For Immediate Release
March 7, 2008

BUFFALO, NY – Two members of the Radiation Faculty at Roswell Park Cancer Institute received Fellow Awards from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) at its 13^th Annual Conference: Clinical Practice Guidelines & Quality Care, March 7, Hollywood, CA.

Susan McCloskey, MD, was honored for her proposal title, “Establishment of Methodologies for the Use of Administrative Insurance Claims in Case Identification and Evaluation of Care Delivered to Newly Diagnosed Prostate Cancer Patients.”

Kilian Salerno May, MD, received the award for his proposal titled “On Target? A Quality Initiative to Evaluate Accuracy of Electronic Portal Imaging for Set-up Verification in Radiotherapy.”

These proposals were judged to best support the NCCN mission of improving the quality or outcome or effectiveness of care provided to patients with cancer. Each recipient will receive a $5,000 research grant to pursue the proposed research.

“It is an honor for Roswell Park faculty to be recognized by NCCN for these initiatives which are designed to improve the quality of care provided to our patients,” said Michael Kuettel, MD, PhD, MBA, the Barbara C. and George H. Hyde Chair in Radiation Medicine at RPCI.  “Roswell Park is a dedicated leader in providing patient-centered, evidence-based cancer care.”

Roswell Park Cancer Institute, founded in 1898, is the nation’s first cancer research, treatment and education center and is the only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center in Upstate New York. RPCI is a member of the prestigious National Comprehensive Cancer Network, an alliance of the nation’s leading cancer centers. Roswell Park has affiliate sites and collaborative programs in New York, Pennsylvania, and in China. For more information, visit RPCI’s website at www.roswellpark.org, call 1-877-ASK-RPCI (1-877-275-7724) or e-mail askrpci@roswellpark.org.

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