Recognized for her Medicine and Science contributions.

Katharine “Kate” Halligan, MD, PhD is an alumnus of the Colonie Central High School’s Class of 1998. She is recognized for her distinguished work in the pediatric medical field and is a full-time physician at The Melodies Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders at Albany Medical Center. Halligan is currently the Director of the Hemophilia Treatment Center where she supervises a medical team caring for children and adults with inherited bleeding disorders. She’s also a noted participant in multiple state and national grants that help provide recombinant replacement factor as therapy for patients.  

In addition to her primary medical responsibilities at the Melodies Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders, Halligan is also a faculty member at Albany Medical College as Assistant Professor of Pediatrics. In this role, she dedicates her expertise to teaching and educating tomorrow’s physicians for success in today’s medical profession. Previous to her work at Albany Medical Center, she spent the prior three years completing her fellowship in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at UPMC Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh. Halligan is also an alumnus of Siena College and Albany Medical College and performed her Residency in Pediatrics at Albany Medical Center from 2009 to 2011.