Dr. Frank Lee is an emergency physician, educator, and healthcare innovator based in Buffalo, New York. A graduate of the Emergency Medicine residency program at SUNY Buffalo, Dr. Lee has spent his career at the intersection of clinical care, leadership, and education.

As a founding member of the Exigence Group, he helped transform a local physician-led practice into a national, multidisciplinary organization. During his decade as Director of the St. Joseph Hospital Emergency Department, he led the launch of Western New York’s first full-scale emergency department EMR (outside of the VA), co-designed an award-winning new facility, and introduced systems that significantly improved care delivery and efficiency.

Dr. Lee went on to serve as Vice President of Medical Affairs for Exigence and later as Regional Medical Director for TeamHealth Northeast, where he expanded the group’s regional presence and advanced hospital design and patient flow models across multiple states.

Today, Dr. Lee serves on the Clinical Faculty at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo and works as a Special Administrative Consultant for TeamHealth. His current focus is on education, mentorship, and exploring how healthcare professionals think, communicate, and see the world differently from the general public.

Dr. Lee is also the creator of ExtremeLEE Frank, a social media series offering a candid, often humorous look at life through a physician’s lens. His content connects with audiences across platforms by highlighting the human side of medicine — the challenges, insights, and unexpected moments that shape the people behind the scrubs.