Motto:
As an informed patient, you will be more comfortable with your choice to undergo cosmetic plastic surgery and are likely to have a better and more satisfying result from your cosmetic plastic surgery.
Membership
Other membership:
- CSPS - Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons
- FACS - Fellow of American College of Surgeons
- RCPSC - The Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Canada
Welcome
Cosmetic Surgery Montreal at AestheticaMD is conveniently located in downtown Montreal in close proximity to the business district and suburbs of Montreal. Our office building is nestled between Place Alexis Nihon and Westmount Square on Sainte-Catherine Street West. The clinic is located within walking distance to the Atwater metro station and is easily accessible by public transportation.
Specialization and preferred practice areas
Dr. Chen Lee is a board certified specialist in cosmetic facial plastic surgery, breast enhancement, and cosmetic body contouring. Dr. Chen Lee will listen attentively to fully understand the outcome you desire from cosmetic plastic surgery. A complete understanding of your goals will better enable Dr. Lee to facilitate a safe and rewarding cosmetic plastic surgery experience in Montreal.
Professional philosophy
To have plastic surgery is an important decision, well informed patients are more confident with their choice.
Our office/clinic
Our manager, Anne, brings a European flair and charm to the practice. Anne speaks French, English, German, and Spanish. Her courteous and professional demeanor brings tranquility and calm to the office. Anne is present Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm. Most consultation and visits are scheduled during these hours.
Anne is present Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm. Most consultation and visits are scheduled during these hours. However, Dr. Chen Lee can sometimes work after5pm and some Saturdays. It is our policy to adjust and if possible accommodate to your needs. If your personal schedule does not permit a consultation during "routine" business hours, ask Anne to review possible evening and Saturdays hours to adjust to your desires. All phone calls and messages are answered expeditiously during the regular work day.
Our goal is to facilitate access and provide the best care for your cosmetic surgical needs in Montreal. Let us know your needs.
For more information, feel free to message us online or call 514-932-7667.
Education and practice
Dr. Lee is a Plastic Surgeon, certified by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. Dr. Lee's comprehensive grasp of the broad scope of Plastic Surgery was demonstrated during the written examinations of the American Board of Plastic Surgery in 1992, where he was ranked 99th percentile in more than 350 candidates taking the examination. After a full residency and training in plastic surgery, Dr. Lee completed two additional subspecialty fellowships, training in Adult Craniofacial Trauma and Pediatric Craniofacial Surgery.
In 1994, Dr. Lee was recruited as an academic full-time Plastic Surgery faculty member at the prestigious University of California at San Francisco Medical Center.
In 2000, Dr. Lee was promoted to the honored rank of Associate Professor (in-residence-series) at the University of California at San Francisco. In 2002, Dr. Lee was recruited back to Montreal as the Chairman of Plastic Surgery and Associate Professor at McGill University. After three years as Chairman of Plastic Surgery at McGill University, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada fully accredited and commended the program for changes instituted by Dr. Lee and his faculty. Dr. Lee subsequently partnered with a friend and colleague, Dr Carlos Cordoba, to co-found AestheticaMD.
In 2005, Dr. Lee left academic surgery, to devote his whole practice and attention to the private practice of plastic surgery, where he uses his extensive training and expertise to solve challenging cosmetic surgery problems of the face, neck and body.
Dr. Lee brings to your care, the unique combination of an unsurpassed, high tech training, cosmetic surgical training and a reputation for artistic sense, balance and proportion that will maximize your aesthetic enhancement and rejuvenation.
Consultations
Dr. Chen Lee is a board certified specialist in cosmetic facial plastic surgery, breast enhancement, and cosmetic body contouring. Dr. Chen Lee will listen attentively to fully understand the outcome you desire from cosmetic plastic surgery. A complete understanding of your goals will better enable Dr. Lee to facilitate a safe and rewarding cosmetic plastic surgery experience in Montreal.
Did you know?
Dr. Lee developed and published his own techniques for repair of complex facial bone injuries using cosmetic considerations called "Endoscopic and Minimal Access Repair of Complex Facial Fractures". Dr. Lee's novel ideas were rapidly recognized and supported by an industry grant of $120000 to Chair a specially selected group of 6 international experts. Their objective was to advance instrumentation for minimal access facial surgery. This mission was accomplished with the launch of an instrumentation system that is now freely accessible to practicing Plastic Surgeons.
Dr. Lee travels abroad frequently to lecture and teach plastic surgical techniques to physicians from around the world. Over the past decade, Dr. Lee has been invited to lecture in Australia, Canada, China, Columbia, Japan, Mexico, South Africa, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, and USA advancing the knowledge base of physicians of those countries. Dr. Lee has also lectured to over 100 learned medical societies and has published over 60 plastic surgery articles in peer reviewed journals and many book chapters in Plastic Surgery. Notable contributions include authored publications in the leading medical peer reviewed journal "Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery" and the most highly regarded textbook in plastic surgery, Mathes' textbook on "Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery". He has been an invited visiting professor or keynote speaker by the Mexican Society of Plastic Surgeons, Japanese Oral Maxillofacial Society of Traumatology, Turkish Plastic Surgery Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Loma Linda University, Stanford University, University of Minnesota, Baylor College of Medicine, SUNY Long Island New York, and OMFS at Emory University.
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CHEN LEE
M.D., C.S.P.Q., F.R.C.S.(c), F.A.C.S.
Board Certified, Plastic Surgeon
Board certification
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada - Plastic Surgery
American Board of Plastic Surgery
Education
Undergraduate:
Sciences, University of Toronto, 1979-81
Graduate:
MSc, Experiemental Medicine, McGill University, 1988-91
Medical:
MD, University of Toronto, 1982-86
Post-medical school training
Residencies:
General Surgery, McGill University, 1986-90
Plastic Surgery, McGill University, 1990-92
Fellowships:
Adult Craniofacial Surgery, University of Toronto, 1993
Pediatric Craniofacial Surgery, University of Toronto, 1994
Professional memberships
American Association of Plastic Surgeons (AAPS)
Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons (CSPS)
Fellow, American College of Surgeons (FACS)
Hospital affiliations
Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, CHUM
Aesthetic medicine experience
17 years (post-medical training)
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