Daniel O. Lee, MD, FAAN, FAASM
Specialties
Conditions
- Restless legs syndrome
- Parasomnia including sleep walking
- REM sleep behavior disorder
- Sleep apnea
- Narcolepsy
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- Shift work disorders and other circadian rhythm disorders
- Headache
- Myofascial pain
- Spasticity
- Parkinson's disease
- Neurogenic orthostatic hypotension
- Weakness due to neuromuscular disorders
- Stroke follow-up care
- Outpatient seizure disorders
Procedures Performed
- Botox injections for headache and myofascial pain suffers and for spasticity
- Trigger point Injections for headache and myofascial pain suffers and for spasticity
- Sleep studies including polysomnography
- CPAP/BIPAP titration
- MSLT
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- MWT
- Actigraphy
- Parasomnia montage
- EEG
About
Daniel Lee, MD, FAAN, FAASM received his Neurology training at the Washington University Barnes-Jewish-Children Hospital in St. Louis, MO. Additionally, Dr. Lee completed his training in Sleep Medicine at The Stanford University School of Sleep Medicine in Palo Alto, California.
He authored the first paper on the treatment of Restless Legs Syndrome with Ropinirole and the first non-Dopaminergic treatment of Restless Legs Syndrome. Dr. Lee has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and served on the at National Scientific Advisory Board of RLS research. His recent publication in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine led to the FDA mandating label changes for all the Dopamine Agonists in the treatment of RLS in November 2019. He has received numerous teaching awards including the AOA Medical Honor Society Faculty Teaching Award and has presented at various national and international conferences including the International Conference on Translational Research in Beijing, China and the International Congress of Parkinson Disease and Movement Disorders in Paris, France. He is the recipient of the 2020 Kentucky Senate Commendation for his accomplishments.
He is serving as the Medical Director at the Kentucky Neuroscience Institute and has served as the President of the Kentucky Sleep Society. He is also the Vice Chief of Staff at the Frankfort Regional Medical Center and as the Vice President of the Kentucky Neurologic Society.
Faculty Rank
- Professor of Neurology
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Dr. Lee is a UK HealthCare physician practicing at UK St. Claire in Morehead, Ky. For more information or to make an appointment, call 606-784-7551.
- Awards
Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Medical Honor Society Faculty Award
National Leadership Honor Society of Omicron Delta Kappa
Irwin Levy Award for Neurology at Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology
- News & Events
2003 Duke University Joseph & Kathleen Bryan Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
Panel discussion live broadcast by NC Public TV “Alzheimer’s disease Symposium: Present and Future.”
2004 NC Public Television Live broadcast Panel discussion with Johns Hopkins Sleep specialist
Dr. Hipponick, and Wake Forest sleep specialist, Dr. Vaughn McCalls
2004 Northwestern Scholars/ Northwestern University Publication
2004 Houston Methodist Scholars
2006 DocGuide.com
“Long term use of Ropinirole well tolerated”
2007 M.D News
Feature on “Your Sleep is Their Business”
2009 Connect with Conn
2010 MPR
2011 Medical Letter
“Gabapentin Enacarbil (Horizant) for Restless Legs Syndrome.” June, 2011
2011 IGMPharma News
2012 Wake County Medical Journal
“Cardiovascular Risks Among Restless Legs Syndrome Patients.”
2012 Vidant Health
2014 PriMed CME
Expert Panel including UCLA Sleep Medicine Director Dr. Alon Avidan, and Baylor Movement Disorder Specialist Dr. William Ondo Roundtable Discussion on RLS
2014 Medscape
2014 M.D. magazine
2014 AAN Author Talk
2014 Neurology
2015 Connect with Conn TV and Radio broadcast:
2015 Kentucky Online Newspaper
“Your Health: Restful sleep is essential; not sleeping well can lead to other more serious conditions.”
2015 NY Academy of Medicine
Live Broadcast & Video Production Roundtable Discussion on Augmentation
2016 Becker’s Hospital Review
2016 Sleep Review Magazine
Cover Story in the journal for sleep specialists “The BIG Leagues”
2016 Neurology Advisor
“Gabapentin enancarbil effective in Treating Severe Restless Legs Synrome.”
2016 CNS Drug
2016 Know Your RLS Online Video discussion on RLS
2016 Altmetric
2016 Becker’s Hospital & ASC review
“5 Things to Know about RLS”
2017 PLAN365
Unbranded educational video on Augmentation for clinicians
2017 FDA Publication
2018 MDedge.com
Reporting 31st Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies
2018 Sleep Review Magazine
2018 Neurology Live
2019 RLS Professional Resources
2019 Research Gate
2019 Sleep Review Magazine
Training & Education
Degree
Residency
Fellowship
Certifications and Special Training
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