Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center announced a record 147 physicians across 36 specialties were named to Buffalo Spree magazine’s Top Doctors list for 2026, compiled from survey responses by Western New York physicians.
“Being named to Buffalo Spree’s Top Doctors list is a testament to the expertise, compassion, and commitment our physicians bring to every patient interaction,” said Julia Faller, Chief Medical Officer at Roswell Park, who is also on the list.
Buffalo Spree’s cover story highlighted breast surgeon Helen Cappuccino as “a purveyor of hope,” noting her experience and enthusiasm for advances in breast cancer detection and treatment.
Ajay Abad — Neuro-Oncology
Ronald Alberico — Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology
William Alexander — Supportive & Palliative Care
Nikolaos Almyroudis — Internal Medicine
Muammer Altok — Urology
Ahmed Aly Hussein Aly — Urology
Steven Ambrusko — Pediatric Oncology
Matthew Barth — Pediatric Oncology
Michael Bax — Dermatology
Ahmed Belal — Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology
Paul Bogner — Dermatology & Pathology
Ermelinda Bonaccio — Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology
John Bonnewell — Pathology & Laboratory Medicine; Internal Medicine
Kimberly Brady — Dermatology
Helen Cappuccino — Breast Surgery
Katie Carlberg — Pediatric Oncology
Amy Case — Supportive & Palliative Care
Leonid Cherkassky — Surgical Oncology
Shilpa Chowdhry — Anesthesiology
Varun Chowdhry — Radiation Medicine
Mary Frances Croake — Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology
David Crooks — Breast Surgery
Anthony Dakwar — Surgical Oncology
Oscar de Leon-Casasola — Pain Medicine; Anesthesiology
Todd Demmy — Thoracic Surgery
Mohamed Desouki — Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Elisabeth Dexter — Thoracic Surgery
Ananda Dharshan — Anesthesiology
Michelle Ding — Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology
Grace Dy — Medical Oncology/Thoracic Medicine
Andrew Fabiano — Neurosurgery; Neuro-Oncology
Julia Faller — Anesthesiology
Mark Farrugia — Radiation Medicine
Robert Fenstermaker — Neurosurgery
Bailey Gleason Fitzgerald — Medical Oncology/Thoracic Medicine
Christos Fountzilas — Medical Oncology/Gastrointestinal
Peter Frederick — Gynecologic Oncology
Simon Fung-Kee-Fung — Radiation Medicine
Nicole Gaulin — Gynecologic Oncology
Saby George — Medical Oncology/Urologic Medicine
Cerrene Giordano — Dermatology
Niels Gothgen — Internal Medicine/Critical Care
Michael Gough — Internal Medicine
Jon Grande — Anesthesiology
Paul Grant — Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology
Marcelle Grassi — Dermatology
Elizabeth Griffiths — Medical Oncology/Hematology
Ajay Gupta — Pediatric Oncology
Sanjay Gupta — Psychiatry
Vishal Gupta — Head & Neck/Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Khurshid Guru — Urology
Eric Hansen — Supportive & Palliative Medicine
Kaitlyn Hartman — Anesthesiology
Omar Hasan — Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology
Craig Hendler — Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology
Mark Hennon — Thoracic Surgery
Francisco Hernandez-Ilizaliturri — Medical Oncology/Hematology
Wesley Hicks Jr. — Head & Neck/Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Meghan Higman — Pediatric Oncology
Frederick Hong — Medical Oncology/Hematology
Chinazom Ibegbu — Neurosurgery/Neurologic Oncology
Nathaniel Ivanick — Thoracic Surgery/Pulmonary Medicine
Renuka Iyer — Medical Oncology
Prantesh Jain — Medical Oncology/Thoracic Medicine
Sehrish Jamot — Internal Medicine/Gastroenterology
Oday Karadsheh — Internal Medicine
Eric Kauffman — Urology
Kara Kelly — Pediatric Oncology
Thaer Khoury — Breast Pathology
Alan Klitzke — Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology
Adam Kotowski — Medical Oncology/Hematology
Michael Krabak — Medical Oncology/Hematology
Joseph Kuechle — Surgical Oncology/Orthopedic Oncology
Michael Kuettel — Radiation Medicine
Drew Kuraitis — Dermatology
Dominick Lamonica — Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology
Thomas Laudico — Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology
Bethany Lema — Dermatology
Mark Lema — Anesthesiology/Preoperative & Pain Medicine
Charles LeVea — Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Ellis Levine — Medical Oncology
Qiang John Li — Urology
Alicia Lieberman — Internal Medicine/Rheumatology
Lindsay Lipinski — Neurosurgery/Neuro-Oncology
Robert Lohman — Head & Neck/Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
James Lohr — Internal Medicine
Katherine LaVigne Mager — Gynecologic Oncology
Nadia Malik — Radiation Medicine
Kanwaldeep Mallhi — Pediatric Oncology
Silpa Mandava — Internal Medicine
Laura Mango — Internal Medicine
Gary Mann — Surgical Oncology
Renee Mapes — Anesthesiology
David Mattson Jr. — Radiation Medicine
Benjamin McGreevy — Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology
Karen McLean — Gynecologic Oncology
Ryan McSpadden — Head & Neck/Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Laszlo Mechtler — Neuro-Oncology
Zubin Menon — Internal Medicine
Mihai Merzianu — Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Katherine Mullin — Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases
Steven Nurkin — Surgical Oncology
Chukwumere Nwogu — Thoracic Surgery
Kenan Onel — Clinical Genomics/Genetics
Can Ozturk — Head & Neck/Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Cemile Nurdan Ozturk — Head & Neck/Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Gabrielle Paoletti — Anesthesiology
Gyorgy Paragh — Dermatology
Michael Petroziello — Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology
Saraswati Pokharel — Pathology
Mariola Poss — Breast Surgery
Dheerendra Prasad — Radiation Medicine (Gamma Knife Radiosurgery)
Samuel Puvendran — Internal Medicine/Critical Care
Jingxin Qiu — Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Kevin Robillard — Internal Medicine/Gastroenterology
Denise Rokitka — Pediatric Oncology
Beverly Schaefer — Pediatric Oncology
Todd Schultz — Anesthesiology
K. Patrick Seastedt — Thoracic Surgery
Subin Sharma — Anesthesiology
Anurag Singh — Radiation Medicine
Saif Soniwala — Medical Oncology
Raymond Sroka — Anesthesiology
Steven Steer — Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology
Zachary Stiles — Surgical Oncology
Norbert Sule — Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Benjamin Switzer — Medical Oncology/Melanoma
Kazuaki Takabe — Breast Surgery
Kannan Thanikachalam — Medical Oncology
James Thompson — Medical Oncology/Hematology
Garin Tomaszewski — Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology
Mercy Tomy — Supportive & Palliative Medicine
Clare Twist — Pediatric Oncology
Deepak Vadehra — Medical Oncology
Eunice Wang — Leukemia/Benign Hematology; Medical Oncology
Bradley Webster — Urology
Kelly Wood — Critical Care Medicine
Kimberly Wooten — Head & Neck/Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Bo Xu — Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Anthony Yarussi — Anesthesiology
Sayeeda Yasmeen — Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Edwin Yau — Medical Oncology/Thoracic Medicine
Sai Yendamuri — Thoracic Surgery
Jessica Young — Breast Surgery