David B. N. Lee, M.D. is a graduate of the medical program of the University of Hong Kong. He began his nephrology training at the Centre for Nephrology, Royal Free Medical School and the Hammersmith Hospital, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, both in London, England. Thereafter, he moved to UCLA, where he completed his nephrology fellowship and successively held the positions of the Director of the Dialysis Program and the Director of the Renal Transplant Program, all at the UCLA Medical Center. From 1981-2005, he served as the Chief of the Nephrology Program at the UCLA-San Fernando Valley Program. He is currently a staff nephrologist at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and a Professor of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. His basic research interest focuses on the epithelial junction complex, which links individual cells into tissues and organs, while his clinical research involves the design and the development of a peritoneal-based, automated wearable artificial kidney (AWAK).