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Department of Internal Medicine

Jennifer S. Lee, M.D., Ph.D.

Clinical/Research Interests

Dr. Lee is a clinical endocrinologist and molecular epidemiologist whose research aims to translate to better patient care. In endocrine clinic, she emphasizes disease prevention and, through good communication, strives to empower her patients to make individualized, optimal health decisions. Her research examines how hormonal and metabolic changes across the adult lifespan influence people's future risks of cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome, and osteoporosis/fractures.  She is particularly interested in sex hormones, such as estrogen and testosterone, and metabolic factors, such as thyroid function, that differ by ethnicity/race and gender.

Title:

 Assistant Professor

Address:

 Patient Support Services Building
4150 V St., Suite G400
Sacramento, CA 95817

Phone:

 (916) 734-3835

Education:

 Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
M.D. 1999

Stanford University
Stanford, California
Ph.D.

Harvard Medical School
Cambridge, Massachusetts
B.A.|M.A. 1994

Residency:

 Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California
2001
Internal Medicine

Fellowships:

 University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California
2005
Endocrinology

UCSF Medical Center at Mt. Zion
San Francisco, California
2004
Women's Health

Select Recent Publications:

Lee JS, Bertakis K, Meyers FJ, Chedin E, Tarantal A, Anderson K, Berglund L.  Cardiovascular Disease in Women - Challenges Deserving a Comprehensive Translational Approach. Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research, 2(3):251-55, 2009.

Stice JP, Lee, J, Pechenino AS, Knowlton AA. Estrogen, Aging and the Cardiovascular System. Future Cardiology, 5(1):93-103, 2009.

Cauley JA, LaCroix A, Wu L, Horwitz M,  Danielson M, Bauer D, Lee JS, Jackson R, Robbins R, Stranczyk F, LeBoff M, Wactawski-Wende J, Sarto G, Ockene J, Cummings S.  Serum 25 hydroxyvitamin D concentrations and the risk of hip fractures: Women's Health Initiative.  Annals of Internal Medicine, 149:242-50, 2008.

LaCroix AZ, Lee JS, Wu L, Cauley J, Shlipak MG, Ott SM, Robbins J, Curb JD, Leboff M, Bauer DC, Jackson R, Kooperberg C, Cummings SR. Cystatin-C and incidence of hip fracture in postmenopausal women. Journal of the American Geriatric Society (JAGS), 56(8): 1434-41, 2008.

Lee JS, LaCroix AZ, Wu L, Cauley JA, Jackson RD, Kooperberg C, Leboff MS, Robbins J, Lewis CE, Bauer DC, Cummings SR. Associations of serum sex hormone-binding globulin and sex hormone concentrations with hip fracture risk in postmenopausal women. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 93(5):1796-803, 2008.

Lee JS, Bracci P, Holly EA. Exogenous hormone use, reproductive factors and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. American Journal of Epidemiology, 168(3):278-88, 2008.

Lee JS, John EM, McGuire V, Felberg A, Ostrow KL, DiCioccio RA, Li FP, Miron A, West DW, Whittemore AS. Breast and ovarian cancer in relatives of cancer patients, with and without BRCA mutations. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention 15(2): 359-63, 2006.

Lee JS, Ettinger B, Stanczyk F, Vittinghoff E, Beattie M, Cauley JA, Chandler W, Settlage J, Folkerd E, Dowsett M, Grady D, Cummings S. Comparison of methods to measure low serum estradiol levels in postmenopausal women. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 91: 3791-3797, 2006.

Lee JS and Tucker MA. Making sense of puzzling genetic association studies: A team approach. Annals of Internal Medicine 145(4): 302-04, 2006.