Dr. Charles Lee

MBBS (Mysore), FRCS (Edinburgh), FRCS (Glasgow), FRCS (Ireland)

Board-certified Consultant Plastic and Laser Surgeon Dr Charles Lee graduated from the University of Mysore in 1976. He was conferred a Fellow of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Glasgow and Ireland in 1984. Dr Lee did his Postgraduate Plastic Surgery fellowship training at the Bangour General Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland; Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge and Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, England. He was subsequently gazetted as a Clinical Specialist in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery by the Ministry of Health, Malaysia in 1987 and worked at the General Hospital, Kuala Lumpur.

In 1989, Dr Lee was appointed by the Ministry of Health to establish the first Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) in Sabah. He also established the first Burns Unit at QEH and developed the Unit to become the primary Burns Referral Centre in Sabah. He was elected as the Vice-President of the Malaysian Association of Plastic, Aesthetic and Craniomaxillofacial Surgeons (MAPACS) in 2003-2005 and continues to be a current member of the association.

In 2008, Dr Lee received the prestigious Pinnacle Award by Thermage USA as the highest Thermage user for Facial Contouring in Malaysia, a further testimony of his passion for Aesthetics and Body Contouring. In 2010, Dr Lee is credited as the first plastic surgeon to bring the high-tech EndoVenous Laser Ablation treatment (EVLA) for varicose veins to the state of Sabah. His interest in this subspeciality led to the launching of the first Public Venous Disease Awareness Campaign in Sabah called ‘Jom Scan Kaki’ which includes free duplex ultrasound scanning of the lower limbs for varicose veins.

In 2011, he was awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Good Clinical Practice by the Clinical Research Centre, Ministry of Health, Malaysia. He was subsequently appointed as the Principal Investigator for the first clinical trial in Malaysia to determine the efficacy of Autologous Cultured Fibroblast Cells as a treatment for patients with facial contour defects thereby actively contributing to clinical research in Malaysia.

In 2015, Dr Lee founded a charity community initiative called ‘CLAP for Joy’ to provide excellence in well-timed surgical care, dentition, hearing, speech and language development for underprivileged Cleft Lip and Palate (CLAP) children born in Sabah from infancy to adulthood. A visionary project that has been well received by the public. Dr Lee has been a Consultant Plastic & Cosmetic Surgeon for 30 years. His brand ‘Just Get Gorgeous- Where Radiance Becomes Personal’ continues to embrace the concept of Beauty, Science and Experience. He looks forward to establishing the first Aesthetic Plastic Surgery & Medical Spa at Gleneagles Kota Kinabalu, a One-Stop Center for Medical Aesthetics and Cosmetic Enhancement. Dr Charles Lee is a pioneer with a difference. His websites include: www.sabahplasticsurgery.com