The chaplains at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center provide spiritual care to all people regardless of their religious affiliations. You do not have to belong to a faith congregation or even consider yourself religious to request a chaplain. We are here to visit you and your loved ones while you are an inpatient, as well as meet you during one of your clinic visits.
You can reach any member of the Spiritual Care Team at 716 845-8051.
Visiting Clergy
Deacon Phil Hubbell • Lutheran Church
Fr. Peter Santandru • Buffalo Catholic Diocese
Rev. Ray Schooler • American Baptist Churches
Deacon Bill Walkowiak • Roman Catholic
Life Recorded
Carol Borom
Marina Fery
Bonnie Cohen
Spiritual Care Visitors
Elba Cancel-Martinez *
Deacon Tim Chriswell and Eucharistic Minister
Deacon Mark Clift and Eucharistic Minister
Louise Dessert and Eucharistic Minister
Fran Phillips and Eucharistic Minister
Christine Porto * and Eucharistic Minister
Deacon John Rhein and Eucharistic Minister
Terry Romance and Eucharistic Minister
Deacon Miguel Santos and Eucharistic Minister
Deacon Tony Vilardo and Eucharistic Minister
Melanie Scherer * and Eucharistic Minister
William Wilson
Mantha Wyse and Eucharistic Minister
Minister Chris Zych *
*Designates Bereavement Team
Ministers of Holy Communion
Colleen Broderick
Deacon Tim Chriswell and Spiritual Care Visitor
Deacon Tim Coughlin
Deacon Mark Clift and Spiritual Care Visitor
Eileen Hodson
Deacon John Rhein and Spiritual Care Visitor
Terry Romance and Spiritual Care Visitor
Deacon Miguel Santos and Spiritual Care Visitor
Deacon Tony Vilardo and Spiritual Care Visitor
Audrey Walkowiak
Minister Chris Zych and Spiritual Care Visitor
Secretarial Staff
Diane Hartl
Elba Cancel-Martinez
Community Denominational Support
Anglican
Fr. Arthur Ward
Anglican (Anglo Catholic)
Rev. Edward Ihde
AME (African Methodist Episcopal)
Reverend Richard Stenhouse
AME (African Methodist Episcopal Zion)
Rev. Cary Beckwith
Asian/Vietnamese
Peter Lee
Baptist
Pastor Ivan Crossno
Rev. John Staples
Rev. Michael Chapman
Buddhist
Ray Eigen Ball
Chinese
Yongrong Zhang
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Stake President Nathan Pace
Bishop Dan Desrosiers
Episcopalian
The Very Rev. Derrick Fetz
Rev. Leann McConchie
The Rev Ann M. Tilman
Greek Orthodox
Rev. Dr. Christos Christakis
Hindu
Vijay Chakravarthy
Hispanic
Luz Milagros Ramos
Rev. Samuel Rivera (Pentacostal)
Native American
Rev. Thunder Silk
Islam
Imam Dawood Adeyola
Jehovah's Witnesses
Gary Griffin
Judaism
Rabbi Alex Lazarus-Klein
Korean
Rev. Cheong-il Bak
Non-Denominational (Elim Christian Fellowship)
Rev. Betty P. Williams
Orthodox
Rev. Jason Vansuch
Presbyterian
Rev. John Long
Roman Catholic
Jesuit Fathers at St. Michaels Church
Rev. Fred Hinton
Rev. Paul Sabo
Rev. Richard DiGiulio
Russian Orthodox
Fr. Volodymyr Zablotskyy
Unitarian Universalist
Rev. Joan Montagnas
Unity Church in Buffalo
Rev. Mary Masters