Biography:
Joseph J. Skitzki, MD, FACS, joined the faculty of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in 2009 and is an Associate Professor of Surgical Oncology and Associate Member of the Immunology Department. He is also an Associate Professor of Surgery, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo.
Dr. Skitzki earned his medical degree from the Pennsylvania State University’s College of Medicine, Hershey, where he was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. He completed a general surgery residency at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland. Within his residency, Dr. Skitzki completed a two-year research fellowship in surgical oncology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery and a Fellow in the American College of Surgeons. He holds membership in the Society of Surgical Oncology, American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Association for Cancer Research, American Society of Peritoneal Surface Malignancies, and the Association for Academic Surgery.
Dr. Skitzki is clinically active in the areas of melanoma and sarcoma with a focus on regional therapies. His independent lab focuses on immunotherapies for melanoma and animal modeling of regional therapies with the goal of clinical translation. Dr. Skitzki has authored or co-authored more than 50 journal publications, book chapters and abstracts.
Positions
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Associate Professor of Oncology
- Associate Professor, Department of Immunology
- Associate Professor of Surgery
- Chair, Melanoma/Sarcoma Disease Site Research Group
- Chair, Clinical Data Network Shared Resource Advisory Committee
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo
- Associate Professor of Surgery
Background
Education and Training:
- MD - The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA
Residency:
- Chief Resident, General Surgery - Case Western Reserve, University Integrated Residency, Cleveland, OH
- Resident, General Surgery - Case Western Reserve, University Integrated Residency, Cleveland, OH
Fellowship:
- Surgical Oncology - Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY
- T32 Research Fellow – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Board Certification:
- American Board of Surgery
- National Board of Medical Examiners
Professional Memberships:
- American College of Surgeons
- Society of Surgical Oncology
- Association for Academic Surgery (AAS)
- American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
- American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
- Society of Thermal Medicine (STM)
Honors & Awards:
- 2017 - Plenary Speaker, first-ever joint meeting of British Microcirculation Society (BMS) and UK Cell Adhesion Society (UKCAS), University of Birmingham, UK
- 2013 - Faculty Research Recognition Award, Department of Surgery, State University of New York at Buffalo
- 2012 - American Surgical Association Foundation Fellowship Research Award Finalist and Recipient
- 2012 - Golden Apple Award – Teaching Award, Department of Surgery, State University of New York at Buffalo
- 2010 - Golden Apple Award – Teaching Award, Department of Surgical Oncology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute
- 2008 - Invited Participant - AACR/ASCO Vail Workshop, Methods in Clinical Cancer Research
- 2008 - Roswell Fellowship Basic Science Award
- 2007 - Invited Participant - Cancer Education Consortium, Molecular Oncology Workshop
- 2006 - Case Western Department of Surgery, ABSITE Award
- 2006 - Cleveland Surgical Society, Resident Research Competition, 2nd Place - Clinical
- 2006 - American College of Surgeons Ohio Chapter, Annual Resident Surgeons Competition, 1st Place - Clinical
- 2005-2006 - Case Western Department of Surgery Chief Resident Teaching Award
- 2004 - Cleveland Surgical Society, Resident Research Competition, 1st Place - Experimental
- 2003 - Robert V. Danto Cancer Research Award, American College of Surgeons Michigan Chapter, Annual Resident Surgeons Competition
- 2001-2003 - Dudley P. Allen Research Scholar: Department of Surgical Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- 2001-2003 - Case Western Department of Surgery Allen Scholar
- 2000-2001 - Case Western Department of Surgery Junior Resident Teaching Award
- 1999 - Alpha Omega Alpha
- 1999 - Lange Medical Publishing Award for excellence in academic work
- 1999 - Howard E. Morgan Award for outstanding achievement in basic research
- 1999 - Annual Student Research Symposium Award
- 1996, 1997, 1998 - Hammond Memorial Scholarship for Academic Excellence
- 1996-1997 - Luzerne County Medical Society Scholarship
- 1994 - Summa Cum Laude Graduate
- 1990-1997 - Presidential Academic Scholarship
