Buffalo Spree magazine honors doctors across 32 specialties at cancer center
- Western New York magazine publishes new listing of region’s Top Doctors
- List compiled from peer surveys
- Team recognized from areas in anesthesiology to hematology and more
BUFFALO, N.Y. —The medical team at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center is celebrating a big honor as the year comes to a close with the release of Buffalo Spree magazine’s Top Doctors 2023. This year’s list includes 142 physicians across 32 specialties, which is compiled thorough peer surveys of Western New York doctors.
“It is truly incredible to see this list grow and recognize more than half of our staff physicians,” says Candace S. Johnson, PhD, President and CEO and M&T Presidential Chair in Leadership at Roswell Park. “Our patients and their loved ones can continue to count on Roswell Park and our employees for the highest quality care and groundbreaking treatments as they navigate their cancer journey.”
The 142 Roswell Park physicians on Buffalo Spree’s 2023 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
- Ahmed Aly, MD, Urologist – Urology
- 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
- Ranjan Bhayana, MD, Cardiac Oncologist – Cardiology
- Paul Bogner, MD, Director of Surgical Pathology — Pathology
- Ermelinda Bonaccio, MD, Chair of Diagnostic Radiology — Diagnostic Radiology; Radiology
- Kimberly Brady, MD, Dermatologic Oncologist — Dermatology
- Benjamin Calvo, MD, FACS, Surgical Oncologist – Colon and Rectal Surgery
- 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
- Leonid Cherkassky, MD, Surgical Oncologist – General Surgery
- Elizabeth Conroy, MD, FAAD, Dermatologist with the Roswell Park Care Network – Dermatology
- Anthony Dakwar, MD, FACS, Surgical Oncologist – Colon and Rectal Surgery
- Oscar de Leon-Casarola, MD, Anesthesiologist and Chief of Pain Medicine – Anesthesiology
- 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
- Ravi Doobay, MD, FRCPC – Critical Care Medicine
- Grace Dy, MD, Chief of Thoracic Oncology — 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
- Shipra Gandhi, MD, Medical Oncologist – Oncology
- Saby George, MD, FACP, Medical Oncologist and Director of Network Clinical Trials – Oncology
- Jon Grande, MD, Anesthesiologist – Anesthesiology
- Paul Grant, DO, Nuclear Medicine – Nuclear Medicine
- Marcelle Grassi, MD, Dermatologist – Dermatology
- Elizabeth Griffiths, MD, Medical Oncologist and Director of the Myelodysplastic Syndrome Program — Hematology
- Vishal Gupta, MD, Head/Neck Oncologic Surgeon — Otolaryngology
- Ajay Gupta, MD, MS, Pediatric Oncologist with the Roswell Park Oishei Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Program — Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
- Lalit Gurtoo, MD, Diagnostic Radiology – Diagnostic Radiology
- 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
- Craig Hendler, MD, Vice Chair of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology – Diagnostic Radiology
- Mark Hennon, MD, FACS, Director of Thoracic Surgery Training Program — 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
- Jens Hillengass, MD, Medical Oncologist and Chief of Myeloma - Oncology
- Frederick Hong, MD, Medical Oncologist/Hematologist with Roswell Park Care Network — Hematology
- Larson Hsu, MD, Director of 3D Imaging – Diagnostic Radiology
- Chinazom Ibegbu, MD, Neurologic Oncologist – Neurology
- Nathaniel Ivanick, MD, FCCP, 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
- Alan Klitzke, MD, FACNM, Diagnostic Radiologist – Nuclear Medicine
- 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
- 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
- Kathleen Lee, MD, Anesthesiologist – Anesthesiology
- 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
- 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
- Alicia Lieberman, MD, Rheumatologist – Rheumatology
- Lindsay Lipinski, MD, FAANS, Neurosurgeon — Neurosurgery
- Robert Lohman, MD, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon — Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- James Lohr, MD – Nephrology
- Katherine Lavigne Mager, MD, Gynecologic Oncologist – Gynecologic Oncology
- Sara Majewski, MD, Diagnostic Radiologist - Radiology
- Nadia Malik, MD, Radiation Oncologist – Radiation Oncology
- 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
- Mihai Merzianu, MD, Clinical Chief and Director of Surgical Pathology – Pathology
- Sarbajit Mukherjee, MD, Medical Oncologist – Oncology
- 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
- 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
- Saraswati Pokharel, MD, PhD, Medical Pathologist — Pathology
- Mariola Poss, MD, FACS, Surgical Oncologist with Roswell Park Care Network — Breast Surgery
- Anoop Prabhu, MD – Gastroenterology
- Dheerendra Prasad, MD, MCh, FACRO, Director of the Gamma Knife Center, and Medical Director of Radiation Medicine — Radiation Oncology
- Amanda Przespolewski, DO, Medical Oncologist – Hematology
- Samuel Puvendran, MD, FACP, Critical Care Medicine — Critical Care Medicine
- 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
- Maureen Ross, MD, PhD, Interim Chief of the Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program – Hematology
- Beverly Schaefer, MD, Pediatric Oncologist with the Roswell Park Oishei Children’s Cancer Center and Blood Disorders Program — Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
- Todd Schultz, MD, PhD, Anesthesiologist – Anesthesiology
- 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
- Saif Soniwala, MD, FACP, Hematologic Oncologist – Oncology
- 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
- Carin Tauriello, MD, Anesthesiologist – Anesthesiology
- James Thompson, MD, MS, Associate Chief Medical Information Officer – Hematology
- 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, Chief 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 2023 Buffalo Spree Top Doctors list was compiled through research by Professional Research Services (PRS).
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