Buffalo Spree Names 136 Roswell Park Physicians as Top Doctors

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Ahead of the new year, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center honors the 136 physicians across 34 specialties named to Buffalo Spree magazine’s Top Doctors list for 2024. The annual list is compiled through surveys submitted by Western New York physicians.

“We are thrilled to see, based on input from peers across our region, such a large number of our staff physicians selected as Top Doctors,” says Roswell Park Chief Medical Officer and anesthesiologist Julia Faller, DO, MS, who herself is named to this year’s list. “The Roswell Park team works tirelessly to deliver personalized, comprehensive care to our patients, and we celebrate this much-earned designation.”

The 136 Roswell Park physicians on Buffalo Spree’s 2024 Top Doctors list, noting the categories in which they were recognized:

• Ajay Abad, MD, Medical Oncologist — Neurology
• Ayham Al Afif, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS, Head/Neck Surgeon – Otolaryngology
• Ronald Alberico, MD, Neuroradiologist — Diagnostic Radiology; Interventional Radiology; Radiology
• Nikolaos Almyroudis, MD, FACP, Internal Medicine/Infectious Disease Expert — Infectious Disease
• Ahmed Aly Hussein 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
• 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, Director of Neuroradiology & MRI, Department of Radiology — Diagnostic Radiology
• Ranjan Bhayana, MD, Cardiac Oncologist – Cardiology
• Paul Bogner, MD, Anatomic Pathologist — Pathology
• Ermelinda Bonaccio, MD, FACR, Chair of Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology — Diagnostic Radiology; Radiology
• John Bonnewell, MD, MSc, Internal Medicine/Infectious Disease Expert — Infectious Disease
• Kimberly Brady, MD, Dermatologic Oncologist — Dermatology
• Benjamin Calvo, MD, FACS, Surgical Oncologist – Colon and Rectal Surgery
• Helen Cappuccino, MD, FACS, Breast Surgeon — Breast Surgery; Transgender Health
• Desi Carozza, MD, FAAHPM, 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
• Varun Chowdhry, MD, Radiation Oncologist – Radiation Oncology
• Elizabeth Conroy, MD, FAAD, Dermatologist with the Roswell Park Care Network – Dermatology
• Mary Frances Croake, DO, Director of Lung Cancer Screening – Diagnostic Radiology; Radiology
• David Crooks, MD, FACS, Surgical Oncologist with Roswell Park Care Network – Breast Surgery
• Thomas Croucher, MD, Anesthesiologist – Anesthesiology
• Anthony Dakwar, MD, FACS, Medical Director of Perioperative Services – Colon and Rectal Surgery
• Oscar de Leon-Casarola, MD, Anesthesiologist and Chief of Pain Medicine – Anesthesiology
• Todd Demmy, MD, FACS, Thoracic Surgeon — Thoracic Surgery
• Mohamed Desouki, MD, PhD, Medical Pathologist – Pathology
• Elisabeth Dexter, MD, FACS, FCCP, Thoracic Surgeon — Thoracic Surgery
• Ananda Dharshan, MD, FACP,  Medical Director of the Intensive Care Unit — Critical Care Medicine
• Michelle Ding, DO, Director of Ultrasound, Dept. of Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology – Diagnostic Radiology; Radiology
• Ravi Doobay, MD, FRCPC – Critical Care Medicine
• Grace Dy, MD, Director of Translational Research, Thoracic Medicine — 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, Chief Medical Officer — Anesthesiology
• Mark Farrugia, MD, PhD, Radiation Oncologist – Radiation Oncology
• Robert Fenstermaker, MD, Chair of Neurosurgery and Director of Neuro-Oncology — Neurosurgery
• Christos Fountzilas, MD, FACP, Medical Oncologist and Associate Director for Solid Tumors, Early Phase Clinical Trials Program – Oncology
• 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
• Jon Grande, MD, Anesthesiologist – Anesthesiology; Critical Care Medicine
• Paul Grant, DO, Nuclear Medicine – Nuclear Medicine
• Marcelle Grassi, MD, Dermatologist – Dermatology
• Elizabeth Griffiths, MD, Medical Oncologist/Hematologist and Director of the Myelodysplastic Syndrome Program — Hematology
• Ajay Gupta, MD, MS, Pediatric Oncologist with the Roswell Park Oishei Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Program — Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
• 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
• 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/Hematologist and Director of Lymphoma Research — Hematology; Oncology
• Wesley Hicks Jr., MD, FACS, Chair of Head & Neck/Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery — Otolaryngology
• 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 and Interventional Pulmonary Director — Pulmonary Disease; Thoracic Surgery
• Renuka Iyer, MD, Medical Oncologist, Section Chief for Gastrointestinal Medicine and Co-Director of the Liver and Pancreas Tumor Center — Oncology
• Prantesh Jain, MD, FACP, Medical Oncologist – Oncology
• Sehrish Jamot, MD, Gastroenterologist – Gastroenterology
• John Kane III, MD, FACS, Chair of Surgical Oncology and Chief of Melanoma/Sarcoma — 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 and Vice Chair of Anatomic Pathology — Pathology
• Alan Klitzke, MD, FACNM, FACR 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, Chief of Upper Gastrointestinal, Hepato-pancreato-biliary and Endocrine Surgery and Vice Chair of Strategy and Outreach — Colon and Rectal Surgery; General Surgery
