Stephanie Lee

Appointments and Affiliations

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Clinical Research Division
Clinical Transplant Research
Member, Appointed: 2011
University of Washington
School of Medicine
Medical Oncology
Professor, Appointed: 2011
 Professional Headshot of Stephanie Lee

Mailing Address

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
D5-290
P.O. Box 19024
Seattle, Washington 98109-1024
United States

Contact

Phone: (206) 667-6190
Fax: (206) 667-1034
sjlee@fhcrc.org

Degrees

M.P.H., Harvard School of Public Health, 1996.
M.D. Stanford University School of Medicine, 1990.
B.S., University of Washington, 1984.

Research Interests

Dr. Lee is a hematologist who provides bone marrow transplants for patients with leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome.

Previous Positions

2006-2011: Associate Member, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
2006-2011: Associate Professor, University of Washington
1999-2005: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
1999-2005: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
1997-2005: Affiliated Faculty, Program in the Economic Evaluation of Medical Technology, Harvard School of Public Health
1997-1999: Instructor in Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
1996-1999: Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
1996: Associate Physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Additional Experience

1995-1997: Postdoctoral Fellow in Health Services Research, Harvard University
1994-1996: Research/Clinical Fellow in Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
1994-1996: Research Fellow in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
1993-1994: Clinical Fellow in Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
1993-1994: Clinical Fellow in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
1992-1993: Senior Assistant Resident, Internal Medicine, Stanford University Hospital
1991-1992: Junior Assistant Resident, Internal Medicine, Stanford University Hospital
1990-1991: Intern in Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center

Memberships

2009: American Society of Clinical Investigation
1996: American Society of Clinical Oncology
1996-2011: Society for Medical Decision Making
1995: American Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
1995: American Society of Hematology
1984: Phi Beta Kappa

Honors and Awards

Amy Strelzer-Manasevit Scholar for the Study of Post-Transplant Complications, 1998
Lee Lusted Student Prize, Society for Medical Decision Making, 1996
Summa cum laude in Microbiology/Immunology, University of Washington, 1984

Board Certification and Eligibility

1993: American Board of Internal Medicine Certificate (renewed 2006)
1996: American Board of Internal Medicine, Hematology Certificate (renewed 2006)
1997: American Board of Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology Certificate (renewed 2006)

Current License(s) to Practice

2005: Washington License Registration
1993: Massachusetts License Registration (inactive)
1991: California License Registration (inactive)

Editorial Positions

2009-present: Editorial Board, Journal of Clinical Oncology
2007-2011: Editor, American Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation News
2003-present: Editorial Board, Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
2003-2007: Editorial Board, Blood

Funding

  • NIH/NCI: Immune mediated disorders after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation, Principal Investigator, 9/25/09 – 8/31/14.
  • NIH/NCI: Improving outcomes assessment in chronic GVHD, Principal Investigator, 6/1/07 - 5/31/12
  • NIH/NCI: Internet studies to enhance long term survivorship after hematologic malignancy (PI: Syrjala), 9/9/11 - 7/31/16.
  • NIH/NHLBI: Leadership and administrative core and Clinical study agreement: BMT CTN 0902 (PI: Appelbaum), 10/10/2006 - 6/30/2017.
  • Astellas: Alefacept for steroid-refractory chronic GVHD (PI: Cutler), 3/31/2010 - 11/30/2014.
  • NIH/NCI: Transplantation of G-CSF stimulated marrow vs. blood (PI: Schultz), 7/1/2008 - 6/30/2012.
  • NIH: Biomarker Discovery in Chronic Graft vs Host Disease (PI: Hansen), 7/1/2008 - 6/30/2012.

