Yujin Lee, MD, Board-Certified Psychiatrist 


About Dr. Yujin Lee

Dr. Lee is a board-certified psychiatrist located in San Jose, California. 

After completion of two separate psychiatry residency programs and two different fellowship programs in the US and South Korea, she obtained three board certifications in general psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, and hospice and palliative medicine. Her intense training in good life and good death for 11 years in two different countries shaped her into a book writer and a public speaker. Additionally she is a medical advisor for Kakao Healthcare in South Korea.

She has continued uninterrupted medical practice since 2007

Her medical license is active only in California.  


Dr. Lee's work history 

Resident physician in General Adult Psychiatry at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 


Resident physician in Psycho-Oncology Inpatient Consultation Services at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 

Fellow physician in Hospice and Palliative Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 

Staff Psychiatrist at Integrated Behavioral Health and Specialty Mental Health of Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz, CA 

In South Korea, 

Intern in Medical and Surgical departments at Samsung Medical Center

Resident physician in General Adult Psychiatry at Samsung Medical Center

Fellow physician in Geriatric Psychiatry at Samsung Medical Center