Elizabeth Lee-Rey, MD

Elizabeth T. Lee-Rey, MD, MPH is a Family Medicine physician who recently began a new role as a clinical attending at the Mount Sinai Doctors-Hartsdale. She previously served as the first school-based physician in Westchester County within the Montefiore School Health Program providing care to students from primary through high school. Dr. Lee-Rey has practiced medicine in a Bronx private clinic, as well as in an ambulatory outpatient setting that included the supervision and training of family medicine residents.

Academically, Dr. Lee-Rey served as Co-Director of the Hispanic Center of Excellence at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where she championed efforts for research and led initiatives to advance cultural competency and address health disparities in medical education. She was awarded an NIH K07 grant to develop a cultural competency curriculum for medical students and faculty development. In recognition of her teaching excellence, she was inducted into the Leo M Davidoff Society of Albert Einstein College of Medicine for Excellence. Dr. Lee-Rey is deeply committed to mentorship across the educational continuum into careers in medicine . She is a founding member of BNGAP- Building the Next Generation of Academic Physicians under the auspices of John Paul Sanchez, MD, MPH promoting the inclusion and advancement of underrepresented minority faculty in academic medicine. She also serves as Treasurer on the Executive Board of the National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA), where she continues her advocacy in federal health policy on behalf of Hispanic and underserved communities. In 2024, Dr. Lee-Rey returned to direct the Einstein Summer Undergraduate Mentorship Program, which she founded in 2001 to support undergraduate students exploring careers in medicine. She has also served on the AAFP Commission on Diversity, Equity and Inclusiveness in Family Medicine as the NHMA Liaison and continues to serve as the NHMA Liaison to Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA).

Dr. Lee-Rey completed her undergraduate education at New York University and earned her medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She completed her Residency in Family and Social Medicine at Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx and received her Master of Public Health from the Mailman Columbia School of Public Health.

Above all, she is the proud parent of her sons Jonathan Michael and Spencer Michael who along with her husband Miguel, provide steadfast support that fuels her purpose and passion.