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

BUFFALO, N.Y. — 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.

“I’m proud to work with this remarkable team of physicians,” says Roswell Park Chief Medical Officer and Surgical Oncologist Boris Kuvshinoff, MD, MBA, who himself was named to this year’s Top Doctors list. “We all work closely together to coordinate and deliver the best possible care to our patients, and the number of Roswell Park doctors and subspecialties included in this list illustrates the wealth of expertise we are able to rely on every day.”

The 80 Roswell Park physicians on Buffalo Spree’s 2019 Top Doctors list, noting the categories in which they were recognized:

• Ajay Abad, MD, Medical Oncologist — Neurology
• Stacey Akers, MD, FACOG, Gynecologic Oncologist — Gynecologic Oncology; Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Nikolaos Almyroudis, MD, Internal Medicine/Infectious Disease Expert — Infectious Disease
• Steven Ambrusko, MD, MS, Pediatric Oncologist with the Roswell Park Oishei Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Program and Director, Sickle Cell & Hemoglobinopathy Center of Western New York — Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
• Hassan Arshad, MD, FACS, Head/Neck Oncologic Surgeon— Otolaryngology
• Andrew Bain, MD, Interventional Endoscopist, Chief of Endoscopy — Gastroenterology
• Barbara Bambach, MD, Pediatric Oncologist with the Roswell Park Oishei Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Program — Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
• Christopher Battaglia, MD, Medical Director of the Intermediate Care Unit — Critical Care Medicine
• Michael Bax, MD, Dermatologic Oncologist — Dermatology
• Ermelinda Bonaccio, MD, Chief of Breast Imaging — Diagnostic Radiology
• Kimberly Brady, MD, Dermatologic Oncologist — Dermatology
• Helen Cappuccino, MD, FACS, Breast Surgeon — Breast Surgery
• Amy Allen Case, MD, FAAHPM, Lee Foundation Endowed Chair of the Department of Palliative and Supportive Care and Chief of the Palliative Care Program — Hospice & Palliative Medicine
• Todd Demmy, MD, FACS, Thoracic Surgeon — Thoracic Surgery
• Elisabeth Dexter, MD, FACS, FCCP, Thoracic Surgeon — Thoracic Surgery
• Ananda Dharshan, MD, FACP, Associate Director, Intensive Care Unit — Critical Care Medicine
• Stephen Edge, MD, FACS, FASCO, Surgical Oncologist and Vice President for Healthcare Outcomes and Policy — Breast Surgery
• Marc Ernstoff, MD, FACP, Medical Oncologist and Katherine Anne Gioia Chair of Medicine — Oncology
• Andrew Fabiano, MD, FAANS, Director, Spinal Oncology Center — Neurosurgery
• Robert Fenstermaker, MD, Chair of Neurosurgery and Director of Neuro-Oncology — Neurosurgery
• Peter Frederick, MD, FACOG, Gynecologic Oncologist and Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery in Gynecologic Oncology — Gynecologic Oncology; Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Simon Fung-Kee-Fung, MD, Radiation Oncologist — Radiation Oncology
• Elizabeth Griffiths, MD, Medical Oncologist and Director, Myelodysplastic Syndrome Program — Hematology
• Vishal Gupta, MD, Head/Neck Oncologic Surgeon — Otolaryngology
• Khurshid Guru, MD, Chair of Urology and Director of Robotic Surgery — Urology
• Mark Hennon, MD, FACS, Thoracic Surgeon and Director, Thoracic Surgery Training Program — Thoracic Surgery
• Francisco Hernandez-Ilizaliturri, MD, Medical Oncologist and Chief of Lymphoma — Hematology
• Wesley Hicks Jr., MD, FACS, Chair of Head & Neck/Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery — Otolaryngology
• Steven Hochwald, MD, FACS, Surgical Oncologist, Chief of Gastrointestinal Surgery — General Surgery
• Frederick Hong, MD, Medical Oncologist/Hematologist with Roswell Park Hematology Oncology Northtowns — Hematology
• Renuka Iyer, MD, Medical Oncologist, Section Chief for Gastrointestinal Medicine and Co-Director of the Liver and Pancreas Tumor Center — Oncology
• John Kane III, MD, FACS, Chair of Surgical Oncology and Chief of the Melanoma/Sarcoma Service — General Surgery
• Eric Kauffman, MD, Urologic Oncologist — Urology
• Kara Kelly, MD, Waldemar J. Kaminski Endowed Chair of Pediatrics at Roswell Park and Chair of the Roswell Park Oishei Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Program — Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
• Michael Kuettel, MD, PhD, MBA, Barbara C. & George H. Hyde Chair in Radiation Medicine — Radiation Oncology
• Moshim Kukar, MD, Surgical Oncologist (gastrointestinal and endocrine surgery) — General Surgery
