Horton Lee

Associate Program Director of the Clinical Fellowship. Department of Emergency Medicine.

Project Investigator, Translational Medicine

Fellow Education Lead. Point-of-Care Ultrasound Program. Department of Emergency Medicine. 

Dr. Horton Lee is a Paediatric Emergency Medicine physician at The Hospital for Sick Children and Associate Program Director for the Clinical Fellowship program. He completed his medical degree at St. George’s University, followed by a Paediatrics residency at Mount Sinai School of Medicine–Elmhurst Hospital, a Paediatric Emergency Medicine fellowship at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, and a Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) fellowship at SickKids. He is actively involved in fellow education, curriculum development, and quality improvement, and leads multiple POCUS teaching initiatives for residents, fellows, and staff. His academic interests include medical education, competency-based training, and the integration of POCUS into paediatric emergency care.

Education and experience

• 2021–2022: Point-of-Care Ultrasound Fellowship, Division of Emergency Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• 2013–2016: Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children’s Hospital of New Jersey – Newark Beth Israel, Newark, New Jersey, USA
• 2010–2013: Pediatric Residency, Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine - Elmhurst Hospital, New York, New York, USA.
• 2006–2010: Doctor of Medicine, St. George’s University, True Blue, Grenada. 

Achievements 

• 2025: James C. Fallis Award, Runner Up, Presenter, Division of Paediatric Emergency Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 
                                                

1. Assessing Outcomes of Point-of-Care Ultrasound Use in Testicular Torsion in a Pediatric Emergency Department, T. Tasuku. et al. Pediatric Emergency Care. Nov 2025. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000003505
2. Predicting Delayed Shock in Multisystem Inflammatory Disease in Children – A Multicenter Analysis from the New York City Tri-State Region, D. Levine et al. Pediatric Emergency Care. Feb 2023. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000002914
3. Pediatric emergency care in New York City during the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown and reopening periods. T. Liang et al. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine. Volume 56, June 2022. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2022.03.049
4. Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children. M. Waseem Et al. The Journal of Emergency Medicine. Volume 62. Issue 1, Jan 2022. doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2021.07.070