2005 Releases

Roswell Park Appoints Surgeon: Nov-21-2005 — Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) has appointed Kelli Bullard Dunn, MD, FACS, to the Gastrointestinal Service in the Department of Surgical Oncology and to the Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics. She also will hold an appointment as Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, University at Buffalo.
New Board of Directors Appointment at Roswell Park Cancer Institute: Nov-18-2005 — New York State Governor George E. Pataki has appointed E. Philip Saunders to the Board of Directors at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) Corporation. He will serve until April 2006.
RPCI Board of Directors Member Appointed: Sep-12-2005 — New York State Governor George E. Pataki has appointed Mark E. Celmer to the Board of Directors of Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI).
Director of Robotic Surgery Appointed at Roswell Park: Aug-12-2005 — Khurshid A. Guru, MD, has been appointed Director of Robotic Surgery. A new center opened in 2004 and is the first facility in the Buffalo-Niagara region to offer state-of-the-art robotic surgical technology to patients with prostate cancer.
Three Pathologists Appointed at Roswell Park Cancer Institute: Aug-12-2005 — Paul Bogner, MD, George Deeb, MD, and Mihai Merzianu, MD, have been appointed to the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI).
Roswell Park Surgeon Elected Member of Triological Society: Aug-12-2005 — Nestor R. Rigual, MD, a member of the Department of Head & Neck Surgery,RPCI, has been elected as a Fellow to The American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society, also known as The Triological Society.
Radiation Oncologist Appointed at Roswell Park Cancer Institute: Jul-08-2005 — Dheerendra Prasad, MD, M-Ch, has been appointed Director of Neuro- & Pediatric Radiation Medicine and Co-Director, Gamma Knife Unit in the Department of Radiation Medicine at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI).
Member of the Roswell Park Board of Directors Re-Appointed: Jun-30-2005 — New York State Governor George E. Pataki has re-appointed Hugh M. Russ, III, to the Board of Directors of Roswell Park Cancer Institute Corporation (RPCI). His first full three-year term will expire January 6, 2008.
Roswell Park Cancer Institute Board Appointment: Jun-30-2005 — New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has appointed June W. Hoeflich to a three-year term as a member of the Board of Directors of Roswell Park Cancer Institute Corporation (RPCI).
Retired Judge Joseph S. Mattina Appointed to Roswell Park Board of Directors: Jun-30-2005 — New York State Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno has appointed retired Surrogate Court Judge Joseph S. Mattina as a member of the Board of Directors of Roswell Park Cancer Institute Corporation (RPCI).
Faculty Member Appointed to National Cancer Institute Advisory Review Group: Jun-20-2005 — James Marshall, PhD, Senior Vice President of the Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences at RPCI, has been appointed to the Initial Review Group-Subcommitttee A for Cancer Center Reviews by the NCI.
Roswell Park Physician Honored with National Appointment: Jun-20-2005 — Michael K.K. Wong, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Medical Director of Clinical Drug Development at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), has been appointed to the Scientific Advisory Board of the National Cancer Coalition (NCC).
Roswell Park Hosts Clinical Course on Flow Cytometry: Jun-17-2005 — The principles of flow cytometry will be the focus of the 18th Annual Clinical Course on Flow Cytometry.
New Faculty Appointments at Roswell Park: Apr-13-2005 — Paulette Mhawech-Fauceglia, MD, has joined the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Michael Schiff, MD, FACP is a member of the Department of Medicine and Giuseppe Sconocchia, MD, has been appointed to the Department of Immunology.
Senior Vice President Honored with National Appointment: Mar-23-2005 — Youcef M. Rustum, PhD, Senior Vice President for Science Administration and Chairman of the Department of Cancer Biology at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), has been appointed a member of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee on Cancer Control...
Vice President for Facilities Management Appointed: Mar-21-2005 — Steven G. Wright has been appointed Vice President for Facilities Management at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), where he will be responsible for directing facility and plant operations.
Director of Nanotechnology Appointed at Roswell Park: Mar-01-2005 — Lajos P. Balogh, PhD, has been appointed Director of Nanotechnology Research, Department of Radiation Medicine, at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI).
Pastoral Care Division Appoints Two: Feb-23-2005 — Rabbi Gershon Baron and Reverend James R. Bastian have been appointed to the Pastoral Care Division, Department of Psychosocial Oncology at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI).
Roswell Park Researcher Recognized by AACR: Feb-22-2005 — The American Association for Cancer Research has recognized Andrea E. Varga, PhD, Department of Cancer Genetics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), as an outstanding woman in cancer research.
Surgeon Elected to Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons: Jan-07-2005 — Boris W. Kuvshinoff, II, MD, attending surgeon in the Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, RPCI, has been elected to the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons.
Roswell Park Surgeon Elected to Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons: Jan-07-2005 — Boris W. Kuvshinoff, II, MD, attending surgeon in the Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery at Roswell Park Cancer Institute has been elected to the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES).
Surgeon Accepted to Association of Academic Surgery: Jan-06-2005 — Chukwumere E. Nwogu, MD, staff surgeon in the Department of Thoracic Surgery, RPCI, has been accepted as a member of the Association of Academic Surgery.
Roswell Park Surgeon Accepted to Association of Academic Surgery: Jan-06-2005 — Chukwumere E. Nwogu, MD, staff surgeon in the Department of Thoracic Surgery at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) has been accepted as a member of the Association of Academic Surgery (AAS).