Dr. Rhee grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, where his father was a practicing surgeon. His undergraduate education was completed at the University of California at Berkeley, where he graduated with honors with a degree in Integrative Biology. He gained out-of-state admission to medical school at the University of Colorado, where he was cited for academic excellence. His general surgical training was performed at Temple University in Philadelphia. He subsequently returned to Colorado to train under Dr. Lawrence Ketch in plastic surgery at the University of Colorado.

Upon completing his plastic surgical residency in 2000, Dr. Rhee opened his practice in the Phoenix metro area, where he practiced until 2012 when he had the opportunity to move his practice to Castle Rock in 2013, fulfilling his long-held desire to return to Colorado, where he has close family ties.