Annual list recognizes Roswell Park doctors across 33 subspecialties
- Buffalo Spree publishes Top Doctors list annually
- List compiled through peer surveys
- Team recognized in areas from hematology to urology
BUFFALO, N.Y. — With 2021 coming to a close, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center is proud to celebrate the 128 physicians across 33 specialties named to Buffalo Spree magazine’s Top Doctor’s list for 2022. Each year, the list is compiled through surveys submitted by Western New York physicians.
We are pleased to have such a strong and dedicated group of individuals highlighted on this list,” said Roswell Park
Chief Medical Officer and Surgical Oncologist Boris Kuvshinoff, MD, MBA, one of those named to Top Doctors 2022. “Patients and their loved ones can look to this list knowing they can trust Roswell Park to continue to offer high-quality, personalized care each and every day.”
The 128 Roswell Park physicians on Buffalo Spree’s 2022 Top Doctors list, noting the categories in which they were recognized:
- Ajay Abad, MD, Medical Oncologist — Neurology
- Ronald Alberico, MD, Director of Neuroradiology/Head & Neck — Diagnostic Radiology; Radiology
- Nikolaos Almyroudis, MD, FACP, Internal Medicine/Infectious Disease Expert — Infectious Disease
- Steven Ambrusko, MD, MS, Pediatric Oncologist and Director of Sickle Cell and Hemoglobinopathy services with the Roswell Park Oishei Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Program — Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
- 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
- Matthew Barth, MD, Pediatric Oncologist with the Roswell Park Oishei Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Program — Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
- Michael Bax, MD, Dermatologic Oncologist — Dermatology
- Ahmed Belal, MD, Operations Director of the Cardiac Imaging Group, Department of Radiology — Diagnostic Radiology; Radiology
- Paul Bogner, MD, Director of Surgical Pathology — Pathology
- Ermelinda Bonaccio, MD, Chair of Diagnostic Radiology — Diagnostic Radiology; Radiology
- Kimberly Brady, MD, Dermatologic Oncologist — Dermatology
- Helen Cappuccino, MD, FACS, Breast Surgeon — Breast Surgery
- Desi Carozza, MD, Palliative Medicine — Hospice & Palliative Medicine; Geriatric Medicine
- 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
- Gurkamal Chatta, MD, Clinical Chief of Genitourinary Medicine — Oncology
- Ivan Cohen, MD, MS, Anesthesiologist — Pain Medicine
- Elizabeth Conroy, MD, FAAD, Dermatologist with the Roswell Park Care Network – Dermatology
- Paul DeJac, MD, Chief of Hospitalist Medicine — Internal Medicine
- Todd Demmy, MD, FACS, Thoracic Surgeon — Thoracic Surgery
- Elisabeth Dexter, MD, FACS, FCCP, Thoracic Surgeon — Thoracic Surgery
- Ananda Dharshan, MD, FACP, Director of the Intensive Care Unit — Critical Care Medicine
- Michelle Ding, DO, Diagnostic Radiology – Radiology
- Grace Dy, MD, Chief of Thoracic Oncology — Oncology
- Amy Early MD, FACP, Medical Oncologist — Oncology
- Stephen Edge, MD, FACS, FASCO, Surgical Oncologist and Vice President for System Quality and Outcomes — Breast Surgery
- Andrew Fabiano, MD, FAANS, Director of the Spinal Oncology Center — Neurosurgery
- Julia Faller, DO, MS, Medical Director of Perioperative Services — Anesthesiology
- Robert Fenstermaker, MD, Chair of Neurosurgery and Director of Neuro-Oncology — Neurosurgery
- Peter Frederick, MD, FACOG, Gynecologic Oncologist, Clinical Chief of Gynecology and Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery in Gynecologic Oncology — Gynecologic Oncology
- Simon Fung-Kee-Fung, MD, Radiation Oncologist — Radiation Oncology
- Saby George, MD, FACP, Medical Oncologist and Director of Network Clinical Trials – Oncology
- Marcelle Grassi, MD, Dermatologist - Dermatology
- Jon Grande, MD, Anesthesiologist – Anesthesiology
- Elizabeth Griffiths, MD, Medical Oncologist and Director of the Myelodysplastic Syndrome Program — Hematology
