Jena

Lee

, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Biography

Dr. Lee is a board-certified child and adult psychiatrist and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. She completed her undergraduate education at the University of Chicago and her medical education at the University of Washington School of Medicine. She subsequently completed her training in general and child psychiatry at Stanford University.

Dr. Lee serves as the Director of the Pediatric Psychiatry Consult-Liaison and Pediatric Emergency Psychiatry services at UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital. She is the Medical Director of the UCLA Pediatric OCD Intensive Outpatient Program. She also serves as an attending in the Child and Adult Neurodevelopmental (CAN) Clinic.

Dr. Lee provides evidence-based psychiatric diagnostic and treatment services for a wide range of disorders. Her particular areas of clinical interest and expertise include suicide prevention, child abuse and medical neglect, child development amidst severe medical illness, and the medical psychiatric interface.

Education

University of Chicago, B.S., B.A.
University of Washington School of Medicine,M.D.
Stanford School of Medicine, General Psychiatry Residency
Stanford School of Medicine, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship

Research & clinical interests

Neurodevelopmental disorders
Development of children with complex medical illness
Autism spectrum disorders
Emergency psychiatry
Assessment and treatment of youth who struggle with suicidality

Roles within the division/Fellowship

Director, Pediatric Consult Liaison Psychiatry Rotation
Director, Pediatric Emergency Psychiatry Rotation
Medical Director, OCD Intensive Outpatient Program
Attending, Child and Adult Neurodevelopmental (CAN) Clinic
Private academic practice of general child psychiatry
Lectures on topics such as child emergency psychiatry, movement disorder, sleep disorders, psychopharmacology