Amie Lee, MD
Associate Professor
Radiology
School of Medicine

Dr. Lee’s research focus is on improving the delivery of high quality care to patients undergoing breast imaging. She also has a strong interest in resident and fellow education.

Expertise: Breast Imaging

Specialty: Breast Imaging and Intervention

Professional Interests: Breast imaging, breast cancer, mammography, tomosynthesis, breast MRI, breast ultrasound, image-guided biopsy, quality improvement, medical education

Education and Training:

• Medical School: University of California, San Francisco
• Internship: Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California
• Residency: University of Washington, Seattle
• Fellowship: University of California, San Francisco – Breast Imaging

• Nipple-sparing Mastectomy in the Era of Neoadjuvant Systemic Therapy: The Accuracy of Preoperative MRI.
  Radiology 2023 Lee AY
• Deep Learning to Simulate Contrast-enhanced Breast MRI of Invasive Breast Cancer.
  Radiology 2022 Chung M, Calabrese E, Mongan J, Ray KM, Hayward JH, Kelil T, Sieberg R, Hylton N, Joe BN, Lee AY
• Delayed diagnostic evaluation of symptomatic breast cancer in sub-Saharan Africa: A qualitative study of Tanzanian women.
  PloS one 2022 Sakafu LL, Philipo GS, Malichewe CV, Fundikira LS, Lwakatare FA, Van Loon K, Mushi BP, DeBoer RJ, Bialous SA, Lee AY
• Radiologists staunchly support patient safety and autonomy, in opposition to the SCOTUS decision to overturn Roe v Wade.
  Clinical imaging 2022 Karandikar A, Solberg A, Fung A, Lee AY, Farooq A, Taylor AC, Oliveira A, Narayan A, Senter A, Majid A, Tong A, McGrath AL, Malik A, Brown AL, Roberts A, Fleischer A, Vettiyil B, Zigmund B, Park B, …
• Mentorship Interest in Breast Imaging: Survey Results From the Society of Breast Imaging.
  Journal of breast imaging 2022 Weinfurtner RJ, Lee A, Vincenti K, Gundry K, Hoyt T, Klein K, Merkulov A, Mullen L, O'Brien S, Roubein D, Tseng J, Margolies L
• MRI Evaluation of the Lactating Breast.
  Current Radiology Reports 2022 Maggie Chung, Roberto Ruiz-Cordero, Amie Y. Lee, Bonnie N. Joe, Tatiana Kelil
• Editorial Comment: Architectural Distortion on Digital Breast Tomosynthesis-to Excise or Not to Excise?
  AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2022 Lee AY
• Surrogate Clinical End Points for Breast Cancer Screening Using Digital Breast Tomosynthesis.
  Radiology 2022 Lee AY, Ray KM
• The Value of Targeted Ultrasound for the Primary Evaluation of Breast Symptoms in Pregnant Women of All Ages.
  Journal of breast imaging 2021 Holtz JN, Woodard GA, Hayward JH, Ray KM, Kannan N, Greenwood HI, Joe BN, Lee AY
• Utility and Outcomes of Preoperative Screening Breast MRI for Planned Bilateral Prophylactic Mastectomy in High-Risk Patients.
  AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2021 Taliaferro AS, Price ER, Hayward JH, Wong JM, Balassanian R, Fay JS, Freimanis RI, Joe BN, Lee AY
• Outcomes of screening mammography performed prior to fertility treatment in women ages 40-49.
  Clinical imaging 2021 Greenwood HI, Price ER, Lee AY, Kelil T, Jones C, Le M, Jaswa EG
• Sustained Benefits of Abbreviated Breast MRI on Consecutive Screening Rounds.
  Radiology 2021 Lee AY
• Frequency and Outcomes of New Suspicious Lesions on Breast MRI in the Setting of Neoadjuvant Therapy.
  AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2021 Eckstein DA, Price ER, Hayward JH, Joe BN, Lee AY
