Chairman, Department of Pediatrics
The Waldemar J. Kaminski Chair in Pediatrics
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Chief, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Director, Hematology Clinic
Attending Physician, Children’s Hospital of Buffalo
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences University at Buffalo

Dr. Martin L. Brecher joined the staff of Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) in 1977, and was appointed Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics in 1990. He earned his medical degree at the University at Buffalo (UB) School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in 1972. He completed residency training in Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital of Buffalo (CHOB) in 1975, and fellowship training in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology at RPCI and CHOB in 1977. Dr. Brecher is licensed by New York State and certified by the National Board of Medical Examiners (1973), and American Board of Pediatrics (1977; Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Subspecialty Boards, 1978). He also is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

Dr. Brecher’s research interests focus on coordinating clinical studies on childhood cancers for the national Pediatric Oncology Group (POG); developing innovative treatments for brain tumors in children; clinical and laboratory studies in lymphoproliferative diseases, specifically lymphoma and Hodgkin’s disease; prenatal and early childhood exposures as factors in childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia; and the long-term effects on cognitive development of children treated for acute lymphocytic leukemia.

Dr. Brecher is a member of many professional organizations, including, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Association for Cancer Research, American Academy of Pediatrics, and American Society of Hematology. He currently serves on a number of committees at RPCI, CHOB, UB and POG. Dr. Brecher has authored or co-authored more than 100 journal publications, book chapters and abstracts.

He is Associate Editor and Ad Hoc Reviewer of the International Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, and an Ad Hoc Reviewer for the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition and Selective Cancer Therapeutics.