Kendall Lee, M.D., Ph.D., is new director for Medical Scientist Training Program, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

Kendall Lee, M.D., Ph.D. (NS ’06), has been named program director for the Medical Scientist Training Program in Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science. He’ll provide strategic oversight for M.D.-Ph.D. training programs and initiatives, including recruitment and matriculation of students and coordinator of NIH T32 training grants. Dr. Lee is a consultant and professor in the Department of Neurologic Surgery, with joint appointments in the Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He directs the Mayo Clinic Neural Engineering Laboratories. His grant-funded interests and practice focus on understanding and applying deep brain stimulation in the clinical setting.

Dr. Lee received his medical degree and Ph.D. from the Yale University Medical Scientist Training Program. He completed his residency at Yale, Harvard and Dartmouth before joining the Mayo Clinic staff in 2006.

Dr. Lee succeeds Grazia Isaya, M.D., Ph.D. (PD ’98), who served in this role for the last 10 years.