Andrea McKee, MD (Past President) is a partner at Radiation Oncology Associates, PA and currently serves as Chief of the Division of Radiation Oncology at the Lahey Hospital & Medical Center (LHMC) Sophia Gordon Cancer Center in Burlington, MA. She received her medical degree from the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons and completed her residency in radiation oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center where she served as chief resident. In early 2012, Dr. McKee and a team of allied health professionals at LHMC initiated the Rescue Lung, Rescue Life community benefit CT lung screening program to save lives and open screening access to those at high-risk for lung cancer regardless of financial means. Currently serving as President of the Rescue Lung Society, she continues to advance screening objectives alongside other physicians, researchers, and patient advocates. Dr. McKee has co-authored numerous seminal peer-reviewed publications on the design, implementation and management of clinical CT lung screening. Dr. McKee is actively involved on a local and national level in preventative health issues focusing on patient-centered care, patient advocacy, and patient empowerment. She serves as a member of several New England based patient advisory councils, as a member of the National Lung Cancer Round Table (NLCRT), member of the NLCRT CTLS Implementation Task Group, NLCRT State Based Initiatives Task Group, NLCRT Policy Task Group, Massachusetts State Cancer Control Steering Committee, Co-Chair of the State Lung Cancer Subgroup and the Massachusetts Lung Cancer Screening Learning Collaborative and as Advisory Board Member to the Lung Cancer Alliance and the American Lung Association.
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