Colleen Lee

Colleen Lee is the Director of Nursing and Patient Safety at Weill Cornell Medicine Physician Organization, where she has worked since 2017. Ms. Lee has held various roles in quality and patient safety since 2010. She was an Assistant Professor of Nursing at Long Island University in Brooklyn, NY, and held a faculty appointment at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine while working as the Maternal-Perinatal Patient Safety Officer at Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY. Ms. Lee is a member of the American Society of Professionals in Patient Safety and the American Nurses Association.
Ms. Lee’s professional interests include using simulation and team training to improve patient outcomes, and she holds the Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS) certification. She has contributed to articles and chapters on a variety of topics, including human factors engineering and interprofessional simulation education to impact patient safety. Most recently, Ms. Lee attained the Certified Praesidium Guardian credential to highlight her work to prevent sexual misconduct as related to patient care. She received her Baccalaureate degree in Nursing from Villanova University, Pennsylvania, and her Master’s degree from Molloy University, New York.