I want to thank Dr. Jong O. Lee for serving as guest editor for this issue of Seminars in Plastic Surgery on "Pediatric Burn Care". We also appreciate the efforts made by each outstanding author for sharing with us their knowledge and expertise.

Jong O. Lee, MD, FACS, FCCM, FABA received his medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He went on to complete general surgery residency at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center/Temple University School of Medicine in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. He then completed fellowships in burn surgery and surgical critical care at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston, Texas. After finishing his fellowship, he joined the UTMB faculty in the Department of Surgery in 2002 and has a robust practice in burn surgery at UTMB and Shriners Children's Texas in Galveston, Texas.

He is a Professor of Surgery and an Assistant Dean for the Osler Student Societies at UTMB. He is currently a holder of the John P. McGovern Chair in Oslerian Education and is an Associate Director of Burn Services at UTMB. He is a Chief of Staff-Burn Surgery and a holder of Jim and Susan Clawson Endowed Chair at Shriners Children's Texas.

Dr. Lee is active in teaching medical students, surgical residents, and burn and critical care fellows. He has trained 33 critical care fellows and burn fellows. He received six teaching awards from the Department of Surgery. He is a University of Texas Distinguished Teaching Professor. He was chosen as an Osler Scholar in the John P. McGovern Academy of Oslerian Medicine in 2018 and inducted into the Academy of Master Teachers at UTMB in 2021. He received James W. Powers Memorial Award from UTMB John Sealy School of Medicine Class of 2023 and the Above and Beyond Award from UTMB John Sealy School of Medicine Class of 2024.

Dr. Lee's clinical research is in burn injury. His research interests are burn resuscitation, nutrition, hypermetabolism, and infection. He has published 46 articles in peer-reviewed journals, 30 book chapters, and a book. He currently is a reviewer for the Burns Journal and Journal of Burn Care and Research.

Article published online:
13 May 2024

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