Peterkin Lee-Kwen, MD

Background

Dr. Lee-Kwen is a board-certified neurologist and is fellowship trained in stroke neurology with 18 years experience caring for patients with neurological disease.

At Mercy Hospital, he provides oversight and care for patients with stroke and other neurological disorders.

A Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology at the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Dr. Lee-Kwen received his medical degree from the University of the West Indies, Jamaica. After interning in the Department of Medicine at Howard University Hospital in Washington, DC, Dr. Lee-Kwen continued his studies at UB’s School of Medicine where he completed a residency in the Department of Neurology and a fellowship in Cerebrovascular Disease.

Board certified in neurology, Dr. Lee-Kwen is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the American Society of Neuroimaging, and the American Heart Association. He is widely published and lectures in the fields of stroke, neurology and vascular neurology, and previously served as director of the Kaleida Stroke Center at Millard Fillmore Hospital in Buffalo, NY.