Physician Scott P. Albert has been named director of the breast program at Upstate Medical University. He also serves as assistant professor of medicine.
Albert previously served at Upstate from 2013 to 2017 and held numerous roles, including as chief of the division of breast endocrine and plastic surgery and breast program leader. He also served as associate program director for the surgery residency program. He most recently served as a surgeon at St. Joseph’s Health Hospital.
Albert is board-certified in complex general surgical oncology, which is granted to surgeons who have completed advanced training and demonstrated expertise in the field of surgical oncology, specifically focusing on patients needing complex cancer surgeries or with rare or unusual cancers.
Albert has lectured and written on topics such as breast cancer, melanoma, thyroid diseases and has been published in numerous publications, such as Critical Care Medicine, Annals of Surgical Oncology and the Journal of Surgical Research, among others.
Albert earned his medical degree from Upstate Medical University in 2000. He was a general surgery resident and surgical research fellow at Upstate, before holding a surgical oncology fellowship at Ohio State University.
His honors include the Humanitarian Award from the Carol Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Fund.