John Y. K. Lee, MD, MSCE

For many years, I suffered from severe trigeminal neuralgia encompassing my entire cheek area to above my eyebrow. I was finally directed to Dr. Lee by a neurologist at Penn Medicine. A head MRI revealed that my cerebral artery was contacting the trigeminal nerve. Dr. Lee recommended microvascular decompression to correct the condition. I had the surgery in January of 2026, and since that time, I have been totally pain-free. The only way to really put it is that Dr. Lee gave me my life back.

Dr Lee was highly recommended by my mothers local neurologist. My mother was suffering from a neurological condition and needed an expert. So I took her to see Dr Lee, he was very nice and explained what was wrong. She had a Benign Tumor, in her skull pressing on her brain. He performed a craniotomy to access and remove the Tumor. He saved her life and she made a remarkable recovery.

Dr Lee is the best doctor ever . He is very confident,passionate, dedicated, friendly, excellent doctor. My wife got a surgery for pituitary tumor . He did great job. The tumor had been removed completely. My wife is so happy. 5 stars is not enough for doctor Lee . I’m really grateful for whatever Dr Lee did for my wife. Thank you so very much Dr Lee and his team besides that I wanted to say Thank you to Dr Jenifer Douglas who is great doctor too and all nurses who helped my wife for this surgery .

Dr. Lee took care of my husband's acoustic neuroma which was pushing into his brain. My husband had his surgery on Wednesday and came home on Friday. Dr. Lee is confident, kind and caring. He's an excellent surgeon .

Posting on behalf of my husband, Gary, who was treated by Dr. Lee for trigeminal neuralgia. He suffered for years with no answers as to the source or reason for pain. Through a stroke of luck, we learned about trigeminal neuralgia and an MRI confirmed compression and diagnosis. After googling top trigeminal neuralgia surgeons in Philadelphia , Dr. Lee’s name showed up right at the top. We read about him, watched his videos, and knew we had to see him.. we had our first appointment in early September and by mid September Gary was scheduled for MVD surgery. He had 3 compression points! He woke up 100% pain-free!! Miracle is a big word, but this was truly a miracle. It has changed our family’s lives. Recovery went just as Dr. Lee and his incredible staff advised and 6 weeks later he has no