Primary Care & Internal Medicine
Hing-Chung Lee, MD
Hing-Chung Lee, MD — Internal Medicine
Dr. Hing-Chung Lee is a board-certified internist in Rockville, MD, with more than 35 years of experience in adult medicine. He cares for patients in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin, and has long been a familiar primary-care doctor for the area’s Chinese-speaking community.
Background and training
Dr. Lee is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and has practiced internal medicine for more than three decades. He is affiliated with Adventist HealthCare White Oak Medical Center, Holy Cross Germantown Hospital, and Sibley Memorial Hospital.
Why patients choose Dr. Lee
Bilingual in Cantonese and Mandarin, Dr. Lee can talk through a diagnosis or treatment plan directly with Chinese-speaking patients, without an interpreter. His long tenure in Rockville has made him a trusted first call for adults managing everyday and chronic conditions.
Practice focus
General adult internal medicine, including preventive care, annual physicals, and the management of chronic conditions.
Languages and access
Dr. Lee speaks English, Cantonese, and Mandarin, accepts new patients, and participates in major insurance plans. Confirm coverage and availability with the office before booking.
Profile last fact-checked July 13, 2026. Information reflects publicly available sources and may change. Confirm details directly with the practice before booking.
How Dr. Lee compares
Context from the 139 providers we track across Bethesda and Montgomery County.
The only Cantonese-speaking doctor we list
1 of the 139 providers in our registry (1%) practise in Cantonese, across 1 specialty.
1 of 3 Mandarin-speaking doctors
3 of the 139 providers in our registry (2%) practise in Mandarin, across 2 specialties.
Figures describe the 139 providers currently in the MyBethesdaDoctor registry as of August 2026 — a curated directory, not a census of every doctor in Montgomery County. How we build this list.
Where Dr. Lee sits by experience
Dr. Lee finished medical school in 1981, 45 years ago. Of the 135 providers in our registry whose graduation year we could verify, 9 finished earlier, 122 finished later, and 3 finished the same year.
1965–69
1 provider finished 1965–19691970–74
2 providers finished 1970–19741975–79
4 providers finished 1975–1979Dr. Lee1981
1980–84
13 providers finished 1980–19841985–89
12 providers finished 1985–19891990–94
14 providers finished 1990–19941995–99
27 providers finished 1995–19992000–04
20 providers finished 2000–20042005–09
19 providers finished 2005–20092010–14
17 providers finished 2010–20142015–19
4 providers finished 2015–20192020–24
2 providers finished 2020–2024Among the 110 physicians we list, 9 finished medical school earlier — the median for that group is 1998.
All 12 bands
| Graduated | Providers |
|---|---|
| 1965–1969 | 1 |
| 1970–1974 | 2 |
| 1975–1979 | 4 |
| 1980–1984 — Dr. Lee | 13 |
| 1985–1989 | 12 |
| 1990–1994 | 14 |
| 1995–1999 | 27 |
| 2000–2004 | 20 |
| 2005–2009 | 19 |
| 2010–2014 | 17 |
| 2015–2019 | 4 |
| 2020–2024 | 2 |
Figures describe the 139 providers currently in the MyBethesdaDoctor registry as of August 2026 — a curated directory, not a census of every doctor in Montgomery County. Based on the 135 of 139 profiles with a graduation year we could verify against a primary source; the remaining 4 are left out rather than estimated. How we build this list.
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