Benjamin B. Lee, MD, PhD

  • Clinical Assistant Professor

Benjamin Lee, MD, PhD, joined the University of Pittsburgh Center of Clinical Neurophysiology in August 2023. He specializes in intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring to adult and pediatric neurosurgical, orthopedic, ENT, vascular and interventional neuroradiology procedures, microelectrode recording and subcortical mapping for deep brain stimulation (DBS) electrode implantation, as well as motor and language mapping during awake craniotomy procedures.

Dr. Lee competed his adult neurology residency at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University in Brooklyn, NY. Then completed a fellowship in clinical neurophysiology and epilepsy at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Mass. 

Specialized Areas of Interest

Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring; subcortical mapping with microelectrode recording.

Board Certifications

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Hospital Privileges

JC Blair Memorial Hospital
Excela Health Hospital System
Indiana Regional Medical Center
Monongahela Valley Hospital
Trinity Health System
UPMC Altoona
UPMC Bedford
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
UPMC East
UPMC Greenville
UPMC Hamot
UPMC Harrisburg
UPMC Horizon
UPMC Jameson
UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital
UPMC McKeesport
UPMC Mercy
UPMC Northwest
UPMC Passavant
UPMC Presbyterian
UPMC St. Margaret
UPMC Shadyside
UPMC Shenango
UPMC Somerset
UPMC Susquehanna

Professional Organization Membership

American Academy of Neurology
American Clinical Neurophysiology Society
American Epilepsy Society

Education & Training

  • MD, PhD, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, 2017
  • Residency, Adult Neurology, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, 2021
  • Fellowship, Clinical Neurophysiology and Epilepsy, Massachusetts General Hospital, 2023