Meet the Team
Dr. Justin Lee, BScPhm, ACPR, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Justin Lee is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at McMaster University. He is actively involved with the clinical care of patients as a staff geriatrician and internist at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton and Hamilton Health Sciences. He has expertise in clinical pharmacology and the care of older adults including those living with multiple co-morbidities and frailty. This stems from his training as both a clinical pharmacist with a hospital residency at the University of Toronto and a specialist physician in Geriatric Medicine and Internal Medicine at McMaster University.
Justin serves as an Associate Research Director at the St. Joseph’s Health System Centre for Integrated Care and a Clinician Scientist at the GERAS Centre for Aging Research. He completed a PhD in Health Research Methods at McMaster University focusing on clinical epidemiology and health services research. He has a special interest in better understanding patients with high healthcare needs or costs, improving the transitional care period from hospital to home and optimizing medication use in older adults. His program of research is focused on developing innovative strategies to improve health systems and achieve the Quadruple Aim of better population health, improved patient and clinician experience and reduced healthcare costs.
Justin has received several provincial and national awards for his research, leadership and academic achievements including a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Fellowship and Silver Award of Excellence, the David Sackett Scholarship, the Canadian Geriatrics Society Edmund Cowdry Award and studentship awards from the CIHR Drug Safety and Effectiveness Training program and the Ontario Drug Policy Research Network.
What motivates your work in integrated care?
“In my experience both as a clinician and as a caregiver for my family, I routinely witness the impact and hear the challenges faced by patients and families as they seek care in our complex healthcare system… and I believe we can do better. I have seen the possibilities when the care of my patients is more patient-centred and providers are better connected and able to work as a team across the continuum of care.”