Meet Dr. Jessica Lee -
Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina
Board certified in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Board Certified in Lifestyle Medicine
Over 100 hours of training in Integrative and Functional Medicine
Member of the AAO-HNS/F Complementary/Integrative Medicine Committee
2023-2027 Castle Connolly Top Doctor
Co-Founder of Keto Hope Foundation, a 501(c)(3) supporting families using ketogenic diet therapy for treatment of epilepsy
A lifelong curiosity about science and a willingness to ask difficult questions led Dr. Jessica Lee to a career in Otolaryngology (Ear, Nose & Throat Surgery). After completing her medical training at the Medical University of South Carolina and spending more than a decade caring for patients, she began to recognize something important:
Good medicine requires more than finding the right diagnosis or treatment.
It requires understanding the person behind the symptoms.
While conventional medicine offers remarkable tools for diagnosing and treating disease, patients navigating chronic conditions like sinusitis, allergies, and reflux often need more than a prescription or procedure. Their symptoms don't exist in isolation, and neither should their care.
This realization inspired a shift in perspective - not away from science, but toward a more complete understanding of health and healing.
Dr. Lee pursued a second board certification in Lifestyle Medicine, deepening her expertise in evidence-based approaches to nutrition, sleep, physical activity, stress, and environmental health. By combining these principles with her surgical training, she developed an integrative approach that considers not only what is happening in the body, but also why and what may help support long-term well-being.
She founded Integrative ENT Health to bring this perspective to a broader community through personalized health advisory visits, coaching, and self-paced educational programs.
Her mission is simple: to help people better understand their health, explore their options, and become more confident participants in their own care.