Robert K. Lee, DPM

Dr. Robert K. Lee is board-certified podiatric surgeon who offers comprehensive diagnosis and treatment for ailments affecting the foot and ankle.

Dr. Lee is the current Chief of Podiatric Surgery at the UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center. He is also past President of the Los Angeles County Podiatric Medical Association.

He grew up in Southern California, graduated from college in U.C. San Diego with a B.S. in Microbiology, before attending the California College of Podiatric Medicine in San Francisco and graduating with honors in May, 1999. He continued his training at a three year surgical residency in reconstructive foot and ankle surgery at the INOVA Fairfax Hospital in Northern Virginia before completing his training with a Lower Extremity Diabetic Limb Salvage Fellowship at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington D.C.

Though proficient in treating a wide array of foot and ankle conditions, he has a special interest in diabetic limb salvage and bunion surgery.  He was the first to introduce innovative bunion surgery techniques to the UCLA Health system, such as the Lapiplasty and ProStep Minimally Invasive bunion surgeries.  He has also incorporated new minimally invasive techniques to a variety of foot and ankle procedures.  He prides himself in researching the latest techniques and concepts to enhance patients outcomes and experience in order to deliver "cutting edge" care. 

Patient appointments can be made in his Westwood or Santa Monica clinics, or the UCLA Center for Wound Healing.

Additional Practice Location:
UCLA Center for Wound Healing
200 UCLA Medical Plaza
Suite 530B
Los Angeles, California 90095