Eun Jung Lee
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About
Dr. Eun Jung Lee is a pioneering head and neck surgeon whose work has redefined surgical approaches to cancer and sleep apnea. Her research centers on minimally invasive, scarless techniques, with a major focus on robot-assisted neck dissection and transoral robotic surgery (TORS). Dr. Lee’s most influential contribution is the development of a modified facelift and retroauricular approach for selective neck dissection, allowing surgeons to remove lymph nodes from levels II to V without visible neck scars—a breakthrough for patients with laryngopharyngeal carcinoma. Her 2013 paper on this technique has garnered 59 citations, underscoring its impact. She further advanced the field by comparing a transaxillary and retroauricular (TARA) approach to conventional transcervical dissection in papillary thyroid cancer, demonstrating comparable oncologic outcomes with superior cosmetic results (36 citations). Beyond oncology, Dr. Lee has innovated in sleep surgery, comparing robotic and coblation tongue base resection for obstructive sleep apnea in a 2017 study (30 citations). Her work consistently balances radical cancer control with quality of life, making her a leader in the movement toward less invasive, patient-centered surgical care.
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