Kathy S. Albain, Md, Facp

Biography

Dr. Albain devotes her clinical practice to patients with breast and lung cancer at Loyola’s Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center. She is Co-leader of the Breast Cancer Program (with Clodia Osipo, PhD), Director of the Breast Clinical Research Program, Co-director of the multidisciplinary Breast Oncology Center, and Director of the Thoracic Oncology Program. She is also a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. Dr. Albain is involved in national research and advisory activities pertaining to breast and lung cancers as well as cancer survivorship and special populations research. She chaired the Committee on Special Populations for SWOG from its conception,  Dr. Albain devotes her clinical practice to patients with breast and lung cancer at Loyola’s Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center. She is Co-leader of the Breast Cancer Program (with Clodia Osipo, PhD), Director of the Breast Clinical Research Program, Co-director of the multidisciplinary Breast Oncology Center, and Director of the Thoracic Oncology Program. She is also a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. Dr. Albain is involved in national research and advisory activities pertaining to breast and lung cancers as well as cancer survivorship and special populations research. She chaired the Committee on Special Populations for SWOG from its conception, 

Research Interest

and they conducted novel research that addressed gender differences in cancer, survivorship issues, and outcome and treatment of special populations.  Dr. Albain is a member of the SWOG working groups for breast and lung cancer, the International Early Breast Cancer Trialists’ Collaborative Group and Steering Committee. She was a charter member of the NIH Committee on Research on Women’s Health and completed a term on the FDA Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC). She has over 170 publications in peer reviewed journals.