Robert S. Lees

General / Preventive / Lipids

Maryland Oncology Hematology

About

Robert S. Lees works in General / Preventive / Lipids affiliated with Maryland Oncology Hematology.

Robert S. Lees was a cardiologist on the staff of Massachusetts General Hospital for 50 years and a professor in the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology. He served as director of the MIT Clinical Research Center and founded and directed the Boston Heart Foundation. Lees focused his career on the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of arteriosclerosis and related lipid disorders.

Research focus

Lipoprotein metabolism and disordersAtherosclerosis diagnosis and treatmentPlasmapheresis for familial hypercholesterolemiaNoninvasive carotid artery assessment (phonoangiography)Lipid apheresis and cardiovascular risk reduction

Impact

150 pubs · 12,887 cites · h-index 49

Training

MD
Harvard Medical School
1959
AB
Harvard College
1955

Affiliations

Work Experience

Boston Heart Foundation

1991 - 2004

New England Deaconess Hospital

1982 - 1991

Massachusetts General Hospital

1973 - 1982

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1969 - Present

Rockefeller University

1966 - 1968