- Vishal Gupta, MD, Head/Neck Oncologic Surgeon — Otolaryngology
- Khurshid Guru, MD, Chair of Urology and Director of Robotic Surgery — Urology
- Eric Hansen, MD, Medical Oncologist — Hospice & Palliative Medicine
- Omar Hasan, MD, Diagnostic Radiologist — Interventional Radiology
- Mark Hennon, MD, FACS, Thoracic Surgeon — Thoracic Surgery
- Francisco Hernandez-Ilizaliturri, MD, Medical Oncologist and Chief of Lymphoma — Hematology; Oncology
- Wesley Hicks Jr., MD, FACS, Chair of Head & Neck/Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery — Otolaryngology
- Meghan Higman, MD, PhD, Pediatric Oncologist with the Roswell Park Oishei Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Program — Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
- Jens Hillengass, MD, Medical Oncologist and Chief of Myeloma - Oncology
- Steven Hochwald, MD, MBA, FACS, Surgical Oncologist, and Chief of Gastrointestinal/Endocrine Surgery — Colon and Rectal Surgery; General Surgery
- Frederick Hong, MD, Medical Oncologist/Hematologist with Roswell Park Care Network — Hematology
- Nathaniel Ivanick, MD, Thoracic Surgeon — Pulmonary Disease
- 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, Urologist — 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
- Thaer Khoury, MD, FCAP, Chief of Breast Pathology — Pathology
- Adam Kotowski, MD, Medical Oncologist/Hematologist with Roswell Park Care Network – Oncology
- Michael Krabak, MD, PhD, Medical Oncologist/Hematologist with Roswell Park Care Network — Hematology
- Joseph Kuechle, MD, PhD, Orthopedic Oncologist — Orthopedic Surgery
- Michael Kuettel, MD, PhD, MBA, Barbara C. & George H. Hyde Chair in Radiation Medicine — Radiation Oncology
- Moshim Kukar, MD, FACS, Surgical Oncologist (gastrointestinal and endocrine surgery) — Colon and Rectal Surgery; General Surgery
- Boris Kuvshinoff, II, MD, MBA, Surgical Oncologist and Chief Medical Officer — General Surgery
- Dominick Lamonica, MD, Director of Nuclear Medicine — Nuclear Medicine
- Thomas Laudico, DO, Director of Body CT and Ultrasound, Department of Diagnostic Radiology — Diagnostic Radiology; Radiology
- Shashikant Lele, MD, FACOG, Gynecologic Oncologist – Gynecologic Oncology
- Bethany Lema, MD, Dermatologist — Dermatology
- Mark Lema, MD, PhD, Chair of Anesthesiology, Preoperative Medicine and Pain Medicine — Anesthesiology
- Oscar de Leon-Casarola, MD, Anesthesiologist and Chief of Pain Medicine – Anesthesiology
- Charles LeVea, MD, PhD, Medical Pathology — Pathology
- Ellis Levine, MD, Medical Oncologist and Chief of Breast Medicine — Oncology
- Qiang John Li, MD, PhD, Urologist — Urology
- Lindsay Lipinski, MD, FAANS, Neurosurgeon — Neurosurgery
- Robert Lohman, MD, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon — Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Katherine Lavigne Mager, MD, Gynecologic Oncologist – Gynecologic Oncology
- Elizabeth Mahoney, MD, FASA, Anesthesiologist — Anesthesiology
- Nadia Malik, MD, Radiation Oncologist – Radiation Oncology
- Silpa Mandava, MD, Hospitalist Physician – Internal Medicine
- Laura Mango, MD, Medical Director of the Assessment and Treatment Center — Emergency Medicine; Internal Medicine
- Gary Mann, MD, FACS, Surgical Oncologist — Colon and Rectal Surgery
- Renee Mapes, DO, Anesthesiologist — Anesthesiology
- Benjamin Matson, MD, Anesthesiologist — Pain Medicine
- David Mattson, Jr., MD, Radiation Oncologist — Radiation Oncology
- Philip McCarthy, MD, Medical Oncologist and Director of the Transplant & Cellular Therapy Center — Oncology; Hematology
- Benjamin McGreevy, MD, Director of Body MRI, Department of Diagnostic Radiology — Diagnostic Radiology
- Ryan McSpadden, MD, Surgical Oncologist — Otolaryngology
- Laszlo Mechtler, MD, FAAN, FASN, Medical Oncologist and Chief of Neuro-Oncology — Neurology
- James Mohler, MD, Urologist and Chief of Inter-Institutional Academics — Urology
