Dr Louisa Lo is a Specialist Physician in Medical Oncology at the Perth Breast Cancer Institute, Breast Cancer Research Centre (BCRC)-WA at Hollywood Private Hospital.

Her immediate focus is on familial breast cancer, cancer prevention, breast cancer management, and new drug studies. Louisa works at the Perth Breast Cancer Institute, Breast Cancer Research Centre (BCRC) WA at Hollywood Private Hospital. She also consults at the breast cancer medical oncology clinics at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.

As the Education lead of BCRC-WA, she provides updated clinical education through authoring medical pamphlets, newsletters, and presentations to patients, clinicians, and medical trainees.

Dr Lo graduated from the University of Manchester (UK) with Honours in 2009. She completed her breast cancer oncology fellowship training at the Peter MacCallum Breast Cancer Unit in Melbourne and continued working there as a medical oncologist after her training was complete.

Dr Lo was awarded the prestigious National Health and Medical Research Council PhD scholarship and RACP excellence award in 2017. She is currently completing her PhD in breast cancer liquid biopsy and is interested in using this as a tool to personalise breast cancer treatment for patients.

Dr Lo has been a principal investigator for breast cancer clinical trials and has established her own investigator-initiated studies with sites recruiting in Melbourne and Adelaide.

She has a book chapter and high-impact international cancer journal publications such as the British Journal of Cancer, PLOS Medicine, and Cancer Discovery, and is a reviewer for international cancer journals. She is also a clinical examiner for the FRACP medical physician specialist examinations.