Jason Lee, DNP, ANP-BC, MEDSURG-BC, CCRN, CNE, is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at the Saint Joseph’s School of Nursing at the University of Mount Saint Vincent. With over three decades of experience in nursing, Dr. Lee has cultivated a distinguished career as both a clinician and educator. He teaches across undergraduate and graduate programs and serves as the coordinator for the Adult Health Nursing course.
Dr. Lee is a board-certified Adult Nurse Practitioner with clinical expertise in advanced heart failure, heart transplantation, cardiology, and primary care. He continues to maintain an active clinical practice as a Primary Care Nurse Practitioner. His 34-year nursing career includes 18 years of advanced practice and 16 years as a registered nurse in medical and surgical intensive care units.
Dr. Lee’s scholarly interests focus on care transitions and reducing hospital readmissions. His doctoral project, Transitional Care Intervention: A Readmission Solution, was published in the Nursing Management journal.
At the University, Dr. Lee is an engaged member of the academic community, serving on several key committees, including the Nursing Organization Committee, Undergraduate and Graduate Committees, Faculty Affairs Committee, Search Committee, and the Institutional Outcomes Assessment Committee. In recognition of his dedication to teaching, he was honored with the University’s inaugural DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Faculty.
Dr. Lee is certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) as an Adult Nurse Practitioner and Medical-Surgical Nurse, and by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) as an Adult Critical Care Nurse. He is also recognized as a Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) by the National League for Nursing.
He holds professional memberships in the American Nurses Association, New York State Nurses Association, and the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, and is an inducted member of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing.
Areas of Interest
Advanced Heart Failure
Cardiac Transplantation
Cardiology
Primary Care
Medical-Surgical Critical Care
Courses
NURS 650 Advanced Practice Theory I
NURS 651 Advanced Practice Seminar/Practicum I
NURS 652 Advanced Practice Theory II
NURS 653 Advanced Practice Seminar/Practicum II
NURS 327 Adult Health Nursing
Publications/Presentations
Conference Poster Presentation, “Use of PCSK9 Inhibitor Therapy in a Small Cohort of Heart Transplant Recipients with Statin Intolerance or Refractory Hyperlipidemia”, R. Jackson, D. Jennings, M. Gaine, T. Fanek, A. Mabasa, J. Lee, A. Kleet, F. Latif, S. Restaino, M. Farr. Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, 4/3/2019
Lee, J. (2017). Transitional Care Intervention: A readmission solution, Nursing Management, 48(3):32-39. DOI: 10.1097/01.NUMA.0000512507.39701.16.
Conference Oral Presentation, “Transitional Care Intervention to Reduce 30-Day Readmission Rate in Cardiac Transplant Patients” Doctor of Nursing Practice Conference 10/2016.
Nursing Grand Rounds, “Infection and Rejection” New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
Patient Support Group program, “Care of a patient with post-heart transplantation”, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, Annual schedule.
Poster Presentation, “Adapting Evidence-Based Care in the Surgical ICU”, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center (2007)
Poster Presentation, “Intra-Abdominal Pressure Monitoring”, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center (2006)
Professional Affiliations
American Nurses Association
New York Nurses Associations
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
