Pastoral Care Team
The Pastoral Care staff at Roswell Park Cancer Institute makeup an interfaith team that visits patients and their families in the hospital. The staff members bring with them their faith tradition and training that enable them to specially minister to members of their own faith communities.
Familiar with and sensitive to the issues that accompany illness, Pastoral Care staff members are available daily for visitation and for the distribution of Holy Communion. Catholic Priests on staff attempt to visit all Catholic new admissions. If they are unable, another member of the pastoral care team will meet with you and offer the services of the department.
Staff Chaplains
Beth Lenegan PhD * • Director
Rev. Richard Kaylor* • Protestant Chaplain
Rev. Ray Corbin • Catholic Chaplain
Sara Schultz* • Jewish Chaplain
Visiting Clergy
Rev. Ray Schooler • Pastor, Kenmore Baptist Church
Deacon Neal Linnan • Catholic Diocese
Decon David Velasquez • Catholic Diocese
Rev. Vernal Harris, Pastor • Church of God in Christ
Deacon Phil Hubbell
Fr. Tom Roman • Catholic Diocese
Pastoral Care Visitors
Linda Ashline
David Beam
Karen Calandra
Dr. Louise Colvin
Louise Dessert and Eucharistic Minister
Roberta Fawcett and Eucharistic Minister
Rev. Jimmie Goree and Minister of Communion
Anne Hipp *
Sharon Kooken and Eucharistic Minister
Peg Laks
William Meiler and Eucharistic Minister
Mary McCracken * and Eucharistic Minister
Lita Murawski and Eucharistic Minister
David Nitsche and Eucharistic Minister
Jenny Ohar *
Fran Phillips and Eucharistic Minister
Rev. Robert Reynolds
Melanie Scherer * and Eucharistic Minister
Joyce Torge *
Joyce Wallum
William Wilson
Wendy Zimmerman
Linda Zinnerman
Eucharistic Ministers
Arthur Caruana
Catherine Cipolla
Ann Deck
Fred Dentinger
Margaret Dolce
Teri Donner
Maryannn Dudas
Terri Giuliani
John Gruber
Robert Hooper III
Mary Kowal
Ursula Marquardt
Barbara Schrader
Tim O’Shea
Nancy Sevilla
Elizabeth Waggoner
Secretarial Staff
Sarah Berardi
Lula Smeader
Teri Donner
Pam Brown
Stephanie Rayl-Hayes
Special Events Volunteer
Peg Laks
Elisa Carlino
* Denotes Team member of the End of Life Program
Community Denominational Support
African American Christians (Amazing Grace Ministries)
Rev. Richelle Massey-Harris, MS, M.Div.
AME (African Methodist Episcopal)
Reverend Richard Stenhouse
AME (African Methodist Episcopal Zion)
Dr. Robert L. Graham
Yvonne D. Askew, RN, FCN
Baptist
Pastor Ted Howard
Pastor Ivan Crossno
Rev. John Staples
Buddhist
Dr. Jeannette Ludwig
Master Chan Thigh
Vaughn Smith
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Stake President Stephen Free
Episcopalian
Rev. Leann McConchie
Greek Orthodox
Rev. Dr. Christos Christakis
Hindu
Vijay Chakravarthy
Hispanic
Luz Milagros Ramos
Rev. Samuel Rivera (Pentacostal)
Humanism
Thomas W. Flynn
Indian
Rev. Thunder Silk
Islam
Imam Dawood Adeyola
Dr. Sawsan Tabbaa
Jehovah's Witnesses
Gary Griffin
Jesuit Fathers at St. Michaels Church
Msgr. Leon Neu
Rev. Norman McTigue
Judaism
Rabbi Alex Lazazrus-Klein
Korean
Rev. Jae Hun You
Chang Ho Lee
Non-Denominational (Elim Christian Fellowship)
Rev. Betty P. Williams
Unitarian Universalist
Rev. Joel Miller
Vietnamese
Manh Le
Tom Le
