Stacey B. Lee, JD, is a national authority in high-stakes healthcare negotiation and the creator of HEAR™, the first negotiation framework designed specifically for the realities of medicine, care delivery, and the business of health. Her work equips healthcare executives, clinicians, administrators, and cross-functional teams to navigate complex strategic conversations with clarity, confidence, and measurable impact.

A Professor at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Lee has trained more than 2,000 healthcare professionals across 125+ organizations—from academic medical centers and hospital systems to pharmaceutical companies, health technology partners, and private equity–backed healthcare ventures. Before entering academia, she spent more than a decade as a securities litigator and later as in-house counsel for major healthcare corporations, advising leaders on risk, regulation, strategic partnerships, and conflict resolution. This dual legal and industry background gives her insight into the pressures healthcare leaders face that most general negotiation experts miss.

Lee’s trademarked HEAR™ Framework (High-stakes Empowerment, Acknowledgment, and Recasting) reframes negotiation as a core competency in healthcare—an essential strategic discipline that directly influences patient care, partnerships, and organizational performance. The framework has been adopted by executive education programs and used by leaders at institutions including Cleveland Clinic, Harvard, and NYU Langone, as well as by biotech companies, medical device teams, and healthcare innovators seeking to strengthen collaboration and improve outcomes.

Lee is the award-winning author of Transforming Healthcare Through Negotiation: A Guide to Success in Medicine, Care Delivery, and the Business of Health (Routledge, 2025), which received the Nonfiction Authors Association Silver Medal, and its companion A Practical Field Guide to Transforming Healthcare Through Negotiation (2025). Both debuted as Amazon #1 New Releases and reached Top 3 Best Sellers in Health Law, Hospital Administration, and Medical Practice Management. Her work has been endorsed by leaders at Harvard Business School, the Cleveland Clinic, and major healthcare organizations nationwide.

Lee’s expertise is widely recognized across national media. She has provided commentary for The Washington Post, CNN, CBS, USA Today, Bloomberg Radio, NPR, and other outlets, offering insight on negotiation, healthcare policy, decision-making, and organizational risk. She was featured as a research expert in The Pink Pill, a documentary examining FDA approval pathways and gender equity in pharmaceutical development. Her scholarship has been published in the Yale Journal of Health Policy and Ethics, the Journal of Business Ethics, and multiple law and healthcare journals.

A Fulbright Specialist, TEDx speaker, and multiple-time Teaching Excellence Award recipient at Johns Hopkins, Lee previously served as Academic Program Director for the Johns Hopkins Full-time MBA Program and founded the Teaching Excellence Initiative.

Through her institute, Praxis Pacisci, Lee delivers keynote speeches, executive workshops, and custom negotiation programs for healthcare organizations, pharmaceutical and device companies, payers, and health systems in the U.S. and internationally—empowering leaders to master the critical conversations that shape patient care, organizational strategy, and the future of health.