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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 Rosewell 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.

Program Leadership & Faculty Members

Benjamin F. Calvo MD, FACS

Benjamin F. Calvo, MD, FACS

Professor of Oncology
Department of Surgical Oncology

Leonid Cherkassky MD

Leonid Cherkassky, MD

Assistant Professor of Oncology
Department of Surgical Oncology, Department of Translational Immuno-Oncology

Helen Cappuccino, MD, FACS

Helen Cappuccino, MD, FACS

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

Anthony Dakwar MD, FACS

Anthony Dakwar, MD, FACS

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

John M. Kane III, MD, FACS

John M. Kane, III, MD, FACS

Chief
Melanoma/Sarcoma Service, Department of Surgical Oncology

Moshim Kukar, MD

Moshim Kukar, MD

Program Director of General Surgical Oncology Fellowship
Department of Surgical Oncology

Gary Mann, MD, FACS

Gary Mann, MD, FACS

Assistant Professor of Oncology
Department of Surgical Oncology

Steven Nurkin, MD, MS

Steven Nurkin, MD, MS, FACS

Assistant Professor of Oncology
Department of Surgical Oncology

Shalana O'Brien MD

Shalana O’Brien, MD

Assistant Professor of Oncology
Department of Surgical Oncology

Joseph Skitzki, MD, FACS

Joseph Skitzki, MD, FACS

Chair
Melanoma/Sarcoma Disease Site Research Group

Zachary Stiles, DO, MS

Zachary Stiles, DO, MS

Assistant 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