Board Certified by the America Board of Plastic Surgery, Inc. and is an active member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), the American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (ASRM), and the American Medical Association (AMA).
Dr. Lee’s main surgical interests are in aesthetic & reconstructive surgery of the breast, face, eyes, nose, and abdomen. He is an expert in microsurgical reconstruction utilizing the latest techniques in free tissue transfer (aka “free flaps”) such as TRAM flaps & perforator flaps (DIEP, SGAP, SIEA, ALT, etc.). He also performs body contouring procedures and liposuction.