- Wong Moon, MD, FACS, Plastic/Reconstructive Surgeon — Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Katherine Mullin, MD, Director of Infection Control and Prevention — Infectious Disease
- Steven Nurkin, MD, MS, FACS, Chief of Colorectal Surgery — Colon and Rectal Surgery
- Chumy Nwogu, MD, PhD, FACS, Thoracic Surgeon — Thoracic Surgery
- Tracey O’Connor, MD, Breast Medical Oncologist — Oncology
- Can Ozturk, MD, Plastic/Reconstructive Surgeon — Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Cemile Nurdan Ozturk, MD, Plastic/Reconstructive Surgeon — Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Gabrielle Paoletti, MD, Anesthesiologist — Anesthesiology
- Gyorgy Paragh, MD, PhD, Lawrence P. & Joan Castellani Family Chair in Dermatology — Dermatology
- Michael Petroziello, MD Interventional Radiologist — Interventional Radiology
- Anthony Picone, MD, PhD, MBA, FACP, FACS, Thoracic Surgeon — Thoracic Surgery
- Robert Plunkett, MD, Neurosurgeon — Neurosurgery
- Saraswati Pokharel, MD, PhD, Medical Pathologist — Pathology
- Mariola Poss, MD, FACS, Surgical Oncologist with Roswell Park Care Network — Breast Surgery
- Dheerendra Prasad, MD, MCh, FACRO, Director of the Gamma Knife Center, and Medical Director of Radiation Medicine — Radiation Oncology
- Samuel Puvendran, MD, Anesthesiologist — Critical Care Medicine
- Igor Puzanov, MD, MSCI, FACP, The Judith and Stanford Lipsey Endowed Chair in Clinical Cancer Research, Chief of Melanoma, Senior Vice President for Clinical Investigation and Director of the Center for Early Phase Clinical Trials — Oncology
- Jinxin Qiu, MD, Medical Pathology – Pathology
- Marie Quinn, MD, Director of Breast Imaging — Diagnostic Radiology
- Timothy Quinn, MD, Chief of Critical Care — Critical Care Medicine; Anesthesiology
- Kevin Robillard, MD, Gastrointestinal Endoscopist — Gastroenterology
- Charles Roche, MD, Director of Quality, Safety and Research in Diagnostic Radiology — Diagnostic Radiology; Radiology
- Denise Rokitka, MD, MPH, Pediatric Oncologist with the Roswell Park Oishei Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Program and Director of the Pediatric, Adolescent Cancer Survivorship; Young Adult; and Oncofertility programs at Roswell Park — Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
- Ilene Rothman, MD, Dermatologist — Dermatology; Pediatric Dermatology
- Beverly Schaefer, MD, Pediatric Oncologist with the Roswell Park Oishei Children’s Cancer Center and Blood Disorders Program — Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
- Thomas Schwaab, MD, PhD, Urologist and Chief of Strategy, Business Development and Outreach — 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
- Joseph Skitzki, MD, FACS, Surgical Oncologist — General Surgery
- Edward Spangenthal, MD, Clinical Chief of Cardiology — Cardiology
- Raymond Sroka, MD, PharmD, Director of Anesthesia Perioperative Evaluation — Anesthesiology
- Norbert Sule, MD, Medical Pathologist – Pathology
- 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
- Pallawi Torka, MD, Medical Oncologist — Hematology; Oncology
- 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
- Michelle Walter, DO, Staff Physician, Supportive and Palliative Care — Hospice & Palliative Medicine
- Eunice Wang, MD, Chief of Leukemia and Medical Director of Infusion Services - Hematology
- Kimberly Wooten, MD, Head/Neck Oncologic Surgeon — Otolaryngology
- Anthony Yarussi, MD, Associate Chief of Surgical Anesthesia — Anesthesiology
- Ediwn Yau, MD, PhD, Medical Oncologist – Oncology
- Sai Yendamuri, MD, FACS, Chair of Thoracic Surgery — Thoracic Surgery
- Jessica Young, MD, Breast Surgical Oncologist — Breast Surgery
- Emese Zsiros, MD, PhD, FACOG, Shashi Lele, MD, Endowed Chair in Gynecologic Oncology — Gynecologic Oncology
Buffalo Spree magazine is Western New York’s only city and regional magazine. The 2022 Buffalo Spree Top Doctors list was compiled through research by Professional Research Services (PRS).
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