Meet Sungeun Melanie Lee, M.D., Ph.D.

Sungeun Melanie Lee, MD, PhD, is a board-certified adult psychiatrist at Adelpha Psychiatric Group in Encino, California. 

Dr. Lee graduated from Harvey Mudd College with a bachelor’s degree in Biology and a minor in Piano. After college, she pursued her medical training and research training at USC Keck School of Medicine and Caltech’s joint MD/PhD program. She completed her Psychiatry Residency at UCLA-Resnick Neuropsychiatric Institute. During her residency, Dr. Lee served as a Research Chief and went on to spend a year of research fellowship at UCLA in pursuit of studying the relationship between the gut microbiota and various neuropsychiatric conditions of inflammatory nature.  

Dr. Lee takes a holistic and personalized approach to treating psychiatric illnesses utilizing a blend of medication management, psychotherapy and TMS. She is experienced in treating a wide range of psychiatric illnesses including mood disorders, psychotic disorders, ADHD, anxiety disorders, trauma-related disorders, OCD, sleep-related disorders and psychosomatic disorders.  Dr. Lee employs various psychotherapeutic modalities to meet the unique needs of each patient including Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness-based Therapy (MBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Psychodynamic psychotherapy. Dr. Lee is fluent in Korean.