Vivian Lee

Vivian Lee

Vivian S. Lee (born September 1966) is an American radiologist and health care executive. A Senior Fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) in Cambridge, Massachusetts and an NIH-funded investigator at the University of Utah, she is a member of the Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors, the JAMA Journal Oversight Committee, and the Society of Medical Administrators. Raised in Norman, Oklahoma and trained in biomedical engineering and medicine, Lee established an NIH-funded research program in magnetic resonance imaging at NYU. She was elected Fellow of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) in 2006 and served as the President in 2008-2009. For her scientific discoveries, she was elected to the American Society of Clinical Investigation and the National Academy of Medicine.Among her leadership roles in academic medicine, Lee served as the inaugural Chief Scientific Officer and Vice Dean for Science at NYU Langone Medical Center, and prior to that as the Vice-Chair for Research in the Department of Radiology. For six years, she served as the CEO of University of Utah Health, Dean of the University of Utah School of Medicine and senior vice-president for health sciences of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. During her tenure as Dean, she was elected to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Council of Deans Administrative Board. She is also a member of the advisory boards of the Massachusetts General Hospital and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.Lee has studied the management and improvement of health care, with an emphasis on data measurement and feedback to create learning health systems and her work has demonstrated the virtuous cycle of improved patient-centeredness, higher quality with better outcomes, and lower costs. She is married to international legal scholar Benedict Kingsbury. Lee also serves on the Board of Directors of the American Association of Rhodes Scholars, and is also a Director of Zions Bancorporation and Merrimack Pharmaceuticals.

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