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Iris Jung-won Lee, MD

Iris Jung-won Lee
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  • Professor, Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
  • Interim Chief, Section of Nephrology
  • Core Faculty, Nephrology Fellowship
  • Director Outpatient Dialysis, Germantown Unit

Specialties

Transplant Nephrology, Nephrology, Glomerular Diseases

Distinctions
2026 Top Doctors by Philadelphia magazine
4.6
44 Patient Satisfaction Ratings
About Me
Ratings & Reviews
Publications
About Me
Clinical Interests
  • Renal transplantation
  • Glomerular disease
Research Interests
  • Renal transplantation
  • T-cell tolerance and transplant immunology
  • Immune mechanisms of nephritis
Education
  • MD, Hahnemann University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Training
  • Fellowship (Postdoctoral), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
  • Fellowship, Nephrology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
  • Residency, Internal Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Board Certifications
  • American Board of Internal Medicine - Nephrology
Memberships
  • American Society of Nephrology
  • American Society of Transplantation
Awards and Honors
  • Top Doctors, Nephrology, Philadelphia magazine, 2023-2026
  • Four Young Investigator Awards, American Transplant Congress
  • Invited Speaker, American Society of Nephrology
  • American Society of Transplantation/Astellas Basic Science Fellowship Grant
Ratings & Reviews

The following ratings and reviews are based on verified feedback collected from independently administered patient experience surveys. The ratings and comments submitted by patients reflect their own views and opinions. Patient identities are withheld to ensure confidentiality and privacy. Learn more about our Patient Experience Ratings.

Ratings Breakdown

Overall Care
4.6
Explained Things Clearly
4.6
Showed Courtesy & Respect
4.6
Discussed Treatment Options
4.6
Recommend Provider
4.6

Patient Comments

4.6 out of 5 (44 ratings, 7 comments)
07/06/2026

All good

01/12/2026

Dr. Iris Lee has always kept me up to date on any issue I need to be aware of. I'm always impressed with how I am treated

11/24/2025

Very good

11/03/2025

Good

08/25/2025

Dr. Lee was very thorough in explaining things to me and made sure I understood everything.

Offices

Office Locations

Temple Nephrology

1316 W. Ontario Street

Jones Hall, 1st Floor

Philadelphia, PA 19140

Phone: 800-836-7536

Publications
Publications

Iris Lee, Serban Constantinescu, Avrum Gillespie, Abhishek Swami, Mark Birkenbach, Stephen Leech, Patricio Silva, Andreas Karachristos, John A. Daller, Nicole M. Sifontis. Bortezomib as Therapy for Mixed Humoral and Cellular Rejection: Should it Be First Line? Clinical Transplants, 2009, 425-429.