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Roswell Park’s Dr. Candace Johnson Named to Inaugural ‘Health Care Power 50’ List

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center President and CEO Candace S. Johnson, PhD, has been named to City & State’s inaugural Health Care Power 50 list. Dr. Johnson, who in 2015 became the first woman to lead the cancer center, is number 24. She is the only person from a Western New York institution to be included on the statewide list.
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Is melanoma hereditary?

Because melanoma causes most skin cancer deaths in America — and the number continues to rise every year — you should understand what puts you at risk for the disease, how to lower your risk, and how to spot melanoma in its early stages, when it’s easier to treat.
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Patient Terrace at Roswell Park Wins Regional and National Design Awards

A rooftop terrace and garden at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has won two prestigious architectural awards. The MMMB Patient Terrace, a year-round outdoor space accessible from Roswell Park’s Scott Bieler Clinical Sciences Center, received a regional Design Award from the Buffalo/WNY chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), and also took home a Gold Award for best remodel/renovation in Healthcare Design Magazine’s national Healthcare Design awards.

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Roswell Park Physicians Named to Buffalo Spree’s Top Doctors 2019

As the year winds to a close, the Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center medical team celebrates another honor with the publication of Buffalo Spree magazine’s Top Doctors list for 2019. Eighty different Roswell Park physicians across 30 different specialties were elected to this list, which is compiled through a peer survey of Western New York physicians.