
Highlights
Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Hans J. Lee
Professional Titles
- Interventional Pulmonary Fellowship Director
- Wang Interventional Pulmonary Fellowship Director
- Director of Bronchoscopy, Johns Hopkins Bayview
- Director of Pleural Disease Services
Primary Academic Title
Associate Professor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins Physician
Background
Dr. Lee is a specialist in Interventional Pulmonary and serves as the Wang Interventional Pulmonary Fellowship Director. His areas of clinical expertise include interventional pulmonology, pleural disease, minimal invasive diagnostics and lung cancer at Johns Hopkins. He also has extensive experience in the minimally invasive management of malignant airway obstruction, complex airway management and difficulty airways. In addition, he specializes in the diagnosis and management of pleural diseases and symptom relief with minimally invasive procedures. He is a fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians and the Johns Hopkins Master of Education for Health Professionals.
Centers and Institutes
- Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center (now called Levi Watkins, Jr., M.D., Outpatient Center)
- Lung Cancer Program
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Clinical Trials Summary
Dr. Lee is participating in the LIBERATE clinical study for individuals who have difficulty breathing and suffer from severe emphysema. For more information, visit here.
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Research Interests
Airway Obstruction, Procedural Medical Education
Research Summary
Dr. Lee's primary research focus is on medical education and novel minimally invasive pulmonary procedures. One of his areas of interest is the development of assessment and medical procedural education. Dr. Lee is the PI of several multi-center studies and has received funding from the NIH and medical educational organizations. Dr Lee is the president of the Association of Interventional Pulmonary Fellowship Directors (2017-2019) and has develop multiple educational programs to develop the field of interventional pulmonary including the in-service and board examination. Dr Lee developed the Interventional Pulmonary Fellowship Application Service and is the senior author for the accreditation guidelines for interventional pulmonary fellowships. In addition, Dr Lee is active in pre-clinical and clinical research of medical devices through large animal experiments and human clinical trials.
PubMed - Publications
Locations
- Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
- 4940 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224
- Get Directions
- phone: 410-550-0100
- fax: 410-550-0101
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital
- 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287
- Get Directions
- phone: 410-955-5000
- fax: 410-955-5001
Expertise
Education
- Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania , Pulmonary Medicine, 2009
- Fellowship: North Shore University Hospital, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, 2008
- Residency: New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, Internal Medicine, 2005
- Medical Education: St George's University School of Medicine, MD, 2002
Board Certifications
- Critical Care Medicine: American Board of Internal Medicine, 2008
- Pulmonary Disease: American Board of Internal Medicine, 2007
- Internal Medicine: American Board of Internal Medicine, 2005
Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)
Ratings & Reviews
4.9 out of 5
38 ratings, 13 reviewsThe Patient Rating score is an average of all responses to physician related questions on the national CG-CAHPS Medical Practice patient experience survey through Press Ganey. Responses are measured on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the best score. Comments are also gathered from our CG-CAHPS Medical Practice Survey through Press Ganey and displayed in their entirety. Patients are de-identified for confidentiality and patient privacy.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/10/2026
Great at explaining my concerns and answering my questions
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/3/2026
Excellent
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/3/2026
Dr Lee was informative, reassuring, and realistic with me as I asked questions about my condition. I am very appreciative of his presence and time with me.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 2/5/2026
I really liked Dr Lee he was knowledgeable and courteous
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/29/2026
Dr. Lee showed exceptional understanding of my case, listened well to my concerns and gave thorough, knowledge-based explanations.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/29/2026
Dr. Lee was very professional and helpful.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 12/23/2025
Dr. Lee was very easy to speak with and was a great listener.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 12/18/2025
Excellent service
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 12/18/2025
Everyone was curtious and friendly got the best treatment available.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 12/18/2025
Thoughtful, especially considering my earlier physician had changed jobs, so this was a new physician for me.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 8/19/2025
Excellent
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 7/15/2025
DR. Lee is a very knowledgeable and friendly physician.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 7/3/2025
My first time at this provider. Everyone made me feel at ease during my appt.