Professional Summary


Education & Certifications
  • Medical Education: University of Minnesota School of Medicine (1992) MN
  • Fellowship: Stanford University Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship (1998) CA
  • Residency: Stanford University Internal Medicine Residency (1995) CA
  • M.D., University of Minnesota, Medicine (1992)
  • S.B, M.I.T., Biology (1987)

Memberships
  • Member, California State STEMI and Stroke Technical Advisory Committee (2020 - Present)
  • President, Western States Affiliate, American Heart Association (2016 - 2020)

Administrative Appointments
  • Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program, Stanford University Medical Center (2005 - Present)
  • Director, Interventional Platform/Cardiac Catheterization and Intervention Laboratories, Stanford University Medical Center (2007 - Present)

Publications

Clinical Trials

Clinical trials are research studies that evaluate a new medical approach, device, drug, or other treatment. As a Stanford Health Care patient, you may have access to the latest, advanced clinical trials.

Open trials refer to studies currently accepting participants. Closed trials are not currently enrolling, but may open in the future.


Practice Locations


Interventional Cardiology at Stanford Stanford, CA
Stanford, CA

300 Pasteur Drive, 3rd Floor, A32

Stanford , CA 94305

(650) 723-6459

Make An Appointment More Clinic Information » Getting Here »

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center Stanford, CA
Stanford, CA

300 Pasteur Drive , 2nd Floor, Room A260

Stanford , CA 94305

(650) 736-7878

Make An Appointment More Clinic Information » Getting Here »

Interventional Cardiology Stanford, CA
Stanford, CA

300 Pasteur Drive, 3rd Floor, Clinic A31

Stanford , CA 94305

(650) 725-2621

Make An Appointment More Clinic Information » Getting Here »

Hypertension Center Stanford, CA
Stanford, CA

300 Pasteur Drive, 1st Floor, Suite A11

Stanford , CA 94305

(650) 723-6961

Make An Appointment More Clinic Information » Getting Here »

Adult Congenital Heart Program Stanford, CA
Stanford, CA

300 Pasteur Drive, 3rd Floor, A32

Stanford , CA 94305

(650) 724-9220

Make An Appointment More Clinic Information » Getting Here »

Adult Congenital Heart Program at Stanford Stanford, CA
Stanford, CA

300 Pasteur Drive, 3rd Floor, A32

Stanford , CA 94305

(650) 724-9220

Make An Appointment More Clinic Information » Getting Here »

Patient Ratings

(100 Ratings)

Overall Rating
4.9/5

View Ratings by Category

5.0/5
Friendliness
Friendliness/courtesy of the care provider
5.0/5
Explanations
Explanations the care provider gave you about your problem or condition
5.0/5
Listens
Concern the care provider showed for your questions or worries
4.9/5
Care provider's efforts to include you in decisions about your care
Care provider's efforts to include you in decisions about your treatment
4.9/5
Recommended to others
Likelihood of your recommending this care provider to others
0.0/5
Wait times
Wait time at clinic (from arriving to leaving)

How Our Ratings Work

The Patients Ratings and comments are gathered from our Patient Satisfaction Survey and displayed in their entirety.

Patient Satisfaction Survey Disclaimer

Patient Reviews

(184 reviews)

