Yu-Po Lee, MD
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Assistant Clinical Professor |
| Dr Lee specializes in degenerative spinal diseases (lumbar stenosis, herniated disk, cervical myelopathy, neck pain, back pain), adult spinal deformity (scoliosis, kyphosis) and minimally invasive spine surgery (kyphoplasty, minimally invasive fusion, X-STOP). He assisted on the first disc replacement performed at the Cleveland Clinic and also performed the fist X-STOPs at UCSD. His main research interests are in disc regeneration and minimally invasive cervical fusions. His past research includes work on bone morphogenetic proteins (BPM) and also gene therapy. | |
Languages other than English: |
Taiwanese |
| Education: | University of California, Loa Angeles Los Angeles CA Doctor of Medicine |
| Training: | Spine Fellowship Cleveland Clinic Cleveland OH Residency in Orthopaedic Surgery University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles CA |
| Clinical Interests: | Degenerative spinal diseases - lumbar stenosis, herniated disc, cervical mylopathy, neck pain, back pain; adult spinal deformity - scoliosis, kyphosis; minimally invasive spine surgery - kyphoplasty, minimally invasive fusion, X-STOP; disc regeneration, minimally invasive cervical fusions, morphogenetic proteins (BMP), gene therapy |
| Hospital Affiliations: | UCSD Thornton Hospital, La Jolla UCSD Medical Center, Hillcrest |
| Office Addresses: | Perlman Ambulatory Care Center 9350 Campus Point Drive La Jolla CA 92037 For an appointment call: 858-657-8200 UCSD Medical Center North 200 West Arbor Drive San Diego CA 92103 For an appointment call: 619-543-6312 |
