Melvin G. Lee, MD

Chief Medical Officer, FastMed Urgent Care, North Carolina 

Dr. Lee is a Board Certified Family Practitioner (Canada) with 26 years of experience in Family Practice; Obstetrics, Urgent and Emergent Care, and Occupational Medicine. Prior to joining RUCN, he served as the President of Metro Memphis Physicians Group – a network of six urgent care clinics that staffed eight full-time physicians, three full-time nurse practitioners, and four part-time physicians. Dr. Lee served as a Physician for Urgent Care Baptist Minor Medical in Memphis, Tennessee from 1997-2004 before accepting this promotion.

From 1981-1997, Dr. Lee owned and operated his own Family Physician practice in Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada. This office based Family Medicine practice specialized in Obstetrics, Emergency Room On-Call services, Hospital Admissions and ongoing Hospital Care, house-calls, and Nursing Home care.

Dr. Lee is a member of the following associations:

· Board Certified American Board of Ambulatory Medicine

          · Member of the American Academy of Urgent Care Medicine

          · Member of the Urgent Care Association of America

          · Board Certified College of Family Physicians of Canada

          · Member of the American College of Family Physicians

          · Editorial Board Member, Journal of Urgent Care Medicine

Prior to his career as a physician, Dr. Lee was a Captain in the Canadian Royal Navy where he served as a Crew Commander and pilot for the Submarine and Coastal Patrol from 1969-1974.