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Sun H. G. Lee, MD

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1300 North Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90027
2272.5 miles away
Speaks: Korean and English
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Valley Neuroscience Institute

1300 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90027

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About Sun H. G. Lee

Sun H. Lee, M.D., Ph.D., is a fellowship-trained, board certified, neurosurgeon specializing in complex spine and brain tumor surgery with more than 50 publications. He joins the Valley Neurosurgical Institute from Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Rutgers University, New Jersey, where he served as Professor of Neurosurgery. He practiced at that institution for the last 14 years. Prior to that he was on faculty at the Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, where he completed a second full set of neurosurgical residency and spine fellowship. He graduated from Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, where he completed his first neurosurgical residency and a cerebrovascular fellowship. He served as a member of the faculty at Seoul National University (1989-1993). He also completed additional training in vascular neurosurgery and neurosurgical oncology/skull base surgery at University of Pittsburgh and University of Minnesota. He is a member of numerous professional societies, including the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons and the North American Skull Base Society. He has been annually cited as one of the “Best Doctors in New York and the metropolitan area”, and is a recipient of the “Patient’s Choice Award”. His experience with complex spine and brain surgery surpasses 4000 operative cases. His clinical and research interests include complex surgery of the spine, malignant brain tumors, pituitary tumors, and minimally invasive procedures. Dr. Sun H. Lee has been actively involved in academic neurosurgery, initially as Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery (Seoul National University, University of Minnesota, Thomas Jefferson University) and Research Director, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota, and Professor of Neurosurgery, Rutgers State University of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

fellowship

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

fellowship

Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

fellowship

University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, MN

residency

Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia, PA

internship

Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

Medical School

Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, S. Korea

Board Certifications
  • American Board of Neurological Surgery, Neurological Surgery
Valley Neuroscience Institute
1300 North Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90027

Affiliated Locations
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center

Clinical Interests

  • Accessory Nerve Disease
  • Accessory Nerve Injury
  • Acoustic Neurofibromatosis
  • Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy
  • Aneurysm
  • Anterior Temporal Lobectomy
  • Arachnoid Cyst
  • Back Surgery
  • Benign Neoplasm Of Brain
  • Berry Aneurysm
  • Biopsy Of Brain
  • Biopsy Of Skull
  • Brachial Nerve Tumors
  • Brain Laceration
  • Brain Neoplasms
  • Brain Surgery
  • Bulging Disc
  • Burr Hole
  • Carotid Stenosis
  • Cavernous Hemangioma
  • Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis
  • Central Venous Stenosis
  • Cerebellar Anomalies
  • Cerebral Aneurysm
  • Cerebral Artery Bypass Surgery
  • Cerebral Cyst
  • Cerebral Decompression
  • Cerebral Edema
  • Cerebral Hernia
  • Cerebral Revascularization
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak
  • Cerebrovascular Bypass Surgery
  • Cervical Laminoplasty
  • Cervical Spinal Stenosis
  • Cervical Spine Fracture
  • Cervical Spine Fusion
  • Chiari Decompression
  • Cingulotomy
  • Clipping Of Brain Aneurysm
  • Colloid Cyst
  • Compression Fracture
  • Cranial Nerve Injury
  • Cranial Nerve Repair
  • Cranial Vault Malformations
  • Craniectomy
  • Craniocele
  • Craniocervical Junction Surgery
  • Craniotomy
  • Csf Shunt Removal
  • Decompression Laminectomy
  • Deep Brain Stimulation
  • Deep Brain Stimulation (Asleep)
  • Deep Brain Stimulation (Awake)
  • Deep Brain Stimulation For Dystonia
  • Disc Surgery
  • Diskectomy
  • Dorsal Column Stimulator
  • Electrical Sacral Stimulation
  • Encephalocele Repair
  • Endoscopic Endonasal Approach
  • Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy
  • Epidural Hematoma
  • Epidural Hemorrhage
  • Epilepsy Surgery
  • Epilepsy Surgery Evaluation
  • Extradural Abscess
  • Flow Diversion For Cerebral Aneurysms
  • Head Reconstruction
  • Hemispherectomy
  • Herniated Disc
  • Herniation Syndrome
  • Hydrocephalus
  • Image Guided Biopsy Of The Spine
  • Interspinous Device Placement
  • Intracranial Abscess
  • Intracranial Arterial Bypass
  • Intracranial Arterial Occlusion
  • Intracranial Hemangioma
  • Intracranial Hemorrhage
  • Intracranial Hypotension
  • Intraspinal Abscess
  • Kyphoplasty
  • Kyphosis
  • Laminectomy
  • Laminoplasty
  • Lateral Access Spine Surgery
  • Lesionectomy
  • Lobectomy Of Brain
  • Low Back Surgery
  • Lumbar Drain
  • Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
  • Lumbar Spine Fusion
  • Lumboperitoneal Shunt Placement
  • Meningocele
  • Migraine Surgery
  • Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
  • Minimally Invasive Surgery
  • Mri Guided Focused Ultrasound
  • Myelopathy Surgery
  • Needle Biopsy Of Brain
  • Needle Biopsy Of Cerebral Meninges
  • Neuroablation
  • Neuroendoscopy
  • Non Ruptured Cerebral Aneurysm
  • Open Biopsy Of Brain
  • Optic Nerve Decompression
  • Optic Nerve Surgery
  • Orbital Nerve Decompression
  • Parkinson's Disease (Pd) Surgery
  • Percutaneous Trigeminal Rhizotomy
  • Peripheral Nerve Surgery
  • Pituitary Surgery
  • Post Laminectomy Kyphosis
  • Post Laminectomy Syndrome
  • Repair Of Brain
  • Resection Of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation (Avm)
  • Ruptured Brain Aneurysm
  • Ruptured Intervertebral Disc
  • Scoliosis
  • Shevel Procedure
  • Spinal Abscess
  • Spinal Cord Anomalies
  • Spinal Cord Compression
  • Spinal Cord Stimulator
  • Spinal Stenosis
  • Spine Embolization
  • Spine Fusion
  • Spine Injury
  • Spine Instrumentation
  • Spine Stapling
  • Spondylectomy
  • Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy
  • Stereotactic Brain Biopsy
  • Stereotactic Eeg
  • Stereotactic Radiosurgery
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
  • Subcaudate Tractotomy
  • Subdural Hematoma
  • Subdural Hemorrhage
  • Surgery For Spasticity
  • Surgical Treatment Of Myelopathy
  • Thoracic Spinal Stenosis
  • Thoracic Spine Fusion
  • Topectomy
  • Transpetrosal Approaches
  • Ulnar Nerve Decompression
  • Ulnar Nerve Surgery
  • Vagal Nerve Stimulator
  • Vagal Stimulation
  • Ventricular Shunt
  • Ventriculo Peritoneal Shunt
  • Ventriculocisternostomy
  • Ventriculostomy
  • Vertebroplasty