Ms. Lee serves as COO of UVA Health University Medical Center, where she oversees daily operations for the academic medical center. She is focused on advancing operational excellence, supporting team members and ensuring patients across Virginia have access to high-quality, efficient and compassionate care. She brings deep expertise in academic healthcare and hospital operations, with a career focused on improving efficiency, patient care delivery and clinical service growth. Prior to joining UVA Health, she served as vice president of operations at Reading (Pa.) Hospital, part of Tower Health, where she oversaw the McGlinn Cancer Institute, imaging, laboratory and pharmacy services, emergency management, security, clinical engineering, construction management and transport. Earlier in her career, Ms. Lee was vice president of operations at Emory University Hospital Midtown, a 550-bed academic medical center in Atlanta, where she led strategic and operational oversight for departments including environmental services, pharmacy, facilities and respiratory services.
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