Scholar Profile

Julie Lee

Medicine

Biography

Dr. Julie J. Lee is a practicing Stanford physician, epidemiologist, and clinical informatician working at the forefront of responsible technology and artificial intelligence (AI) integration in healthcare—from research to operations to real-world clinical use. Board-certified in Internal Medicine and Clinical Informatics, with degrees from Columbia University in Psychology and Yale University in Epidemiology, she brings a unique perspective as an end-user clinician, public health researcher, and systems thinker with deep technical fluency. Her expertise spans interoperability, applied informatics, electronic health record (EHR) physician builder knowledge, and human-centered design—applying data, design thinking, and implementation science to drive equitable, and clinically grounded innovations to transform care delivery and reduce disparities.

She focuses on implementing technology that works in real clinical environments—particularly as it engages primary care, where system-level challenges around healthcare access, care coordination, and equity intersect. At Stanford Division of Primary Care and Population Health, she serves as Clinical Assistant Professor and Health Equity Informaticist, leading data-informed strategies to close patient care gaps. Her informatics work spans implementation research, governance clinical decision support (CDS) tools, integration of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) into EHR workflows, support of EHR go-lives at Stanford Pediatrics allied clinics and Boston Children’s Hospital/Mass Eye and Ear, and introducing medtech such as continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) in inpatient settings to enhance current standard of care. She advises industry and innovators on designing and scaling technologies that are clinically relevant, operationally feasible—bridging the gap between innovation and implementation through frontline insight and systems expertise.

Dr. Lee brings a decade of research experience spanning cardiometabolic health, diabetes, applied AI, and patient safety—with a focus on prevention and health equity. A core part of her ongoing informatics philosophy is translating research into practice—bringing high-quality evidence directly to clinicians through technology in ways that are actionable and evidence-grounded. She is well published in leading journals including Diabetes Care, JAMA Network Open, NPJ Digital Medicine, Applied Clinical Informatics, Journal of the American Heart Association, and Menopause. Her current interests include advancing precision health and culturally concordant medical guidance especially for Asian and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) populations, particularly in the realm of obesity medicine.

As an artist and physician, she also brings a medical humanities lens to her work—reflecting deeply on climate, sustainability, and the human impact of healthcare innovation.

https://profiles.stanford.edu/julielee

High school:  Beverly Hills High School

Degrees

News and Highlights

06/23/2021 Julie Lee (MS '07)

Future Healthcare Leader: Congratulations to Julie Lee, MS ‘07, for being selected as a Future Physician Leader in the national HVPAA. With the support of HVPAA, she will be focusing on improving crossmatched to transfused blood product ratio with purposeful education and EMR informatics change within the Riverside County health system. We are excited to continue learning from your leadership and work!

06/26/2019 Julie Lee (MS '07)

Cardiovascular Queries: Dr. Julie Lee, MS '07, recently earned her MD with Research Honors from the State University of New York at Buffalo - School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences. Her research on women’s cardiology won first prize at Academy of Women and was published by the Journal of American Heart Association and Healio!

04/11/2005 Julie Lee (MS '07)

Researching her next step. Soon-to-be Columbia graduate, Julie Lee, MS '07, has accepted an appointment at Yale's M.P.H. program in Chronic Disease Epidemiology.