Stacey B. Lee, JD, is a Professor of Practice at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and holds a joint appointment at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her teaching, scholarship, and practice focus on healthcare negotiation, healthcare law and policy, and leadership development. She is the author of Transforming Healthcare Through Negotiation: A Guide to Success in Medicine, Care Delivery and the Business of Health (Routledge, 2025) and a companion practitioner field guide, and she developed the HEAR Approach, a healthcare-specific framework for navigating negotiation across the practice of medicine, delivery of care, and business of health.
Lee teaches graduate students and develops executive education for physician leaders, healthcare executives, nurses, fellows, and professional associations. She is a Fulbright Specialist, an award-winning educator, and a featured legal and policy expert in The Pink Pill: Sex, Drugs & Who Has Control. Before entering academia, she practiced law for more than a decade as a securities litigator and in-house counsel for healthcare companies and served as a senior regulatory specialist for America’s Health Insurance Plans.
Education
- JD, Law, University of Maryland School of Law
- BBA, Management, Loyola University
Research
Selected publications
- Lee, Stacey B. Transforming Healthcare Through Negotiation: A Guide to Success in Medicine, Care Delivery and the Business of Health. Routledge, 2025.
- Lee, Stacey B. The Practical Field Guide to Transforming Healthcare Negotiation. KDP Amazon, 2025.
- Lee, Stacey B., “Healthcare Negotiations for Faculty,” in The Academic Medicine Starter Kit: Timeless Tips & Guidance for Early-Career Faculty Members (2024).
- Lee, Stacey B., et al., “An Empathetic Ear: Strategies of Employer Health and Wellness Negotiations,” Petrie-Flom Center/Harvard Law School Project on Disability (2022).
- Sarmiento, Samuel, Stacey B. Lee, et al., “Malpractice Litigation in Plastic Surgery: Can We Identify Patterns?” Aesthetic Surgery Journal (2019).
- Lee, Stacey B. and Alexandra Y. Murata, “The Expanded Access Cure: A Twenty-First Century Framework for Companies.” Journal of Business Ethics (2017).
- Lee, Stacey B., “Drug Shortage Crisis: What Happens When Generic Manufacturers ‘Just Say No.’” Oregon Law Review (2014).
- Lee, Stacey B., “Informed Consent: Enforcing Pharmaceutical Companies’ Obligations Abroad.” Health and Human Rights (2010).
Working papers
- Lee, Stacey B. and James K. Stoller, “Before the Table: The HEAR Approach as a Pre-Negotiation Workup for Healthcare Leaders,” manuscript prepared for submission to BMJ Leader, Leadership in the Mirror.
Teaching
Current
- Business Law
- Healthcare Law and Regulation
- Negotiations in Healthcare Settings Legal
- Ethical Issues in Health Services Management
Honors and Distinctions
- Goody Business Book Awards — Winner, 2025
- Transforming Healthcare Through Negotiation: A Guide to Success in Medicine, Care Delivery and the Business of Health American Book Fest Best Book Awards — Finalist, 2025
- Transforming Healthcare Through Negotiation Nonfiction Authors Association Nonfiction Book Awards — Silver Award, 2025
- Transforming Healthcare Through Negotiation Outstanding Teaching Award, 2018–2025
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Ranked among the top 20% of faculty for Negotiations in Healthcare Settings
- Dean’s Award for Faculty Excellence, 2016–2023 Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Awarded for exemplary contributions to the school
- Excellence in Teaching Award, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019
- Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Student-nominated award for outstanding instruction
- Fulbright Specialist, 2017–2020 Selected for expertise in healthcare law, dispute resolution, and negotiations
- Faculty of the Year, 2012, 2014
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Carey Business School MPH/MBA cohort-nominated award based on course evaluations and pedagogy in Business Law and Negotiations
Impact and Engagement
Lee’s healthcare negotiation and leadership work extends across graduate education, executive education, healthcare organizations, professional associations, and academic medicine. Recent programs have included physician leadership, nursing leadership, healthcare executive, fellow, and faculty-development audiences at organizations including DaVita, UT Dallas Physician Leadership Program, Johns Hopkins Medicine, St. Luke’s Kansas City, the Eye Bank Association of America, and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She also developed and piloted the HEAR Negotiation AI Platform, an AI-supported healthcare negotiation simulation and feedback tool, in 2026.
In the Media
- “Why Is There No ‘Female Viagra’? Inside The Pink Pill Documentary,” Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, April 3, 2026.
- Featured legal and policy expert, The Pink Pill: Sex, Drugs & Who Has Control, documentary examining women’s sexual health, FDA drug approval pathways, and pharmaceutical regulation; DOC NYC Audience Award winner; streaming on Paramount+, 2026.
- “Best of 2025: The Year’s Biggest AI-Driven Shifts in Medicine,” MDLinx, quoted expert source, December 21, 2025.
- “HR Giant SHRM Asked Judge to Exclude Evidence of Its HR Expertise,” Business Insider, quoted expert source, December 1, 2025.
- “Navigating Difficult Negotiations: Insights from Professor Stacey Lee on Authentic Conversations and Life Lessons in Law,” Four Fs Podcast, guest interview, November 17, 2025.
- “FDA’s Plan to Speed Drug Reviews Risks Skepticism From Insurers,” Bloomberg Law, quoted expert source, November 13, 2025.
- “Healthcare is Winning the AI Race—Here’s What It Means for Docs,” MDLinx, quoted expert source, November 10, 2025.
- “Negotiations in Healthcare: Interview with Stacey Lee, JD,” A Nurse and a Doctor Walk Into a Lab Podcast, November 1, 2025.
- “Tylenol Maker Kenvue Faces Mounting Crisis After Trump’s Rebuke,” Bloomberg Law, quoted expert source, September 23, 2025.
- “This U.S. State Just Passed a Stunning New Law That Will Change Women’s Lives,” HuffPost, by Stacey B. Lee, August 24, 2025.
- “Healthcare” interview with Keisha Lancelin, Focus Atlanta/CBS, August 18, 2025.
- “New FDA Drug Chief: ‘Revolving Door’ or Reformer?” MedPage Today, July 28, 2025.
- “Docs Navigate ‘Legal Thicket’ of Pregnancy Exclusion Laws,” Law360 Healthcare Authority, quoted expert source, June 24, 2025.
- Public Health on Call, Episode 915: “America’s Caregiver Crisis,” Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health podcast, June 2025.