Vivian Lee

Vivian S. Lee, M.B.A., M.D., Ph.D. is an American Radiologist and CEO of University of Utah Health Care^[3] in Salt Lake City. She is also the dean of the school of medicine at the University of Utah and senior vice president for health sciences.^[4] Lee is a Rhodes Scholar, has published more than 150 peer-reviewed studies, and is the author of Cardiovascular MRI: Physical Principles to Practical Protocols.^[1] Dr. Lee is also the acting chair of the Association of American Medical College's advisory panel on research. She is married to international legal scholar Benedict William Kingsbury.

Education and Research

Lee graduated from Harvard-Radcliffe College magna cum laude in 1986 before receiving a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford University where she received a doctorate in medical engineering.^[5] She then earned an M.D. with honors from Harvard Medical School and subsequently completed a residency in diagnostic radiology at Duke University^[6] and a fellowship in MRI at NYU Medical Center. In 2006, Lee completed a Master of Business Administration degree at NYU's Stern School of Business. Lee is currently the principal investigator for three NIH R01 grants. Her research focuses on development of quantitative functional body and cardiovascular MRI.

Work Experience

Before joining the University of Utah, Dr. Lee served as Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer^[7] at NYU's Langone Medical Center. As CEO of University of Utah Health Care, Lee oversees an academic health sciences complex that includes five major schools (School of Medicine, School of Dentistry, and colleges of Nursing, Pharmacy and Health) and a health care system comprising four hospitals, dozens of clinical and research specialty centers, a network of 10 Salt Lake City-area health centers, a health plan, and over 1,000 board-certified physicians serving patients from six Intermountain states. Under her leadership, the University of Utah established a new School of Dentistry, the first new academic dental school in the nation in over 25 years.

Work at the University of Utah

Lee came to the University of Utah in July 2011 and has focused on increased efficiency in health care, translational research that can change medicine, and innovation to spur new technology and medical breakthroughs. In these areas, the following projects have been implemented during her tenure:

• LEAN Management and Value-Driven Outcomes (VDO): Streamlining processes and improving efficiency in health care to provide the highest quality care at the lowest possible cost.
• The Utah Genome Project:^[8] a signature research program combining leading-edge genetics research with a vast storehouse of health and genealogical information in the Utah Population Database, advancing the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease based on individual traits and family history.
• The Center for Medical Innovation:^[9] A University-wide center to bring together innovators from across campus to make breakthroughs in technology that will change the face of medicine.
• Algorithms for Innovation:^[10] A unique publication and web site that has sparked a national discussion about the big questions facing academic medicine and the range of creative solutions being proposed.

Awards and Recognition

In addition to her Rhodes scholarship, Lee was named an Outstanding Teacher by the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine^[11] in 2005, 2011 and 2012. She also received the Chang-Lin Tien Leadership award^[12] in 2009.Currently, she is on the board of directors at Zions Bank, Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, the American Association of Rhodes Scholars, and the Association of Academic Health Centers. She also is part of the Journal of the American Medical Association Journal Oversight Committee, the National Advisory Committee for the Health Care Delivery System Reform Program of the The Commonwealth Fund, the Scientific Advisory Board of Massachusetts General Hospital, the Council of Councils of the National Institutes of Health, and the Administrative Board of the Council of Deans for the Association of American Medical Colleges.

Publications

• Lee VS, Spritzer CE, Carroll BA, Pool LG, Bernstein MA, Heinle SK, MacFall JR. Flow quantification using fast cine phase-contrast (PC) MR imaging, conventionalcine PC MR imaging, and Doppler sonography: in vitro and in vivo validation.^[13] AJR 1997; 169:1125-1131.
• Lee VS, Lavelle MT, Rofsky NM, Laub G, Thomasson D, Krinsky GA, Weinreb JC. Hepatic MR imaging with a dynamic contrast-enhanced isotropic volumetric interpolated breath-hold examination: Feasibility, reproducibility, and technical quality.^[14] Radiology2000; 215:365-372.
• Lee VS, Rusinek H, Johnson G, Rofsky NM, Krinsky GA, Weinreb JC. MR renography with low-dose gadopentetate dimeglumine: feasibility.^[15] Radiology 2001; 221:371-379.
• Lee VS, Resnick D, Bundy JM, Simonetti OP, Lee P, Weinreb JC. Cardiac function: MR evaluation in one breath hold with real-time true fast imaging with steady-state precession.^[16] Radiology 2002; 222:835-842.
• Lee VS, Rusinek H, Noz M, Lee P, Raghavan M, Kramer EL. Dynamic three-dimensional MR renography for the measurement of single kidney function—Initial experience.^[17] Radiology 2003; 227:289-294.
• Pandharipande PV, Krinsky GA, Rusinek H, Lee VS. Perfusion imaging of the liver: Current challenges and future goals.^[18] Radiology 2005; 234(3): 661-673.
• Hecht EM, Krinsky GA Holland AE, Israel GM, Hahn WY, Kim DC, West B, Babb JS, Taouli B, Lee VS. Hepatocellular carcinoma in the cirrhotic liver: Gadolinium-enhanced 3D T1weighted MR imaging as a stand along sequence for diagnosis.^[19] Radiology 2006; 239(2):438-447.
• Lee VS, Rusinek H, Bokacheva L, Huang AJ, Oesingmann N, Chen Q, Kaur M, Prince K, Song T, Kramer EL, Leonard EF. Renal function measurements from MR renography and amulticompartmental model.^[20] Am J Physiology—Renal Physiol 2007; 292;F1548-1559.
• Miyazaki M, Lee VS. Non-enhanced MR angiography: State-of-the-Art.^[21] Radiology, 2008:248(1):20-43.
• Storey P, Atanasova IP, Lim RP, Xu J, Kim D, Chen Q, Lee VS. Tailoring the flow sensitivity of fast spin echo sequences for non-contrast MRA.^[22] Magn Reson Med 2010, 64:1098-1108.

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