Jhemon Lee, MD
Dr. Lee is a private practice radiologist in Los Alamitos, CA. He has been Chair of the Advisory Board for APAMSA for years, and was one of the original student organizers that helped lead to the formation of APAMSA in 1995. He is a board member of the National Council of Asian Pacific Islander Physicians (NCAPIP). He has been involved with the National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP) since 1994, serving in many roles including National President, President of its Chicago chapter, and co-chair of the 2008 National Convention. He is also a past president of the Orange County chapter of OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates, and is the Medical Advisor for the Diagnostic Medical Sonography programs at Platt College.
Dr. Lee received his bachelor’s degree in Engineering Sciences at Harvard University and obtained his medical degree from the University of Maryland. He completed his residency in diagnostic radiology at the University of Chicago, where he was chief resident, and a fellowship in abdominal imaging at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School in Boston.
On the side, he and his wife, Misa have been doing improv comedy for years with group such as Cold Tofu, Los Angeles’ longest running APA improv troupe. Jhemon has also been writing and performing sketch comedy with a new APA comedy group, “No MSG Added.”