Steve C. Lee, MD, PhD

Dr. Lee is Vice Chair and Associate Professor of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery at Loma Linda University School of Medicine.  He received his MD and PhD from Loma Linda University and then went on to complete his residency in Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.  Afterwards he finished a two year fellowship in Advanced Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery as well as Cranial Base Surgery at the cradle of modern cranial base surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.  As an ablative head and neck surgeon, he specializes in the surgical treatment of both benign and malignant lesions of the head and neck from cranial base to thoracic inlet.  His basic science interests are in cancer stem cells and immunology with clinical research interests in informational access and patient outcomes.

As Co-director of the Center for Skull Base Surgery, he helps lead a team that specializes in minimally invasive treatment of pituitary tumors, craniopharyngiomas, meningiomas, sinonasal tumors, and orbital tumors.  The multidisciplinary team provides the full range of treatment options for skull base pathology including endoscopic surgery, open resection, and radiosurgery and proton beam radiotherapy.  As part of the head and neck cancer team in the Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, he specializes in ablative resection of cancers of the skin, oral cavity, oropharynx, maxilla, sinuses, ear, nose, larynx, pharynx, parotid and other salivary glands.  Having expertise in minimally invasive endoscopic techniques, sialoendoscopy, laser microsurgery as well as complex open resection, Dr. Lee approaches each patient and their disease with the surgery that is most appropriate for their situation.