Dr. Kelly C. Lee, Pharm.D., M.A.S., BCPP

Dr. Lee’s specialty area is psychiatric pharmacy and she is a Board-Certified Psychiatric Pharmacist. She is currently the Residency Program Director of the PGY2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency at UC San Diego Health. Dr. Lee’s research program involves the 1) effective utilization of psychotropic medications within diverse patient populations, 2) establishing innovative psychiatric practice models, 3) scholarship of teaching and learning and 4) assessment and prevention of burnout and suicide among healthcare trainees and professionals.  She established the first pharmacist-run outpatient psychiatric clinic at UC San Diego and practices under a Collaborative Practice.  She currently provides medication management to adult patients in the General Psychiatry clinic within UC San Diego Outpatient Psychiatry Services in La Jolla. Dr. Lee is currently an appointment member of the Research Advisory Panel of California by the California Board of Pharmacy. She has served as an expert consultant to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, MedImpact HealthCare Systems, Inc., and California Mental Health Care Management Program. Dr. Lee has published in numerous peer- reviewed journals and textbooks and is currently an Editor for Pharmacotherapy Principles and Practice textbook. Dr. Lee is involved professionally in organizations such as American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP), American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP), American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) and American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists (AAPP). She is a Fellow of the ACCP and ASHP and member of Rho Chi Honor Society and Phi Lambda Sigma Leadership Society.