Karleen Habin, R.N., Consultant for the ABC News OnCall+ Breast Cancer Center

— -- Karleen R. Habin, R.N., is the clinical nurse supervisor of the breast oncology research program at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center -- an NCI Designated Cancer Center in Boston, Massachusetts.

Habin has more than 25 years of extensive nursing experience ranging from critical care to ambulatory nursing administration in women's health.

She holds nominated positions to the National Consortium of Breast Centers (NCBC), the Cancer and Leukemia Group B Data Safety Monitoring Board and the Education Network to Advance Cancer Clinical Trials (ENACCT).

Several studies published by Habin focus on cancer survivorship and symptom management. She recently co-authored an article in the Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing that examines the side effects of aromatase inhibitors (CJON Volume 11, Number 3 p 433-437 6/2007).

Habin also is co-investigator on several ongoing clinical trials, and she serves as the executive director of the Breast Cancer Resource Guide Project of Massachusetts.