Andrew T Lee, DO

He is an excellent doctor. My husband and I have been very pleased with his care. His office is very efficient, and I have never waited more than 10 minutes to see him.

I just love Dr. Lee… I took a chance seeing him based on good reviews, and I have been with him for over two years. He is patient, responsive, and really thoughtful. The online system allows me to message him and his staff when I have questions or concerns, and they are really responsive. This has been such a great setup for me!

Dr Lee is a gem! He takes the time to listen and really cares about his patients. He has a positive relaxed energy and doesn’t rush you out of the office. He is efficient and responds in a time manner. Love the office and the staff. Will continue to see him as long as I live in DC!

Dr. Lee is as amazing as I remembered. Major kudos to remembering my whole family! After practicing another 10 years since I last saw him, he possesses not only all the awesome qualities I previously described but it was apparent that he has also matured and gained additional skills and experience. Dr. Lee is truly one of a kind.

Update — As of June 30, 2015, Dr. Lee is not scheduling new patients until February 2016.

I was recommended to Dr. Lee by a close friend and I have remained a loyal patient to him for over 5 years now. Dr. Lee has provided me with the best medical treatment. He takes the time to know his patients, he keeps his word (meaning if he says he will call you back he calls you back), and he listens to me as a patient. To be honest when I was notified that his office would be merging with the John Hopkins Community Physicians Group I thought that maybe the great customer and medical service that I had received would in some way go down. But I am happy to say that the service is just as great. He is a great Doctor!

Dr. Lee is great, really enjoyed having him as my PCP. However he recently joined Johns Hopkins and now I can’t see him at all. I’m moving on to One Medical Group but getting his office to release my medical records is a real pain, mostly because his admin gave me the wrong fax number and they won’t accept email! So backwards.

Well, they may be great, but I just called to make a new patient appointment (today is July 21, 2014) and the first available is in november! Forget that!

Dr Lee is incredible. He takes time to ask questions and to have a dialogue with his patients. It has been clear from my visits that he actually reads a patient’s chart prior to the appointment (that or he has a photographic memory, which would be equally awesome). I wish I had him as my PCP years ago. While Dr. Lee and the staff at his office deserve all five stars, the JH staff (phone, appts, billing) is uneven. But, totally worth the mild admin headaches to get the kind of care from Dr. Lee.

The review is for JHCP, not Dr. Andrew Lee who remains an excellent doctor. As everyone’s already said, he makes time to listen to his patients and doesn’t rush through the visit. I’ve been with Dr. Lee since 2010 and very much appreciate how thorough and patient he is on each visit. One can put up with the less than thrilling JHCP system if seeing Dr. Andrew Lee.
Unfortunately, however, the move to JHCP has made this a far more corporate practice, situated in a building with a ridiculous sign-​in policy for doctor’s visits. Have concerns about inclusion of lists of patients going to JHCP being available to persons not relevant to my care. Privacy violation? I don’t much care for JHCP. Why is my history gone over each time I visit, particularly when the last visit was only two months prior? One good thing? The electronic communication system that allows the patient to communicate directly with their doctor, make appointments and request refill Rx. The PAs and receptionists are friendly and helpful at least.

If you are a fan of the ‘old school’ model where doctors were not confined to a 9 minute encounter to assess your medical needs, you will love Dr. Andrew Lee and his wife, Dr. Renee Chen-​Lee. They actually returned calls personally. Asked questions about the patient’s overall lifestyle. And had a family business that was respected in the culture and community of Chinatown. I really regret that they decided to close the family practice. Hopefully they will be able to continue their personalize level of care in the midst of the Johns Hopkins Community Physicians’ practice.
Cheers to good health and the physicians that practice it.

I have been seeing Dr. Lee for 5 years, and will continue to see him for as long as I am in DC. First, he actually listens to you. I am a bit of a hypochondriac sometimes, and was having some chest pains, so I went in to see him. It ended up just being some inflammation of my chest wall (which I think he knew pretty much from the start), but he asked me a bunch of questions and took my concern very seriously, spending almost 20 minutes with me. He even explained to my why it was very unlikely that it had anything to do with my actual heart. He’s also very responsible, no antibiotics for a cold, no over testing, etc. He recently moved from a small practice to working at John Hopkins community clinic downtown, but from my one visit to him since he made the switch, he still takes the time to listen and make sure he has a complete picture of your situation before diagnosing anything.
He is truly a gem.

I signed up for Unilocal just to write this review so this says a lot. My parents started seeing Dr Andrew Lee’s father Dr Toon about 15 years ago until he retired and I started seeing Dr Andrew myself for as long as I can remember. STOP SEARCHING, he is truly the best doctor. I live in Rockville MD and no matter how sick I am I make that travel out to DC. Once you see Dr Lee you don’t ever want to go anywhere else. He takes the time to thoroughly explain everything and even shows you charts so you get a better understanding. He never rushes you and he’s very clear with his words. Ask him 1000 questions and you’ll get 1000 answers. He’s just seriously awesome!!!

