A graduate of the University of Malaya 1974, Dr. Lee earned his membership of the Royal College of Physicians (United Kingdom) in 1979. After serving as Consultant Physician and Head of Medical Units in the General Hospital Kuala Lumpur and Melaka, he completed his interventional cardiology fellowship in Melbourne Australia in 1983 to 84, returning to his appointment as the Melaka State Physician (1984 to 85). He has a vast experience in internal medicine and cardiology and is a keen medical intensivist, with interest in sleep medicine, diabetes, hypertension, strokes and heart diseases.