Dr. Steven M. Albelda currently serves as Vice Chief and Director of Lung Research, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the Harron Lung Center, Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine—a facility of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He is also currently a William Maul Measey Professor of Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine. Dr. Albelda graduated from Williams College and received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Dr. Albelda performed his post-graduate studies at Penn Medicine.
Dr. Albelda is the recipient of the Physician-Scientist Award from the Lung Division of the National Institutes of Health and the 2010 Wagner Medal from the Mesothelioma Interest Group. Dr. Albelda is published in nearly 140 peer-reviewed journals and papers. He has also contributed to a number of research journals and book chapters.