I can echo what everyone else is saying about Dr. Lee being an unbelievably good doctor. If there was the ability to give him six stars, I would.
Dr. Lee does a few things that stand out:
He listens to you.
He works with you to find solutions to your medical issues that will work for you. Not just what the book says.
He talks to you like you are a partner in your health, not just another idiot that is sick or ill because you had the misfortune of getting sick or ill.
I never went to the Chinatown office, but I found the new office clean, professional, and very friendly.

DR. Lee is the best doctor I have ever had-​he is so thorough, careful and kind. His office often is able to squeeze in same day appointments and he takes so much time and care with his patients. I am really sad that he is leaving to join John Hopkins. Hopefully he is able to continue providing the same care to his patients there, and I plan on sticking with him regardless. Highly, highly recommend him.

We will miss you when you leave to go to Johns Hopkins! Always accomodated the sickly people!

Excellent office! They are very accommodating and are able to set up same day appointments, if possible. One time, I had a lingering cough that wouldn’t go away and kept me up all night. I was desperate to find a doctor so my cough would go away so I called multiple offices and either they didn’t accept new patients or the next available appointment for new patients was for 2 weeks or more! God help me if was going to cough for another 2 weeks!
However, this office was able to set up a same day appointment! I went in, got checked out, and sure enough, I had viral bronchitis. The doctor prescribed me cough syrup with codeine to help me sleep and that seemed to do the trick… until I somehow got a secondary sinus infection! Ewwe.
I just called and was able to set up another appointment for tomorrow. It’s great to have a doctor’s office that is able to see you immediately and take the time to diagnose and treat your illness. The office is also small, intimate, yet very professional. They also speak fluent Mandarin.

As the daughter of a doctor and a nurse, I got nagged once I got onto my own insurance to find and visit a primary care physician IMMEDIATELY. Now, you may chalk this up to crazy first generation Chinese parent syndrome, but hear me out.
Why go through the hassle of this? Think you’re young and healthy and who cares? Well, if you get pneumonia/​some weird growth/​sprain your wrist/​something that’s not super emergency and you can still get yourself into a cab, a PCP can usually squeeze you in if you’ve already seen them before and you beseech them to see you. Tada! You’re already on their patient list so you’re priority! Much better than waiting for hours in an emergency room, I dare say. And it will usually cost you much less (aka your $ 25 copay if it’s nothing crazy). Plus, they’ll tell you if you really need to go to the emergency room or not.
I did my entirely too extensive search for a doctor through BCBS’ database that included some excessive excel databasing, gave the whittled down list of doctor profiles to my dad, and asked for his advice. His criteria for doctors surprised me! For one, he didn’t care about their medical school (as long as it was a good enough school, but didn’t need to be an Ivy), he only really cared if they were board certified (duh), and he really cared about their age and location. Huh? Yes, their AGE. My dad picked Dr. Lee because he was on the younger side of the internal medicine pool in DC and was metro accessible. Apparently you want a doctor whose not close to retirement, but has enough years of experience practicing to know what they’re doing. (Full disclosure, I don’t know if my dad was being biased in favor of a Chinese doctor or something, but his other reasons made sense and Lee could *not* be a Chinese name).
Dr. Lee has the best bedside manner I’ve ever encountered (this is also including my dad, sorry Dad). He is thorough with his questions without it feeling like an interrogation and he inputs your answers into a laptop, checks a few things, asks a few more questions, does a couple tests and lets you on your way. No lecturing, no pushing prescriptions or procedures. He’ll ask you lifestyle questions, perhaps recommend some tests if he thinks you’re at risk for anything and maybe some preventative care. The three times I’ve gone, he has been nothing but patient, professional, and genuinely seems to care about my answers and actual health. Overall, Dr. Lee seems like a doctor who went into practice because he actually cares about helping people, and he seems to do a good job. I haven’t had one of those rare diseases on House yet, so who knows how good he is at diagnosing lupus?
The office is located in a converted rowhouse in Chinatown. His wife also practices here btw. I haven’t been in to see her, but I’ve heard good things about her too.

You can’t go wrong with Dr. Andrew. I’ve seen him for about 3 years for a variety of ailments and always left feeling heard and satisfied. He’s patient, kind and most of all knowledgeable. He’s up on the latest technology and has a great memory.
His office staff is pleasant and efficient, and you don’t wait around for hours. They’ve even been able to squeeze me in at the last minute on occasion. My only complaint is that they don’t do bloodwork on site, but I think a lot of offices don’t.

Dr. Lee is amazing. I’ve been going to him for about 3 years. My husband goes to him. We referred one of our friends to him, and he in turn referred his friends.
The office is very professional. You never have to wait more than 15 minutes and you can usually get an appointment well within 2 weeks. They also squeezed me in on an emergency basis when I had food poisoning.
Dr. Lee is really friendly and thorough. He’s fairly young and easy to talk to. He is also very professional and thorough and listens to what you have to say. He’ll even give you useful lifestyle and nutrition advice where appropriate. He never rushes you and takes his time. Very refreshing after lots of bad experiences with doctors.
Solid 5 stars.