Lee started her career in 2009, when she became a plastic surgery resident working at
Case Western Reserve University. After six years of her residency, Lee completed the Peter Jay Sharp Aesthetic Surgery Fellowship at Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. In 2016, Lee joined the DuPage Medical Group, where she worked for over two years as a plastic surgeon. Lee has also done extensive research and written over twenty peer-reviewed publications and book chapters about optimizing outcomes in rhinoplasty, facial rejuvenation as well as migraine surgery. She then founded PERK Plastic Surgery, a medical aesthetics practice based in Beverly Hills. She starred in a plastic surgery-themed show,
Dr. 90210, a sitcom about
Beverly Hills' best female plastic surgeons who succeed in a male-dominated field. Lee performed a
rhinoplasty on supermodel
Arisce Wanzer. She also performed a live liquid rhinoplasty on the
E! Daily Pop TV show. ==Personal life==