[3] During World War I, Albuquerque was a resident medical officer on the staff of the Essex County Hospital in Colchester; she and Flora Nihal Singh were the first women doctors and the first Asian doctors on the staff.

[4][5] On her return to India, Albuquerque worked with Jerusha Jhirad at the Bangalore Maternity Hospital, as senior obstetrician from 1922 to 1925.

After Jhirad left for Bombay, Albuquerque became senior medical officer at the hospital.

She was honored by the Mysore State government with the title "Sastra Vaidya Praveen".

[2] She was a member of the local reception committees when the Indian Science Congress met in Bangalore in 1932[11] and in 1951.