Overall experience was positive and all questions were answered
Always a great visit, he asks questions, easy to talk too, informative and always know what on the plan next.
Nice, professional, patient.
A very personable Doctor who communicates well with his patients and understands my heart issues.
Dr David Lee us a very competent and experienced specialist.
He is GREAT!!!
Dr David Lee is an expert professional.
He is a skilled Doctor
Dr. Lee was very informative and comforting. He was very detailed about what I can expect with my procedure and also very accommodating. He really put myself and my wife at ease. I look forward to meeting him in person.
Thank you Dr Lee!
Very though and professional. Great attitude.
Dr. David Lee is an exceptional doctor. Dr. David Lee is not only extremely intelligent and knowledgeable, but he is also very kind and compassionate. I feel extremely fortunate to have him as my physician.
A superb provider who has changed my life for the better.
Very informative and concerned about my well being.
Dr Lee is kind, caring, and so easy to speak with.
Although I was hoping for a different outcome, Dr. Lee was open, truthful, and completely understanding of my situation. He took the time to fully explain both the issues and his recommendation for treatment. I am very confident that Dr. Lee's recommendations are my best course of action.
Thank you. I am happy to hear everything looks good with the surgery and I am able to pick up all activities. Have a great year!
He was knowledgeable, friendly, and reassuring. He asked and received questions pertinent to the visit in a professional yet warm manner. He was open to all questions posed.
Dr David Lee is a very competent, through and compassionate doctor. He has been my cardiologist for 15+ years and i have been very happy with his great care of me.
He is great!
Dr David Lee is an excellent cardiologist wha has a very caring attitude.
He is a happy soul and a pleasure to talk too. He has a laugh that heals!
Outstanding!!!
Awesome, caring, knowledgeable. He was very easy to talk to and made me feel very comfortable about the procedure and his opinion. Great people skills. Appreciate his opinion.
Dr Lee has been my great cardiologist for a long long time. He is very knowledgeable, thorough and interested in my health...
He is my all time favorite doctor
Dr. Lee is doing a great job. I'm quite pleased.
Dr. Lee was on time and very helpful in answering our questions.
Dr Lee is an excellent communicator and very patient which made the appointment very productive. Thank you Dr. Lee...
Excellent care from Dr Lee and team. They are competent, informative, friendly. So happy to have then on my team.
He is outstanding and such a calming presence - So fortunate to be able to work with him. His easy confidence is truly a gift during this stressful time!
Stanford Hospital and Dr. David Lee care about their patients and provide excellent medical care. The entire Stanford hospital is excellent.
Excellent
Dr. Lee was personable, professional and patient
Outstanding!!!!!!!
Very friendly, nice doctor. He explains things based on researches.
Excellent doctor . I’m very blessed to have him as my cardiologist.
Everyone was very friendly and helpful.
Dr Lee and his staff ask all the right questions and listen. I am very pleased with his care.
Extremely knowledgeable and very personable. Great doc and I am glad I was referred to hmm!
I believe David Lee is an excellent interviewer and knows well how to get the information he is loking for from the patient.
I like him very much
Dr. Lee was very professional helpful even though I saw him primarily on the zoom before and after surgery. During the surgery, I was able to have a conversation with him prior and after the surgery. Dr. Lee notified my cardiologist lovely and providing me with the information about my prognosis that’s helpful.
Dr. Lee was extremely nice, patience, straight forward, supportive, and professional. We were thankful to have the video visit with Dr. Lee and hope to get him again if we have future appointments.
Dr. Lee always takes his time, informative and makes sure all of my questions have been answered
In summary, he is the best.
Dr. Lee's friendliness and sincerity, as well as his great expertise and experience, provide the basis for a very productive appointment and gives a patient confidence un the quality of treatment being provided.
Dr. Lee is intelligent, knowledgeable and caring. Feel very fortunate to be one of his patients.
Great caring Doctor takes the time to talk to his patients and answer any questions they might have. Thank you Dr Lee
He was pleasant and answered my concerns clearly.
So knowledgable, so thorough, so friendlly. Testament to SUH excellence
Every single person whom I interacted with that day was courteous, knowledgable and professional. I have a high degree of confidence in Dr. Lee and actually am looking forward to regaining my strength after my upcoming heart prodecure.
Dr. David Lee is terrific.
David has a very engaging personality that makes you feel like he genuinely cares about you as a person as well as a patient.
All good except requesting of image
