Dr. Heather Lee, MD

Dr. Heather Lee is certified by both the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ABFPRS) and the American Board of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (ABOHNS). After a five-year residency in otolaryngology — head and neck surgery in Louisville, Dr. Lee arrived at the Quatela Center to complete her fellowship and launch her career, developing expertise in facial plastic surgery with a focus on both aesthetic and functional procedures. Dr. Lee is passionate about giving back to communities at a local, national, and global level. Throughout her medical training she provided care at women and children’s clinics and offered cancer screenings of the skin, head, and neck to her local community. She began her work in global health during residency when she traveled to Africa to operate on and care for Kenyans with large compressive goiters. Through Dr. Vito Quatela’s HUGS Foundation, Dr. Lee has continued her international work by reconstructing the ears of patients with microtia, a congenital defect of the ear, in Guatemala, Ecuador, and Vietnam.