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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
  • Core Faculty, Nephrology Fellowship

Specialties

Transplant Nephrology, Nephrology

Distinctions
2025 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
Memberships
  • American Society of Nephrology
  • American Society of Transplantation
Awards and Honors
  • Top Doctors, Nephrology, Philadelphia magazine, 2023-2025
  • 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
4.5
Discussed Treatment Options
4.6
Recommend Provider
4.5

Patient Comments

4.6 out of 5 (44 ratings, 4 comments)
06/09/2025

Dr Lee is the best. I always know exactly what's going on. She explains everything in detail. She tells me how my kidneys are functioning and the next course of action. My kidneys are alot better because of her advice

05/05/2025

Good

07/29/2024

Respectful

07/03/2024

Dr Lee and the nurse were great. [...]

Offices

Office Locations

Temple Nephrology

1316 W. Ontario Street

Jones Hall, 1st Floor

Philadelphia, PA 19140

Phone: 800-836-7536

Publications
Digital Bibliography
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.