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Our Faculty

The faculty is all full-time staff at RP and do not rotate to other hospitals or have clinical commitments beyond Roswell Park. Each has a major focus in a disease or organ system (e.g. breast, upper GI, hepatobiliary, pancreas, colorectal, endocrine, sarcoma, melanoma, etc.) and specific areas of academic interest. Faculty in Surgical Specialties, Medical Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Pathology, Radiology and Ancillary Services meet weekly to discuss new and complex cases, giving fellows the broad perspective of Roswell Park’s multidisciplinary approach to patient care.

  • Clinical rotations are disease-site specific and built around faculty members’ expertise in specific types of cancers. This enables fellows to take part in the full spectrum of case management, including preoperative evaluation, multidisciplinary discussion, treatment and postoperative follow-up of the same cohort of patients over several months.
  • Because Roswell Park faculty often provide long-term surveillance for their patients, fellows also may become familiar with follow-up strategies and the evaluation and treatment of recurrent disease.
  • Faculty in Surgical Specialties, Medical Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Pathology, Radiology and Ancillary Services meet weekly to discuss new and complex cases, giving fellows the broad perspective of Roswell Park’s multidisciplinary approach.

Faculty Members

Leonid Cherkassky, MD

Leonid Cherkassky, MD

Assistant Professor of Oncology
Department of Surgical Oncology

Helen Cappuccino MD FACS

Helen Cappuccino, MD, FACS

Associate Professor of Oncology
Breast Surgery Division, Department of Surgical Oncology

Anthony Dakwar, MD, FACS

Anthony Dakwar, MD, FACS

Assistant Professor of Oncology
Department of Surgical Oncology

Gary Mann MD FACS

Gary Mann, MD, FACS

Associate Professor of Oncology
Department of Surgical Oncology

Steven Nurkin MD MS

Steven Nurkin, MD, MS, FACS

Associate Professor of Oncology
Department of Surgical Oncology

Kazuaki Takabe MD PhD FACS

Kazuaki Takabe, MD, PhD, FACS

Clinical Chief
Breast Surgery

Jessica Young MD

Jessica Young, MD

Assistant Professor of Oncology
Breast Surgery Division, Department of Surgical Oncology

Sara Abou Azar, MD

Sara Abou Azar, MD

Assistant Professor of Oncology
Department of Surgical Oncology

Ankit Patel, MD

Ankit Patel, MD

Assistant Professor of Oncology
Department of Surgical Oncology