is an Associate Director of the Scholars Program at the University of Michigan.  His academic appointment is in the Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan School of Public Health.  He also holds adjunct appointments at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the National Yang-Ming University in Taiwan.  Dr. Lee is an expert in health care organization studies and is known for his research on strategic and structural changes in health care organizations.  Examples of his research in this area include strategic positioning and hospital survival in rural area, CEO turnover and hospital performance, governing board structure and hospital strategic capability, effects of strategic change on hospital performance and survival in urban and rural hospitals, and network participation and service provision in substance abuse treatment agencies.  In addition, he has conducted studies on issues related to health care utilization, quality of care, and physician manpower.  He is an editorial board member of Medical Care Research and Review, Health Care Management Review, and Journal of Health Administration Education.