Ken Lee
Ken Lee, MSW, is former supervisor and discharge planning
coordinator, Social Work Service, at Tripler Army Medical Center
in Hawaii. Before joining Tripler Army Medical Center, he served
in the U.S. Air Force as a uniformed social work officer.
Following active duty, he continued his work with military-related
clients in a variety of medical and psychiatric settings with
the Veterans Administration and the Department of the Army.
Since his retirement from federal service in 2000, Lee has
volunteered for the American Red Cross as a disaster mental
health specialist; he is also a member of the American Red
Cross Aviation Incident Response (AIR) Team and the International
Response Team (IRT) for transportation disasters.
Additionally, Lee is the Hawaii State Chapter Disaster Mental
Health Lead and a disaster mental health instructor for the
American Red Cross. He assisted in providing disaster mental
health services at the World Trade Center, following September
11. Lee also volunteers for the American Cancer Society as
a consultant and facilitator in planning, and conducts activities
for child and teenage cancer survivors.
In addition to his great service to the Armed Forces and a
variety of communities, Lee received the NASW Foundation's
Knee/Wittman Lifetime Achievement Award in Health and Mental
Health Practice in 2002.
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