Recent Publications

2013
Pidala, J, Chai X, Martin P, Inamoto Y, Cutler C, Palmer J, Weisdorf D, Pavletic S, Arora M, Jagasia M et al..  2013.  Hand Grip Strength and 2-Minute Walk Test in Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease Assessment: Analysis from the Chronic GVHD Consortium.. Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation. Abstract
Lee, SJ.  2013.  Tips for Success As an Academic Clinical Investigator.. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
Inamoto, Y, Storer BE, Lee SJ, Carpenter PA, Sandmaier BM, Flowers MED, Martin PJ.  2013.  Failure-free survival after second-line systemic treatment of chronic graft-versus-host disease.. Blood. Abstract
Alousi, AM, Bolaños-Meade J, Lee SJ.  2013.  Graft-versus-Host Disease: The State of the Science.. Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 19(S1):S102-S08. Abstract
Lee, SJ.  2013.  To give or not to give.. Blood. 121(8):1252-3. Abstract
Dobbelstein, C, Woo Ahn K, Haagenson M, Hale GA, van Rood JJ, Miklos D, Waller EK, Spellman SR, Fernandez-Vina M, Ganser A et al..  2013.  Birth Order and Transplantation Outcome in HLA-Identical Sibling Stem Cell Transplantation: An Analysis on Behalf of the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplantation.. Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation. Abstract
Inamoto, Y, Storer BE, Petersdorf EW, Nelson JL, Lee SJ, Carpenter PA, Sandmaier BM, Hansen JA, Martin PJ, Flowers MED.  2013.  Incidence, risk factors and outcomes of sclerosis in patients with chronic graft-versus-host disease.. Blood. Abstract
2012
Chow, EJ, Pihoker C, Friedman DL, Lee SJ, McCune JS, Wharton C, Roth CL, Baker KS.  2012.  Glucocorticoids and insulin resistance in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.. Pediatric blood & cancer. Abstract
Syrjala, KL, Martin PJ, Lee SJ.  2012.  Delivering care to long-term adult survivors of hematopoietic cell transplantation.. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. 30(30):3746-51. Abstract
Anasetti, C, Logan BR, Lee SJ, Waller EK, Weisdorf DJ, Wingard JR, Cutler CS, Westervelt P, Woolfrey A, Couban S et al..  2012.  Peripheral-blood stem cells versus bone marrow from unrelated donors.. The New England journal of medicine. 367(16):1487-96. Abstract
Inamoto, Y, Martin PJ, Chai X, Jagasia M, Palmer J, Pidala J, Cutler C, Pavletic SZ, Arora M, Jacobsohn D et al..  2012.  Clinical Benefit of Response in Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease.. Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 18(10):1517-24. Abstract
Gopal, S, Wood WA, Lee SJ, Shea TC, Naresh KN, Kazembe PN, Casper C, Hesseling PB, Mitsuyasu RT.  2012.  Meeting the challenge of hematologic malignancies in sub-Saharan Africa.. Blood. 119(22):5078-5087. Abstract
Dietrich-Ntoukas, T, Cursiefen C, Westekemper H, Eberwein P, Reinhard T, Bertz H, Nepp J, Lawitschka A, Heiligenhaus A, Seitz B et al..  2012.  Diagnosis and Treatment of Ocular Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease: Report From the German-Austrian-Swiss Consensus Conference on Clinical Practice in Chronic GVHD.. Cornea. 31(3):299-310. Abstract
Alexander, SC, Sullivan AM, Back AL, Tulsky JA, Goldman RE, Block SD, Stewart SK, Wilson-Genderson M, Lee SJ.  2012.  Information giving and receiving in hematological malignancy consultations.. Psycho-oncology. 21(3):297-306. Abstract
Pidala, J, Vogelsang G, Martin P, Chai X, Storer B, Pavletic S, Weisdorf DJ, Jagasia M, Cutler C, Palmer J et al..  2012.  Overlap subtype of chronic graft-versus-host disease is associated with an adverse prognosis, functional impairment, and inferior patient-reported outcomes: a Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease Consortium study.. Haematologica. 97(3):451-8. Abstract
Majhail, NS, Rizzo DJ, Lee SJ, Aljurf M, Atsuta Y, Bonfim C, Burns LJ, Chaudhri N, Davies S, Okamoto S et al..  2012.  Recommended Screening and Preventive Practices for Long-Term Survivors after Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation.. Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 18(3):348-371. Abstract
Inamoto, Y, Chai X, Kurland BF, Cutler C, Flowers MED, Palmer JM, Carpenter PA, Heffernan MJ, Jacobsohn D, Jagasia MH et al..  2012.  Validation of Measurement Scales in Ocular Graft-versus-Host Disease.. Ophthalmology. 119(3):487-493. Abstract
Palmer, JM, Lee SJ, Chai X, Storer BE, Flowers MED, Schultz KR, Inamoto Y, Cutler C, Pidala J, Arora M et al..  2012.  Poor Agreement between Clinician Response Ratings and Calculated Response Measures in Patients with Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease.. Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation. Abstract
Khera, N, Zeliadt SB, Lee SJ.  2012.  Economics of hematopoietic cell transplantation.. Blood. Abstract
Majhail, NS, Brazauskas R, Hassebroek A, Bredeson CN, Hahn T, Hale GA, Horowitz MM, Lazarus HM, Maziarz RT, Wood WA et al..  2012.  Outcomes of Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Adolescent and Young Adults Compared with Children and Older Adults with Acute Myeloid Leukemia.. Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 18(6):861-873. Abstract
Khoury, HJ, Kukreja M, Goldman JM, Wang T, Halter J, Arora M, Gupta V, Rizzieri DA, George B, Keating A et al..  2012.  Prognostic factors for outcomes in allogeneic transplantation for CML in the imatinib era: a CIBMTR analysis.. Bone marrow transplantation. 47(6):810-816. Abstract
Jacobsohn, DA, Kurland BF, Pidala J, Inamoto Y, Chai X, Palmer JM, Arai S, Arora M, Jagasia M, Cutler C et al..  2012.  Correlation between NIH composite skin score, patient reported skin score and outcome: results from the Chronic GVHD Consortium.. Blood. Abstract
Armand, P, Gibson CJ, Cutler C, Ho VT, Koreth J, Alyea EP, Ritz J, Sorror ML, Lee SJ, Deeg HJ et al..  2012.  A disease risk index for patients undergoing allogeneic stem cell transplantation.. Blood. 120(4):905-13. Abstract
Horan, J, Wang T, Haagenson M, Spellman SR, Dehn J, Eapen M, Frangoul H, Gupta V, Hale GA, Hurley CK et al..  2012.  Evaluation of HLA matching in unrelated hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for nonmalignant disorders.. Blood. Abstract
Jagasia, M, Arora M, Flowers MED, Chao NJ, McCarthy PL, Cutler CS, Urbano-Ispizua A, Pavletic SZ, Haagenson MD, Zhang M-J et al..  2012.  Risk factors for acute GVHD and survival after hematopoietic cell transplantation.. Blood. 119(1):296-307. Abstract