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Cortney Y Lee, MD, FACS

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859-218-2782 Fax: 859-323-6727
cortney.lee@uky.edu

Positions

  • Professor of Surgery
  • Director - 3rd Year Medical Student Surgery Clerkship

College Unit(s)

Other Affiliation(s)
  • Surgery/GEMS

Biography and Education

Education

Medical School
Texas Tech University
Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
Lubbock, Texas

Residency
General Surgery Residency, University of Kentucky

Fellowship
Endocrine Surgery Fellowship
Scott & White Clinic
Texas A&M Health Science Center
Temple, Texas

Board Certification
American Board of Surgery

Surgical Interests

  • Practice limited to endocrine surgery (thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal surgery)

  • Thyroid cancer

  • Multinodular & symptomatic goiters

  • Surgical treatment of Graves' disease

  • In-office ultrasound & FNA of thyroid nodules

  • Hyperparathyroidism (primary, secondary & tertiary)

  • Minimally invasive adrenal surgery

  • Adrenal nodules

  • Functioning adrenal tumors (including pheochromocytoma, aldosteronomas & cortisol-producing nodules)

  • Adrenocortical cancer

 

Selected Publications

Pubmed Publications