Biography:
What first attracted me to cancer surgery were the intricacies of the disease and the opportunity to connect with my patients. After my grandfather passed away from cancer, I knew that I wanted to take care of patients just like him. Now, as a cancer surgeon in the Department of Head and Neck Surgery/Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, I have been given the opportunity to do just that.
I completed a residency in General Surgery at the University at Buffalo. It was during a rotation on the Head and Neck Surgery service that I was able to care for many patients with head and neck cancer, and understand both the complex disease process and the close care that was required. These experiences lead me to pursue a two-year fellowship here at Roswell Park in head and neck surgical oncology, in which I specialized in treating cancers of the head and neck (oral, throat/pharyngeal, voicebox/laryngeal, sinus, skull base, thyroid and parathyroid, salivary gland tumors and skin cancers of the head and neck) including transoral surgery and transoral robotic surgery, and reconstructions of the head and neck.
I was fortunate enough to join the talented team at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, and be able to care for and educate patients who suffer from various forms of head and neck cancer.
Positions
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Assistant Professor of Oncology
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo
- Assistant Professor of Surgery
Background
Education and Training:
- 2008 - MD - University of Florida
Residency:
- 2011 - 2012 - Research Year, Roswell Park Cancer Institute
- 2008 - 2014 - General Surgery, SUNY University at Buffalo
Fellowship:
- 2014 - 2016 - Head and Neck Surgical Oncology and Microvascular Reconstruction, Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Board Certification:
- 2015 - American Board of Surgery
Honors & Awards:
- 2013 - 1st Place, Annual Research Day, UB Department of Surgery, Basic Science Oral Presentation
- 2012 - 3rd Place, Annual Research Day, UB Department of Surgery, Basic Science Oral Presentation
- 2008 - Arnold P. Gold Humanism Award in Medicine