Heeje Lee, DDS, MPH is a researcher with the Korea Health Policy Project at Harvard Medical School. He is a dentist specializing in endodontics and prosthodontics. During his career he has visited many developing countries and lived in Ethiopia for over 2 years to serve patients and train local dentists and students. Since 2016, he has traveled to North Korea multiple times to teach at the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST), School of Dentistry.