• Intermediary clip placement to assist accurate axillary lymph node localization.
  Clinical imaging 2020 Price ER, Vyas S, Lee AY, Wong JM, Joe BN, Ray KM
• Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Sentinel Node Tracer Injection: Effects on Breast MRI Quality.
  Journal of breast imaging 2020 Chapman MC, Lee AY, Hayward JH, Joe BN, Price ER
• US as the Primary Imaging Modality in the Evaluation of Palpable Breast Masses in Breastfeeding Women, Including Those of Advanced Maternal Age.
  Radiology 2020 Chung M, Hayward JH, Woodard GA, Knobel A, Greenwood HI, Ray KM, Joe BN, Lee AY
• An Open-Source, Vender Agnostic Hardware and Software Pipeline for Integration of Artificial Intelligence in Radiology Workflow.
  Journal of digital imaging 2020 Sohn JH, Chillakuru YR, Lee S, Lee AY, Kelil T, Hess CP, Seo Y, Vu T, Joe BN
• Primum non nocere: Utility and outcomes of pediatric breast ultrasound.
  Clinical imaging 2020 Wright AG, Hayward JH, Price ER, Ray KM, Joe BN, Lee AY
• Performance of screening MRI in high risk patients at initial versus subsequent screen.
  Clinical imaging 2020 Hayward JH, Ray KM, Price ER, Sickles EA, Conlon K, Lobach I, Joe BN, Lee AY
• The Role of Breast MRI in Detecting Asymptomatic Recurrence After Therapeutic Mastectomy.
  AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2020 Chapman MC, Hayward JH, Woodard GA, Joe BN, Lee AY
• Utility of Diagnostic Mammography as the Primary Imaging Modality for Palpable Lumps in Women With Almost Entirely Fatty Breasts.
  AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2020 Linden OE, Hayward JH, Price ER, Kelil T, Joe BN, Lee AY
• Utilization of Patient Navigators in Breast Imaging Facilities Across the United States: A Survey of Breast Imaging Radiologists.
  Journal of breast imaging 2020 Lee AY, Plecha D, Woodard GA, Price ER, Hayward JH, Mark S, Joe BN
• Outcomes of screening mammography in women less than 40 prior to fertility treatment: a retrospective pilot study.
  Clinical imaging 2019 Greenwood HI, Greenwood EA, Lee AY, Price ER
• Complete Breast MRI Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Prediction of Pathologic Complete Response.
  Journal of breast imaging 2019 Chen CA, Hayward JH, Woodard GA, Ray KM, Starr CJ, Hylton NM, Joe BN, Lee AY
• Utility and Outcomes of Imaging Evaluation for Palpable Lumps in the Postmastectomy Patient.
  AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2019 Dashevsky BZ, Hayward JH, Woodard GA, Joe BN, Lee AY
• Characterization of Metastatic Sternal Lesions on Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Breast MRI in Women with Invasive Breast Cancer.
  Academic radiology 2018 Lee AY, Navarro R, Busby LP, Greenwood HI, Bucknor MD, Ray KM, Joe BN
• Microcalcifications Detected at Screening Mammography: Synthetic Mammography and Digital Breast Tomosynthesis versus Digital Mammography.
  Radiology 2018 Lai YC, Ray KM, Lee AY, Hayward JH, Freimanis RI, Lobach IV, Joe BN
• Efficacy of an Intensive, Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy Training Workshop in Tanzania.
  Journal of global oncology 2018 Ng DL, Vuhahula E, Zhang L, Waterhouse EG, White KL, Mushi BP, Nyeriga MS, Philipo GS, Mmbaga EJ, Sheth S, Van Loon K, Lee AY, Balassanian R
• Paraneoplastic neurologic syndrome as a presentation of underlying breast malignancy.
