Specializing In:
- Pain and symptom management
- Advanced care planning
Research Interests:
- Pain management and addiction in the palliative care patient
- Psychiatric and emotional support of the palliative care patient
- Applying functional medicine principles to the palliative care patient
Biography
I was born and raised in a small town in northern Illinois. I found myself in New York for college at Cornell University. I went to medical school at Boston University and upon graduation moved to Buffalo for general surgery training. After a brief move away to Ann Arbor, MI, I found myself back in Buffalo for pediatric surgery training. I worked at the old Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo and then Oishei Children's Hospital for 5 years after completing my pediatric surgery training. I also worked at Buffalo General Medical Center in the Surgical ICU.
As we all know - life happens, and I decided to pursue a career shift to Palliative and Supportive Care. It has been an amazing and challenging shift and I am very honored to become part of the team here at Roswell Park!
Positions
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Assistant Professor of Oncology
- Department of Supportive and Palliative Care
Background
Education and Training
- 2006 - MD - Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
- 2002 - MA, Medical Sciences - Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Residency
- 2006 - 2011 - General Surgery Residency, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Fellowship
- 2023-2024 - Supportive and Palliative Care, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
- 2013 - 2015 - Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
- 2011-2012 - Pediatric Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Board Certification
- General Surgery
- Surgical Critical Care
- Pediatric Surgery