Benjamin F. Calvo, MD, FACS

Specialty: Surgical Oncology
Department of Surgical Oncology

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Locations

Roswell Park Main Campus
1-800-ROSWELL (1-800-767-9355)

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Specializing In:

  • Advanced and recurrent rectal carcinoma
  • Colorectal metastases to liver
  • Tumors affecting liver, biliary tract, pancreas, colon
  • Robot-assisted surgery of liver, biliary tract, pancreas and colon
  • Recurrent rectal cancer and Intra-operative radiation therapy

Research Interests:

  • Translational research on the epidermal growth factor receptors and ligands

Positions

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

  • Professor of Oncology
  • Department of Surgical Oncology

Background

Education and Training

  • 1977-1981 - MD - University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
  • 1973-1977 - BS with Distinction, Chemistry and Zoology, George Washington University, Washington, DC

Residency

  • 1982-1988 - General surgery, George Washington University Hospital, Washington, DC

Fellowship

  • 1991-1993 - Surgical Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
  • 1988-1991 - Research Fellow, Laboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology, National Cancer Institute (NIH-NCI), Bethesda, MD

Board Certification

  • 1991-2021 Diplomate of American Board of Surgery

Professional Memberships

  • American College of Surgeons
  • Society of Surgical Oncology
  • American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
  • American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
  • American Association for Cancer Education

Professional Experience

  • 2019-2022 - Director of the Multi-Departmental Robotics Programs Oversight Committee, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
  • 2004-2022 Member of the North Carolina Cancer Hospital Executive Committee
  • 2001-2020 - Director of the Gastro-Intestinal Multidisciplinary Oncology Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
  • 2003-2014 - Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
  • 1994-1999 - Director of the Cancer Education Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
  • 1993-2022 - Faculty in the Department of Surgery at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
  • 1981-1982 - Director of Medical Boat Clinic on the Mamore River between Bolivia and Brazil

Honors & Awards

  • Phi Beta Kappa - George Washington University
  • 1987 - Outstanding Surgical Chief Resident, George Washington University
  • 1998, 2003, 2008 - Teacher of the year at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • James Newsome Endowed Professor in Surgical Oncology, The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

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