San San Wong-Lee

Biography

San San Wong-Lee, M.D., is Medical Director of Home Based Primary Care at the Veterans Affairs Long Beach Healthcare System and Health Science Clinical Professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of California, Irvine. A physician specializing in geriatric medicine and palliative care, Wong-Lee has dedicated over two decades to caring for elderly and seriously ill veterans through various clinical leadership roles at VA Long Beach.

Wong-Lee has held multiple medical director positions at VA Long Beach Healthcare System, including leadership of the Inpatient Hospice Care Unit from 2002 to 2021, the Community Living Center from 2008 to 2017, and Home Based Primary Care from 1999 to 2013 and again from 2021 to present. She served as Section Chief of the Palliative Care Program from 2008 to 2021 and as Facility Coordinator for the Life Sustaining Treatment Decision Initiative Project from 2017 to 2021. Her clinical work has focused on delivering care to veterans in community and home-based settings.

Wong-Lee has served as VA Site Program Director for the Geriatrics Medicine Fellowship program at the University of California, Irvine since 2006 and directed the Palliative Care Fellowship program from 2014 to 2021. She is board certified in Internal Medicine, Geriatrics Medicine, and Palliative Medicine. Wong-Lee received her M.B., B.S. from Rangoon Institute of Medicine I in Burma and completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, followed by a fellowship in Geriatric Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles.

Education

• M.B., B.S., Rangoon Institute of Medicine I, 1986