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Ernestine M. Lee, M.D., MPH

Education

M.D.
University of South Florida

MPH
University of South Florida

Residency/Fellowship

Residency, Department of Community Health & Family Medicine
University of Florida

About

Ernestine Miller Lee, M.D., MPH, is an associate professor in the Department of Population Health and associate program director of the Family Medicine Residency.

Lee trained at the University of South Florida in Tampa, earning both her doctor of medicine and Master of Public Health. Thereafter, she completed her residency at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Following residency, she was in private practice in Birmingham, Alabama. In 2010, Lee joined the Family Medicine Residency faculty at Florida Hospital Orlando.

In 2015, Lee relocated to Austin and joined Dell Medical School. Lee has specific interests in the areas of the primary care of cancer survivors; diabetes prevention and management; patient safety; hospital medicine; and medical education.

Awards & Honors
  • GME Teaching Award
    Dell Medical School Department of Population Health, 2019
  • Dell Med Academy Excellence in Teaching Award
    Dell Medical School, 2019
  • Patient Safety Teaching Champion
    Dell Medical School, 2018
  • Faculty Teaching Award
    Dell Medical School Family Medicine Residency, 2017
  • Excellence in Faculty Teaching Award
    Florida Hospital Family Medicine Residency, 2014 & 2015