Dr. Lee is a thorough physician who is clinically superb. He has a wonderful bedside manner. Stanford should give him an endowed chair and triple his salary
Dr. Lee is my all time favorite doctor, in my opinion he is everything a doctor should be.
I am 100% satisfied with all
Tremendous physician. Open minded, excellent information, thoughtfully considered opinions, terrific presence.
Dr. David Lee was very professional and knowledgable. It was a pleasure working with him.
Enjoyed the visit, all my questions were answered.
Dr Lee is very professional, warm and friendly.
Great personality, very nice and easy to speak with. Explains issues and options very well, great listener and teaches vert gently.... Perfect leadership skills
My whole experience with the department was amazing! From the front desk staff being warm and helpful to the nurse and Dr. Lee himself. They all made me fee comfortable, safe and answered all of my questions. The nurse even told me to follow up with her if something else came to mind later.
Informative, engaging
Dr. Lee and Pauline and everyone at Stanford is topnotch. Highly recommended!
Amazing staff.
Exceptional team led by Dr. David Lee.
Dr. David Lee is an outstanding doctor.
I've always been pleased with Stanford medical services
Dr. Lee was kind, understanding and a good listener.
Dr. David Lee was very patient to answer all my questions which I thank him for that.
Dr Lee was fantastic. He was engaged, warm, knowledgeable and understanding. He eased my fears about PFO closure. He answered all my questions. As usual, I forgot to ask a couple of questions … but I contacted his staff via MyHealth who followed up with Dr Lee to get me answers.
Dr. Lee and his staff are outstanding.
Excellent doctor!
Exceptionally good and very caring physician.
thank you for visit today. I appreciated the time you took to explain everything and that you didn't rush the appointment. I appreciate that you made sure all of my questions, my husbands questions, and my sisters questions were answered.
I already have recommended Dr Lee to a friend who also likes him.
Dr. David Lee is AWESOME. Caring and listens to what the patient is saying.
excellent doctor for me for over 14 years
Dr Lee provides exceptional care.
Very nice person. Answers questions patiently. If needed we can reach him after hours (even very late in the day or early morning).
He is my main man. He is a real asset to Stanford Health. You should give him a raise.
Would put my life in this doctors hands any day..100%
He is a very good person and very professional Doctor
I have had some wonderful Doctors in my 60 years of life but Dr. Lee is the best. His knowledge, manner, understanding and communication are amazing. Quite frankly I cannot say enough great things about him as a person and a physician.
Dr Lee has always been very supportive of my efforts to control my blood pressure. I’ve never felt rushed, or that I was just another patient. After a visit with him, I feel like I can do what I need to do. He is always very positive, and inspires that in me.
Dr. Lee was excellent regarding explaining the procedure
Dr Lee is the best!
Excellent
Knowledgeable, calm and reassuring, friendly, willing to spend time with me and answer all my questions.
Thank you.
Recommended Dr Lee to my cardiologist who now will be referring study candidates to Dr. Lee.
I feel Dr. Lee really takes the time to listen to what I had to say. He didn’t make me feel rushed and he made me feel very comfortable in explaining how I was feeling. This is not my first virtual visit with him. I would definitely recommend Dr. Lee. If I felt I needed to actually see him in his office I would also.
Excellent service. Thank you.
I am very grateful for his care and expertise.
Easy to talk to
Dr. Lee is wonderful.
Dr. David Lee is an exceptionally competent cardiologist who has my full confidence. He is caring and positive in problem solving.
Dr. Lee is the best. He is always smiling & gives me a warm welcome. I look forward to my appointment with him because he instilled confidence in me from the FIRST day of our meeting. He is a very positive person.
Dr. David Lee was a very kind man & spent much time going over my mom's case & details of the procedures & devices he would recommend.
Dr. David Lee is an excellent care provider. I am always content with my care he provides.
All of my questions were answered at the visit, and the clinic is easy to reach by MyHealth.
Dr. Lee is the best! So pleased be conducted the procedure to close my PFO. I am feeling great since the OP.
Doctor was great, informative, great attitude and personality for us, I feel very confident in his abilities to fix me.
Dr. Lee is the best...
good
Very good
Very knowledgeable. Listens carefully, excellent!
Good job!
Terrific consultative visit.
Dr Lee listened and was very informative. great experience
Stanford is obviously a special environment for individuals who need medical care.
Dr. Lee is outstanding
Dr. Lee is exceptional.
Have had cardiac nurses for 15 - years and have seen many cardiologists. None of them gave me a good answer as to why I was having my symptoms. Stanford found out was was wrong with me after one visit. I am so grateful!
