Dr. Elaine Lee Wade

Self Breast Exams: Can They Really Save Lives?

Dr. Wade is a medical oncologist specializing in breast cancer at Northshore University Healthsystem. She is board certified in internal medicine, medical oncology and hematology. She is currently president of the North Shore Region of American Cancer Society, Illinois Division where she provides leadership at the local, state, and national levels. She also serves on the medical advisory board for Y-ME and is part of the grant review committee for the Susan G. Komen organization. Dr. Wade graduated from Loyola University Cum Laude and earned her medical degree from Rush Medical College. She completed a fellowship at Northwestern Memorial Hospital underwritten by the American Cancer Society and Brian Foreman Foundation. Dr. Wade previously served as Clinical Director of the Breast Center at West Suburban Hospital in Oak Park and Director of Women’s Oncology at Ingalls Hospital in Harvey, Illinois.

Melanie Cole M.S.

2008-10-01