{"639883":{"#nid":"639883","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Chris Lee Named to Emory \u201840 Under Forty\u2019","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EChris Lee\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;earned his Ph.D. from\u0026nbsp;the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University in 2012, then\u0026nbsp;embarked on a\u0026nbsp;successful entrepreneurial quest that has him currently positioned as chairman and CEO of Huxley Medical in Atlanta. And now that he has been selected to the Emory Alumni Association\u0026rsquo;s \u0026rsquo;40 Under Forty,\u0026rsquo; Lee has the distinction of having won the same\u0026nbsp;honor\u0026nbsp;at both institutions \u0026ndash; he recently was one of 10 BME graduates named to the Georgia Tech Alumni Association\u0026rsquo;s inaugural\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/alumni-associations-40-under-40-honors-10-bme-alumni\u0022\u003E40 Under 40\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEvery year, Emory\u0026rsquo;s Office of Alumni Engagement puts the spotlight on selected alumni across a variety of vocations for making a significant impact in business, research, leadership, public service and\/or philanthropic endeavors. The 2020 winners were selected from hundreds of nominees, representing the very best in achievement and service across the diverse and influential Emory alumni community.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELee, a first-generation Chinese American, says he inherited his entrepreneurial drive from his parents, whose journey to the United States was anything but easy. \u0026ldquo;Despite their struggles acclimating to a foreign country, both graduated near the top of their class in pharmacy school,\u0026rdquo; says Lee, who adds that his own success story actually started when he ignored his parents\u0026rsquo; expectations, \u0026ldquo;and focused on the opportunities that excited me.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThose opportunities have included starting Vertera (a medical device company that developed and patented a revolutionary technology that allows orthopedic implants to integrate directly into the body), launching Huxley Medical, and investing in several other companies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELeveraging his professional success, he\u0026rsquo;s founded The Woodbridge Foundation, which supports other researchers starting their own healthcare companies.\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s an opportunity for me to pay it back to the two institutions that helped me get where I am,\u0026rdquo; says Lee, who a member of the Coulter Department advisory board.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERead more about Lee and Emory\u0026rsquo;s \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.alumni.emory.edu\/awards\/40-under-forty-recipients.html\u0022\u003E40 Under Forty \u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.alumni.emory.edu\/awards\/40-under-forty-recipients.html\u0022\u003Eright here\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"BME graduate and serial entrepreneur was also part of Georgia Tech Alumni Association\u2019s inaugural 40 Under 40"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBME graduate and serial entrepreneur was also part of Georgia Tech Alumni Association\u0026rsquo;s inaugural 40 Under 40\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"BME graduate and serial entrepreneur was also part of Georgia Tech Alumni Association\u2019s inaugural 40 Under 40"}],"uid":"28153","created_gmt":"2020-10-05 00:39:53","changed_gmt":"2020-10-05 04:17:23","author":"Jerry Grillo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-10-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-10-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"639882":{"id":"639882","type":"image","title":"Chris Lee","body":null,"created":"1601858308","gmt_created":"2020-10-05 00:38:28","changed":"1601858308","gmt_changed":"2020-10-05 00:38:28","alt":"","file":{"fid":"243260","name":"2020-chris-lee.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2020-chris-lee.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2020-chris-lee.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":115494,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/2020-chris-lee.jpg?itok=VNrY44PC"}}},"media_ids":["639882"],"groups":[{"id":"1254","name":"Wallace H. 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