The care provider was thorough and answered all our questions & made us satisfied for the procedure that we were there.
Dr. Lee was (and has always been) top-notch. He takes time to respond to all of my questions, he's thorough and thoughtful in his explanations, and he exudes experience and confidence. Along with all of that, he is very friendly and personable.
Good experience.
Excellent dr. We drive 4 hrs. to see him.
Knowledgeable and perfect.
We couldn't ask for a more caring dr. and staff.
Dr. Lee is excellent.
The care providers were very patient and explained everything quite well. They always take their time and I never feel rushed.
Dr. Lee is a joy to interact with. Very good as a physician and super to to talk to - great relationship.
I have been in three hospitals & Stanford is the best by far.
Dr. Lee is the best cardiologist. He is very friendly and listens intently. Great doctor.
I have already encouraged several of my friends who have cardiac problems to contact Stanford's cardiac department for treatment.
I had minor concern about inflammation. Dr. addressed issue & gave good accommodations. Not just pills, I like that.
Tried to help in every way.
Dr. David Lee is always professional & caring about your concerns and needs.
Fantastic medical care.
Dr. Lee was fantastic. His bedside manner was probably the best I have ever experienced. He explained everything regarding my condition and potential treatment so that I could understand it. He left me with to make my own decision without any pressure just knowledge.
Dr. Lee is a superb doctor - his demeanor itself cures half the problem!
Very good & clear on everything he wanted you to know.
Great guy. I would love to have been part of his study.
the Dr Lee it's a very friendly and professional Doctor.
I have a complex case. Drs. understood it and were going the extra mile to try to help me. I am deeply grateful.
this was positive visit with my condition totally cleared and explained requiring no further treatment / I couldn't think of any way to improve my care under dr Lee. he is truly a caring and involed person
Dr. Lee is tops -
Excellent!
All doubts and worries were cleared after the visit.
we felt very comfortable with him
I had a lot of questions and Dr. Lee answered all of them.
VERY GOOD EXPERIENCE WITH DR LEE
Doctor is very personable as well. I only see him once a year, however, he treats me like an old friend every time I see him.
All doctors & nurses were very nice and down to earth.
Dr. Lee is the best physician I've had the good fortune to be treated by in my lifetime.
I greatly appreciate the time the doctor and medical staff take to address my medical condition. I never feel rushed.
Dr. Lee is always positive and encourages me to continue trying to improve my health.
Appreciated his patience with my many questions.
all around top-notch professional Service
Good experience. Dr. Lee does not believe in a natural healing approach but that was to be expected, nevertheless a disappointment to me.
Dr. Lee is an outstanding physician and inspires the utmost confidence. He is warm and personable, while being technically exceptionally sharp.
Dr. Lee could not have been nicer. He spent a good amount of time with me. I've never felt more at ease at an appointment and with Dr. Lee.
Excellent care!
Dr. Lee is so caring & understanding. He was very patient & took his time with me.
A lot of encouragement and confidence in keeping my heart healthy and strong. This is my experience from each visit -
Dr. David Lee - was very patient & caring his nurse "Jennifer Warren" was an angel, she followed through with what she said she would do. She also called to check on me & she didn't have to do that.
V. Good
My experiences with Dr. David Lee have always been excellent. He is very understanding of all my concerns. Dr. Lee is a fine man and doctor.
Dr. David Lee is more than a doctor, he is what Stanford stand for.
I have received excellent care from Dr.Lee. I have great confidence in his medical skills
When I get to the emergency room I felt that doctors and nurses cared for me. I appreciate it. My doctors are Dr. Lee and Dr. Skeff.
Dr. Lee and his team are excellent in their specialties and are very caring.
Very good, thank you.
Nurse and doctor were very helpful!
Very good!!!
My dr wasn't available so DR Lee saw me. Very competent!
Excellent service the best.
My primary asked for 2nd opinion on and issues relating to minor stoke. Dr. Lee excellent.
The doctor was excellent.
He always cares about my well-being and does what he can to make me feel better.
Dr. Lee is the best.
Good bedside manner. Very knowledgeable.
All good +.
No I never have bad experience.
Will have follow-up visit with Dr. Lee in four months -
Came away a happy person.
Great experience. Dr. Lee is the best. He has been my provider over 14 yrs.
Dr. Lee is the BEST! Greatest bedside manner of any of my doctors.
Knowledgeable & caring.
David Lee was terrific - very responsive.
Dr. David Lee is an amazing person and I have never felt so comfortable or cared in all my many years of medical history.

View More »

Referring Physicians

LOG INTO MEDLINK