  The breast journal 2018 Laguna B, Hayward JH, Lee AY, Joe BN, Ray KM
• Sonographic-MRI Correlation After Percutaneous Sampling of Targeted Breast Ultrasound Lesions: Initial Experiences With Limited-Sequence Unenhanced MRI for Postprocedural Clip Localization.
  AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2018 Lee AY, Nguyen VT, Arasu VA, Greenwood HI, Ray KM, Joe BN, Price ER
• Tuberculosis mastitis presenting as bilateral breast masses.
  Clinical imaging 2018 Qiao Y, Hayward JH, Balassanian R, Ray KM, Joe BN, Lee AY
• Imaging the Breast in Pregnant or Lactating Women.
  Current Radiology Reports 2018 Vignesh A. Arasu, Neeta Kannan, Priya M. Krishnarao, Gillian Kuehner, Ming C. Kuan, Joseph C. Kim, Bonnie N. Joe, Amie Y. Lee
• Clustered Microcysts on Breast Ultrasound: What Is an Appropriate Management Recommendation?
  AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2017 Greenwood HI, Lee AY, Lobach IV, Carpentier BM, Freimanis RI, Strachowski LM
• The Predicament of the Probably Benign Breast MRI: Should We Rely on Intuition?
  The breast journal 2017 Lee AY, Joe BN, Price ER
• Value of diagnostic imaging for the symptomatic male breast: Can we avoid unnecessary biopsies?
  Clinical imaging 2017 Foo ET, Lee AY, Ray KM, Woodard GA, Freimanis RI, Joe BN
• Radiologic-Pathologic Correlation for Benign Results After MRI-Guided Breast Biopsy.
  AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2017 Maglione KD, Lee AY, Ray KM, Joe BN, Balassanian R
• Gadolinium Contrast Enhancement Improves Confidence in Diagnosing Recurrent Soft Tissue Sarcoma by MRI.
  Academic radiology 2017 Chou SS, Hippe DS, Lee AY, Scherer K, Porrino JA, Davidson DJ, Chew FS, Ha AS
• Inter-reader Variability in the Use of BI-RADS Descriptors for Suspicious Findings on Diagnostic Mammography: A Multi-institution Study of 10 Academic Radiologists.
  Academic radiology 2016 Lee AY, Wisner DJ, Aminololama-Shakeri S, Arasu VA, Feig SA, Hargreaves J, Ojeda-Fournier H, Bassett LW, Wells CJ, De Guzman J, Flowers CI, Campbell JE, Elson SL, Retallack H, Joe BN
• The effect of trauma backboards on computed tomography radiation dose.
  Clinical radiology 2016 Lee AY, Elojeimy S, Kanal KM, Linnau KF, Gunn ML
• Concordance of BI-RADS Assessments and Management Recommendations for Breast MRI in Community Practice.
  AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2016 Lee AY, Ichikawa L, Lee JM, Lee CI, DeMartini WB, Joe BN, Wernli KJ, Sprague BL, Herschorn SD, Lehman CD
• Digital Tomosynthesis to Evaluate Fracture Healing: Prospective Comparison With Radiography and CT.
  AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2015 Ha AS, Lee AY, Hippe DS, Chou SH, Chew FS
• Accuracy of 3 T versus 1.5 T breast MRI for pre-operative assessment of extent of disease in newly diagnosed DCIS.
  European journal of radiology 2015 Rahbar H, DeMartini WB, Lee AY, Partridge SC, Peacock S, Lehman CD
• Imaging management of palpable breast abnormalities.
  AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2014 Lehman CD, Lee AY, Lee CI
• Total ankle arthroplasty: a radiographic outcome study.
  AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2013 Lee AY, Ha AS, Petscavage JM, Chew FS
• Case 182: pulmonary amyloidosis.
  Radiology 2012 Lee AY, Godwin JD, Pipavath SN
• Imaging malignant and apparent malignant transformation of benign gynaecological disease.
