Dr. Lisa Carey's Biography
Lisa A. Carey, MD, is the Richardson and Marilyn Jacobs Preyer Distinguished Professor of Breast Cancer Research in the UNC Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology. She graduated from Wellesley College in 1984 with a B.A. in Biology and Art History. She received her M.D. from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1990. She remained at Johns Hopkins for her residency in Internal Medicine followed by a fellowship in Medical Oncology and an advanced degree in Clinical Investigations. Dr. Carey joined the UNC faculty and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center in 1998. At UNC-Lineberger, she is the Medical Director of the Breast Center, Section Chief of Breast Medical Oncology, co-Leader of the Breast Cancer Research Program, and chairs the Oncology Protocol Review Committee. She became the Cancer Center’s Associate Director for Clinical Sciences in 2010.
Dr. Carey has a longstanding research interest in the clinical application of laboratory findings in breast cancer, with a particular interest in the clinical implications of different molecular subtypes of breast cancer. She designs and leads clinical trials of novel drugs and approaches, and is a close collaborator with several laboratory investigators and epidemiologists. Dr. Carey has served on the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Scientific Program and Education Committees and as faculty for ASCO and AACR-CTRC San Antonio annual meetings for many years. She was named to the Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) Breast Core Committee in 2003. She was awarded a Doris Duke Clinician Scientist Award in 1999, a Career Development Award from the NCI in 2000, and was inducted into the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars in 2008.
