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Begem Lee

Title(s)Associate Clinical Professor, Pediatrics
SchoolVc-health Sciences-schools
Address9500 Gilman Drive #
La Jolla CA 92093
Emailbel021@ucsd.edu
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    Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New HampshireMDMedicine
    UCSD Pediatrics, San Diego, CaliforniaPediatric Residency

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    Pediatric Hospitalist at Rady Children's Hospital
    Associate Program Director - UCSD Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship

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    1. What Happens When We Miss? Effect of Initial Lumbar Puncture Success on Infant Sepsis Evaluation. Hosp Pediatr. 2025 Sep 01; 15(9):758-768. Dube A, Khare M, Levy M, Edmunds M, Patel A, Lee B, Rungvivatjarus T, Mannino Avila E. PMID: 40769511.
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    2. A Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve the Discharge Process for Spanish-Speaking Patients. Hosp Pediatr. 2025 Sep 01; 15(9):721-729. Kupelian C, Lee B, Gray S, Patel A, Rungvivatjarus T, Huang M, Polich M, Pierce H. PMID: 40789582.
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    3. A presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus manifesting as abdominal pain: a case report. J Med Case Rep. 2025 Jul 31; 19(1):377. Kupelian C, Bowen D, Huang M, Lee B, Lenzen C, Rungvivatjarus T. PMID: 40745343; PMCID: PMC12312547.
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    4. Discontinuing Antibiotics for Contaminant Urine Cultures in a Pediatric Emergency Department. Hosp Pediatr. 2025 May 01; 15(5):e194-e202. Wang YL, Lee B, Zimmerman E, Mills TG, Bryl AW. PMID: 40199497.
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    5. Dental Utilization in a Pediatric Emergency Department and Urgent Care Centers Before, During, and After Shutdown of a Pediatric Dental Clinic During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2019-2021. Public Health Rep. 2023 May-Jun; 138(3):493-499. Whyte F, Chan WY, Silverstein DK, Conrad H, Lee B. PMID: 36734190; PMCID: PMC9899675.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 4     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    6. Oral Feeding on High-Flow Nasal Cannula in Children Hospitalized With Bronchiolitis. Hosp Pediatr. 2023 02 01; 13(2):159-167. Gray S, Lee B, Levy M, Rungvivatjarus T, Patel A, Mannino Avila E, Fisher E, Rhee KE. PMID: 36628547.
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    7. Disappearing Help Text: Implementing a Note-Based Tool for In-Line Clinical Decision Support and Note Bloat Reduction. Appl Clin Inform. 2022 10; 13(5):1033-1039. Chong AZ, Lee B, Hollenbach K, Kuelbs CL. PMID: 36044925; PMCID: PMC9629980.
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    8. Impact of Cell-Free Next-Generation Sequencing on Management of Pediatric Complicated Pneumonia. Hosp Pediatr. 2022 04 01; 12(4):377-384. Dworsky ZD, Lee B, Ramchandar N, Rungvivatjarus T, Coufal NG, Bradley JS. PMID: 35233619.
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    9. Reducing Unnecessary Testing in Uncomplicated Skin and Soft Tissue Infections: A Quality Improvement Approach. Hosp Pediatr. 2020 02; 10(2):129-137. Lee B, Hershey D, Patel A, Pierce H, Rhee KE, Fisher E. PMID: 31941651.
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    10. More Than a Pain in the Neck: An Unusual Case of Persistent Neck Stiffness in a 10-Month-Old. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2019 10; 58(11-12):1371-1373. Tam I, Lee B, Stover LB. PMID: 31257913.
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    11. Fever without a source: evolution of a diagnosis from Kawasaki disease to acute myelogenous leukaemia. BMJ Case Rep. 2017 May 06; 2017. Lee B, Kofman CD, Tremoulet AH, Kuo DJ. PMID: 28478386; PMCID: PMC5612012.
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