  Clinical radiology 2010 Lee AY, Poder L, Qayyum A, Wang ZJ, Yeh BM, Coakley FV
• Erratum to: Role for TGF-β superfamily signaling in telencephalic GABAergic neuron development.
  Journal of neurodevelopmental disorders 2010 Maira M, Long JE, Lee AY, Rubenstein JL, Stifani S
• Role for TGF-beta superfamily signaling in telencephalic GABAergic neuron development.
  Journal of neurodevelopmental disorders 2009 Maira M, Long JE, Lee AY, Rubenstein JL, Stifani S
• Update on the molecular biology of malignant mesothelioma.
  Cancer 2007 Lee AY, Raz DJ, He B, Jablons DM
• Wnt2 as a new therapeutic target in malignant pleural mesothelioma.
  International journal of cancer 2005 Mazieres J, You L, He B, Xu Z, Twogood S, Lee AY, Reguart N, Batra S, Mikami I, Jablons DM
• Inhibition of Wnt16 in human acute lymphoblastoid leukemia cells containing the t(1;19) translocation induces apoptosis.
  Oncogene 2005 Mazieres J, You L, He B, Xu Z, Lee AY, Mikami I, McCormick F, Jablons DM
• O-003 Writ inhibitory factor-1 (WIF-1) is silenced by promoter hypermethylation in human non-small cell lung cancer.
  Lung Cancer 2005 B. He, L. You, Z. Xu, A. Lee, N. Reguart, R. Rosell, D. Jablons
• Efficacy of Wnt-1 monoclonal antibody in sarcoma cells.
  BMC cancer 2005 Mikami I, You L, He B, Xu Z, Batra S, Lee AY, Mazieres J, Reguart N, Uematsu K, Koizumi K, Jablons DM
• Blockade of Wnt-1 signaling induces apoptosis in human colorectal cancer cells containing downstream mutations.
  Oncogene 2005 He B, Reguart N, You L, Mazieres J, Xu Z, Lee AY, Mikami I, McCormick F, Jablons DM
• Secreted frizzled-related protein 4 is silenced by hypermethylation and induces apoptosis in beta-catenin-deficient human mesothelioma cells.
  Cancer research 2005 He B, Lee AY, Dadfarmay S, You L, Xu Z, Reguart N, Mazieres J, Mikami I, McCormick F, Jablons DM
• Dickkopf-1 antagonizes Wnt signaling independent of beta-catenin in human mesothelioma.
  Biochemical and biophysical research communications 2004 Lee AY, He B, You L, Xu Z, Mazieres J, Reguart N, Mikami I, Batra S, Jablons DM
• Cloning and characterization of the promoter of human Wnt inhibitory factor-1.
  Biochemical and biophysical research communications 2004 Reguart N, He B, Xu Z, You L, Lee AY, Mazieres J, Mikami I, Batra S, Rosell R, McCormick F, Jablons DM
• Expression of the secreted frizzled-related protein gene family is downregulated in human mesothelioma.
  Oncogene 2004 Lee AY, He B, You L, Dadfarmay S, Xu Z, Mazieres J, Mikami I, McCormick F, Jablons DM
• Wnt inhibitory factor-1 is silenced by promoter hypermethylation in human lung cancer.
  Cancer research 2004 Mazieres J, He B, You L, Xu Z, Lee AY, Mikami I, Reguart N, Rosell R, McCormick F, Jablons DM
• Activity of the suppressor of cytokine signaling-3 promoter in human non-small-cell lung cancer.
  Clinical lung cancer 2004 He B, You L, Xu Z, Mazieres J, Lee AY, Jablons DM
• A monoclonal antibody against Wnt-1 induces apoptosis in human cancer cells.
  Neoplasia (New York, N.Y.) 2004 He B, You L, Uematsu K, Xu Z, Lee AY, Matsangou M, McCormick F, Jablons DM
• SOCS-3 is frequently silenced by hypermethylation and suppresses cell growth in human lung cancer.
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2003 He B, You L, Uematsu K, Zang K, Xu Z, Lee AY, Costello JF, McCormick F, Jablons DM