Yeu-Tsu Margaret Lee
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- University of South Dakota (1957)
- Harvard School of Medicine (1961)
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Yeu-Tsu Margaret Lee is a Chinese-American surgeon known for her career in military medicine and global surgery.
Lee was born in China, having fled south from Nanking to Chunking with her family during the world war 2 "Rape of Nanking", where she experienced a challenging upbringing plagued by war and famine.[1] The perilousness of her family's health in the setting of these challenges motivated Lee to pursue a career in medicine.[2] She began her university studies at National Taiwan University before emigrating to the United States to continue her education at University of South Dakota. After completing her undergraduate degree, she was admitted to Harvard Medical School in 1957 as one of four women in her class.[1][2]She was awarded the 2018 Dr. Mary Edwards Walker award from the American College of Surgeons.