• Boris Kuvshinoff, MD, MBA, Surgical Oncologist (gastrointestinal surgery) and Chief Medical Officer — General Surgery
• Dominick Lamonica, MD, Director of Nuclear Medicine — Nuclear Medicine
• Shashikant Lele, MD, FACOG, Clinical Chief of Gynecologic Oncology — Gynecologic Oncology; Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Bethany Lema, MD, Dermatologist — Dermatology
• Mark Lema, MD, PhD, Chair of Anesthesiology, Preoperative Medicine and Pain Medicine — Anesthesiology
• Oscar de Leon-Casasola, MD, Chief of Pain Medicine — Pain Medicine
• Ellis Levine, MD, Medical Oncologist and Chief of Breast Medicine — Oncology
• Robert Lohman, MD, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon — Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• Philip McCarthy, MD, Medical Oncologist and Director, Transplant & Cellular Therapy Center — Hematology
• Laszlo Mechtler, MD, FAAN, FASN, Medical Oncologist and Chief of Neuro-Oncology — Neurology
• James Mohler, MD, Urologist and Senior Vice President for Translational Research — Urology
• Wong Moon, MD, FACS, Plastic/Reconstructive Surgeon — Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• Steven Nurkin, MD, MS, FACS, Surgical Oncologist — Colon and Rectal Surgery; General Surgery
• Chumy Nwogu, MD, PhD, FACS, Thoracic Surgeon — Thoracic Surgery
• Tracey O’Connor, MD, Breast Medical Oncologist — Oncology
• Kathleen O’Leary, MD, Chief of Surgical Anesthesia — Anesthesiology
• Kunle Odunsi, MD, PhD, FRCOG, FACOG, Deputy Director, Chair of Gynecologic Oncology and Executive Director, Center for Immunotherapy — Gynecologic Oncology
• Cemile Nurdan Ozturk, MD, Plastic/Reconstructive Surgeon — Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• Gyorgy Paragh, MD, PhD, Dermatologic Oncologist — Dermatology
• Michael Petroziello, MD Interventional Radiologist — Diagnostic Radiology
• Anthony Picone, MD, PhD, MBA, FACP, FACS, Thoracic Surgeon — Thoracic Surgery
• Robert Plunkett, MD, Neurosurgeon — Neurosurgery
• Dheerendra Prasad, MD, MCh, FACRO, Director, Gamma Knife Center and Medical Director, Radiation Medicine — Radiation Oncology
• Marie Quinn, MD, Diagnostic Radiologist, Breast Imaging — Diagnostic Radiology
• Timothy Quinn, MD, Co-Director, Intensive Care Unit — Anesthesiology; Critical Care Medicine
• Kevin Robillard, MD, Gastrointestinal Endoscopist — Gastroenterology
• Charles Roche, MD, Diagnostic Radiologist, Body Imaging — Radiology
• Denise Rokitka, MD, MPH, Pediatric Oncologist with the Roswell Park Oishei Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Program and Director, Pediatric, Adolescent & Young Adult Cancer Survivorship at Roswell Park — Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
• Ilene Rothman, MD, Dermatologist — Pediatric Dermatology
• Thomas Schwaab, MD, PhD, Urologist and Chief of Strategy, Outreach and Business Development — Urology
• Brahm Segal, MD, Chief of Infectious Diseases and Chair of Internal Medicine — Infectious Disease
• Rajeev Sharma, MD, MBBS, FACE, Endocrinologist — Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
• Anurag Singh, MD, Radiation Oncologist and Director, Radiation Research — Radiation Oncology
• Edward Spangenthal, MD, Clinical Director of Cardiology — Cardiology
• Raymond Sroka, MD, PharmD, Director, Anesthesia Perioperative Evaluation — Anesthesiology
• Kazuaki Takabe, MD, PhD, FACS, Surgical Oncologist, Chief of Breast Surgery and Alfiero Foundation Endowed Chair in Breast Oncology — Breast Surgery
• Garin Tomaszewski, MD, Interventional Radiologist — Interventional Radiology
• Clare Twist, MD, Pediatric Oncologist with the Roswell Park Oishei Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Program and Director of Pediatric Experimental Therapeutics, Roswell Park — Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
• Eunice Wang, MD, Medical Oncologist and Chief of Leukemia — Hematology
• Kimberly Wooten, MD, Head/Neck Oncologic Surgeon — Otolaryngology
• Anthony Yarussi, MD, Associate Chief of Surgical Anesthesia — Anesthesiology
• Sai Yendamuri, MD, FACS, Chief of Thoracic Surgery — Thoracic Surgery
• Jessica Young, MD — Breast Surgical Oncologist — Breast Surgery
• Emese Zsiros, MD, PhD, FACOG, Gynecologic Oncologist — Gynecologic Oncology

Buffalo Spree magazine is Western New York’s only city and regional magazine. This year’s Buffalo Spree Top Doctors list was researched, rigorously screened and provided by Professional Research Services (PRS). The full list of Buffalo Spree’s Top Doctors 2019 is available at buffalospree.com/Buffalo-Spree/Buffalo-Sprees-Top-Doctors-in-WNY.

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