Thomas Lee


Internist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, and the Chief Medical Officer to Press Ganey, Inc; USA


Dr. Thomas Lee is an internist who practices at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, and the Chief Medical Officer to Press Ganey, Inc. He became a Professor at Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health in 2004. Prior to joining Press Ganey in 2013, Dr. Lee was Network President for Partners Healthcare System, the integrated delivery system founded by Brigham and Women’s and Massachusetts General Hospitals.

Dr. Lee has performed research leading to more than 300 articles in peer-reviewed journals, and five books, most recently Healthcare’s Path Forward (2023). He is a member of the Board of Directors at Geisinger Health System, and chairs the Board for Geisinger Health Plan. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Blue Cross Blue Shield Massachusetts, the Board of Directors of HealthLeads, and the Panel of Health Advisors of the Congressional Budget Office. He also serves as a member of the Editorial Board of the New England Journal of Medicine and is Editor in Chief of NEJM Catalyst.


He received his BA from Harvard College (1975) and his MD from Cornell University Medical College (1979), and then trained in internal medicine and then cardiology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He received a MSc in Epidemiology from Harvard School of Public Health in 1987.