• Dominick Lamonica, MD, Interim Director of Nuclear Medicine and Theranostics — Nuclear Medicine
• Thomas Laudico, DO, Director of Body CT and Body Imaging, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology — Diagnostic Radiology; Radiology
• Bethany Lema, MD, Dermatologist — Dermatology
• Mark Lema, MD, PhD, Chair of Anesthesiology, Preoperative Medicine and Pain Medicine — Anesthesiology
• Charles LeVea, MD, PhD, Anatomic Pathologist — Pathology
• Ellis Levine, MD, Medical Oncologist and Chief of Breast Medicine — Oncology
• Qiang John Li, MD, PhD, Urologist — Urology
• Lindsay Lipinski, MD, FAANS, Neurosurgeon and Director of the Adult Neurofibromatosis Center — Neurosurgery
• Robert Lohman, MD, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon — Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• James Lohr, MD – Nephrology
• Katherine Lavigne Mager, MD, FACOG Gynecologic Oncologist – Gynecologic Oncology
• Nadia Malik, MD, Director of Thoracic Radiation & Hepatobiliary/Pancreas Services  – Radiation Oncology
• Silpa Mandava, MD, - Internal Medicine
• Laura Mango, MD, Medical Director of the Assessment & Treatment Center – Emergency Medicine; Internal Medicine
• Gary Mann, MD, FACS, Surgical Oncologist — Colon and Rectal Surgery; General Surgery
• Benjamin Matson, MD, Anesthesiologist — Pain Medicine
• David Mattson, Jr., MD, Radiation Oncologist and Director of Gastrointestinal, Gynecologic Radiation Services — Radiation Oncology
• Philip McCarthy, MD, Dr. Philip L. McCarthy Endowed Chair in Transplant & Cellular Therapy and Director Emeritus of the Transplant & Cellular Therapy Center — Oncology; Hematology
• Benjamin McGreevy, MD, Director of Body MRI, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology — Diagnostic Radiology; Radiology
• Karen McLean, MD, PhD, FACOG, Dr. M. Steven Piver Endowed Professorship in Gynecologic Oncology – Gynecologic Oncology
• Ryan McSpadden, MD, Surgical Oncologist — Otolaryngology
• Laszlo Mechtler, MD, FAAN, FASN, Neurologic Oncologist and Chief of Neuro-Oncology — Neurology
• Mihai Merzianu, MD, Clinical Chief and Director of Surgical Pathology – Pathology
• Carl Morrison, MD, DVM, Senior Vice President of Scientific Development & Integrative Medicine and Dept. of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Chair – Pathology
• Sarbajit Mukherjee, MD, Medical Oncologist – Oncology
• Steven Nurkin, MD, MS, FACS, Vice Chair of Quality & Safety and Chief of Colorectal Surgery — Colon and Rectal Surgery
• Chumy Nwogu, MD, PhD, FACS, Thoracic Surgeon — Thoracic Surgery
• 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 Diagnostic Radiologist — Diagnostic Radiology
• Saraswati Pokharel, MD, PhD, Chief of Pathology and Director of Thoracic Pathology — Pathology
• Mariola Poss, MD, FACS, Surgical Oncologist with Roswell Park Care Network — Breast Surgery
• Anoop Prabhu, MD, FASGE Gastroenterologist – Gastroenterology
• Dheerendra Prasad, MD, MCh, FACRO, Chief of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery and Medical Director of Radiation Medicine — Radiation Oncology
• Amanda Przespolewski, DO, Medical Oncologist – Hematology
• Samuel Puvendran, MD, FACP, FRCP(C) Critical Care Medicine — Critical Care Medicine
• Jinxin Qiu, MD, PhD Director of Immunohistochemistry Laboratory – Pathology
• Timothy Quinn, MD, Chief of Critical Care — Critical Care Medicine; Anesthesiology
• Kevin Robillard, MD, Gastrointestinal Endoscopist — Gastroenterology
• Charles Roche, MD, Director of Quality, Patient Safety and Research — 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
• 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 — Urology
• Brahm Segal, MD, Chief of Infectious Diseases and Chair of Internal Medicine — Infectious Disease
• 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
• Kazuaki Takabe, MD, PhD, FACS, FSSO, Surgical Oncologist, Clinical Chief of Breast Surgery and Alfiero Foundation Endowed Chair in Breast Oncology — Breast Surgery
• James Thompson, MD, MS, Associate Chief Medical Information Officer – Hematology
• Garin Tomaszewski, MD, Interventional Radiologist — Interventional Radiology
• Mercy Tomy, MD, Staff Physician, Supportive and Palliative Care – Hospice & Palliative Medicine
• Clare Twist, MD, Pediatric Oncologist with the Roswell Park Oishei Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Program and Dougherty Endowed Chair in Pediatric Oncology, Roswell Park — Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
• Deepak Vadehra, DO, Medical Oncologist – Oncology
• Michelle Walter, DO, FAAHPM, Staff Physician, Supportive and Palliative Care — Hospice & Palliative Medicine
• Eunice Wang, MD, Chief of Leukemia/Benign Hematology and Medical Director of Chemotherapy/Infusion – 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, FACS, Breast Surgical Oncologist and Director of the Breast Cancer Risk Assessment and Prevention Program — 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 2024 Buffalo Spree Top Doctors list was compiled through research by Professional Research Services (PRS).

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