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Darrin Lee, MD

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Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery · University of Southern California

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Region🇺🇸 Los Angeles, CA · West · United StatesSpecialtyNeurological SurgeryFocusNeurological disorders and treatments+4
Active KOLfindmyKOL type: EliteLatest publication2025Online presenceNone verifiedPayments2021–2025NIH funding2020–2026

Darrin Lee is Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery at University of Southern California. OpenAlex indexes 134 publications with 3,013 citations (h-index 30); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 3 registered studies with this person as an investigator.

Data verified 24 Oct 2026

Overview

Updated 24 Oct 2026

Darrin Lee, MD, is Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery at University of Southern California. The public record shows 134 publications with 3,013 citations (h-index 30), centered on Neurological disorders and treatments, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies, Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders. It also documents an investigator role on 3 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 11 companies, 3 NIH-funded awards (2020–2026).

  • Most recent indexed publication: 2025 · The New England journal of medicine
  • Top research focus: Neurological disorders and treatments
  • 3 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
  • Open Payments reporting from 11 companies

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Indications focus

from trials led + research topics
Parkinson's Disease2 trialsBinge-Eating Disorder1 trialEpilepsy

Research focus

OpenAlex concept fingerprint
Neurological disorders and treatmentsTranscranial Magnetic Stimulation StudiesObsessive-Compulsive Spectrum DisordersEpilepsy research and treatmentTraumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances

Works with

trial sponsors and companies reporting payments
Abbott LaboratoriesClinical trials—Industry payments19Neuropace, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments7LivaNova USA, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments6Boston Scientific CorporationClinical trials—Industry payments4Medtronic, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments3University of Southern CaliforniaClinical trials3Industry payments—InSightec,IncClinical trials—Industry payments2Aesculap, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments1Integra LifeSciences CorporationClinical trials—Industry payments1Longeviti Neuro Solutions INCClinical trials—Industry payments1Nevro Corp.Clinical trials—Industry payments1

Scholarship

indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
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134publications

Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 2 in PubMed.

3,013citations

Total citations across indexed works.

30h-index

Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 58.

Clinical & industry

trials, payments and federal funding
3clinical trials

Investigator role on registered studies.

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11companies · 2021–2025

Companies reporting payments to CMS. Facts, not judgments.

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3NIH grants · 2020–2026

Federally funded research awards.

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Contact

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Clinical trials

Updated 24 Oct 2026

Listed as an investigator on 3 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:

Industry payments

Updated 24 Oct 2026

11 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:

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NIH funding

Updated 24 Oct 2026

3 NIH research awards on record, funded 2020–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:

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Publications

Updated 24 Oct 2026

Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.

Most-cited works

by citation count (OpenAlex)
  1. 01
    Current and future directions of deep brain stimulation for neurological and psychiatric disorders
    Article303 citations2019
    doi.org ↗
  2. 02
    Review of the Neural Oscillations Underlying Meditation
    Article246 citations2018
    doi.org ↗
  3. 03
    Outcomes from stereotactic surgery for essential tremor
    Article233 citations2018
    doi.org ↗
  4. 04
    A comparative study of human and rat hippocampal low‐frequency oscillations during spatial navigation
    Article163 citations2013
    doi.org ↗
  5. 05
    Decreased expression of the glial water channel aquaporin-4 in the intrahippocampal kainic acid model of epileptogenesis
    Article120 citations2012
    doi.org ↗
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Network

Updated 24 Oct 2026

The people this person publishes with most, by number of co-authored papers. Names link to their own profile when we have one.

Charles Yu Liu33Andrés M. Lozano24Wooseong Choi20Robert Francis Dallapiazza17Philippe De Vloo14Kofi A. Agyeman13Kiarash Shahlaie13Suneil Kumar Kalia12Jonathan Joseph Russin11Alfonso A. Fasano11Aidin Abedi11Mojgan Hodaie9Kevin Wu9Vasileios Christopoulos9Brian Lee9Nancy Zepeda8Gene G. Gurkoff7Ali Izadi7Kay Jann7Robert Grady Briggs7Steven J. Siegel7Melissa L. Wilson6Devin K. Binder6Amir Goodarzi6Kimberly Kinga Gokoffski6Victor Reggie Edgerton6Yu Tung Lo6Anton Fomenko6Xenos L. Mason5William D. Hutchison5Gavin J.B. Elias5Arne D. Ekstrom5Lindsey M. Crown5Clement Hamani5Matthew Bergosh5Evgeniy I. Kreydin5Jonathon Cavaleri5Michelle Armacost5Robert E. Chen5Shan Zhong5

Online presence

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Mentions by others

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  • Other

    keckmedicine.org

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Background & recognition

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Education

degrees and training on record
  • MD (Doctor of Medicine)

    University of California Irvine

    2009
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  • PhD
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Secondary affiliations

appointments beyond the home institution
  • Associate appointment

    Department of Psychiatry, Keck School of Medicine of USC

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