Janice S. Lee DDS, MD, MS

Janice S. Lee, DDS, MD, MS, has been the clinical director of NIDCR’s Division of Intramural Research since April 2015. Lee, a board-certified oral and maxillofacial surgeon, joined NIDCR as the deputy clinical director in August 2013. As chief of the Craniofacial Anomalies and Regenerative Section, Lee's clinical and translational research program is exploring the natural history and genetic etiology of craniofacial anomalies and growth abnormalities. Her research interests include bone regeneration and stem cell biology, craniofacial congenital anomalies, fibrous dysplasia, and McCune-Albright syndrome. In 2014, Dr. Lee initiated the Craniofacial Anomalies Team and began to conduct regular case reviews of patients who have craniofacial disorders, as well as provide consultations and treatments to patients at the NIH Clinical Center.

Before joining NIDCR in August 2013, Dr. Lee was professor of clinical oral and maxillofacial surgery and departmental vice chair in the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco. Lee's clinical practice focused on craniofacial skeletal reconstruction for people born with cleft lip and palate and other craniofacial anomalies, especially hemifacial microsomia.