About me
Lee Shapley, MD is originally from Philadelphia, PA. He received his bachelor’s degree in Latin from Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA. While at Dickinson, Lee was also highly involved in the visual and performing arts while pursuing the core requirements in pre-health. After graduation, he moved to New York City and eventually Philadelphia where he was a professional modern dancer for many nationally and internationally known companies for 10 years. After he retired from dance, he attended the University of Pennsylvania School of Special Sciences for pre-medicine and then attended Oregon Health & Science University where he received his Medical Degree in 2012. He completed a residency in Internal Medicine from Legacy Health in Portland, OR in 2015.
After his residency, Lee and his family moved to Ashland, OR where he worked as a hospitalist at Asante Ashland Community Hospital (AACH). At AACH, he initiated clinical clerkships in Internal Medicine for Western University medical students at AACH and served as a Clinical Professor at Western University. He worked extensively in administration and became the Vice President of Medical Affairs and served one year as the Administrator of the hospital during the start of the Covid epidemic. During this time, he founded one of the first outpatient monoclonal antibody infusion clinics in the country.
In 2021, Lee and his family moved to Beacon, NY. He has worked closely with internal medicine and transitional year residents while on the medicine wards at Montefiore St. Luke’s Hospital and the Hudson Valley Veteran’s Affair Hospital. In 2023, he began work at Nuvance Health Vassar Brothers Medical Center and joined the core faculty of the Internal Medicine program where he enjoys working daily with the medicine residents and teaching Point of Care Ultrasound. He now holds the position of Associate Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Vassar, where his primary responsibilities are POCUS and Procedure Team.
