Faculty Profiles
Specialty/Research Focus: Surgery - Trauma; Surgery - Vascular; Vascular Medicine
Brewer, Jeffrey
MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Vice Chair Department of Surgery; Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency Program
Specialty/Research Focus: Education; Surgery - Laparoscopic; Surgery - Trauma
Burk, Joshua
Clin Asst Prof Hs
Specialty/Research Focus: Surgery; Surgery - Bariatric; Surgery - Laparoscopic
Cherr, Gregory
MD
Professor of Surgery (Vascular Surgery), Senior Associate Dean for GME, Designated Institutional Official
Specialty/Research Focus: Surgery - Endovascular; Surgery - Vascular
Chopko, Michael
MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Associate Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Program
Specialty/Research Focus: Surgery; Surgery - Trauma; Surgical Critical Care - Surgery
Cooper, Clairice
MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, Program Director, General Surgery Residency Program
Specialty/Research Focus: Surgery; Surgery - Laparoscopic; Surgery - Trauma
Craig, Ethan
Clin Asst Prof Hs
Curl, G
Clin Asso Prof Hs
Dakwar, Anthony
Clinical Assistant Professor
Specialty/Research Focus: Cardiopulmonary physiology; Metabolism; Surgery; Surgical Critical Care - Surgery; Thoracic Surgery
Specialty/Research Focus: Thoracic Surgery
Specialty/Research Focus: Surgery; Surgery - Vascular
Dryjski, Maciej
MD, PhD
Professor of Surgery, Vice Chairman Department of Surgery UB, Medical Director for Vascular/Endovascular Surgery, Kaleida Health
Specialty/Research Focus: Surgery - Endovascular; Surgery - Vascular
Specialty/Research Focus: Oncology; Surgery
Falvo, Mark
MD
Colorectal Division Chief SUNY @ Buffalo Department of Surgery Program Director Colorectal Fellowship SUNY @ Buffalo Department of Surgery
Specialty/Research Focus: Oncology; Organ Transplant; Renal Transplantation; Robotic Surgery; Surgery - Transplant; Transplantation
Flynn, Jr., William
MD
Chief, Division of Critical Care, Associate Professor, Program Director: Critical Care Fellowship
Specialty/Research Focus: Surgery; Surgery - Burn; Surgery - Laparoscopic; Surgery - Trauma; Surgical Critical Care - Surgery
Specialty/Research Focus: Gastrointestinal Surgery; Minimally Invasive Surgery; Surgery; Surgery - Laparoscopic
Specialty/Research Focus: Oncology; Surgery
Gibbs, John
MD
Professor, Associate General Surgery Residency Program Director, Vice-Chair for Research
Specialty/Research Focus: Fetal Surgery; Minimally Invasive Surgery; Pediatric Surgery; Surgery - Laparoscopic; Surgery - Thoracic; Surgery - Trauma; Surgery – Minimally Invasive and Robotic
Specialty/Research Focus: Surgery - Laparoscopic; Surgery - Trauma; Surgical Critical Care - Surgery
Specialty/Research Focus: Bioinformatics; Minimally Invasive Surgery; Oncology; Pediatric Surgery; Surgery - Trauma; Thoracic Surgery
Harmon, Carroll
M.D. Ph.D.
John E. Fisher Chair in Pediatric Surgery, Chief of Surgery Kaleida Health, Surgeon-in-Chief John R. Oishei Children‘s Hospital
Specialty/Research Focus: Surgery; Surgery - Endovascular; Surgery - Vascular
Specialty/Research Focus: Colorectal Surgery/Proctology; Palliative Medicine
Hochwald, Steven
MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery, Roswell Park Chief of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Vice Chair of Department of Surgical Oncology (Roswell Park)
Specialty/Research Focus: Oncology; Surgery
Specialty/Research Focus: Immunology; Infectious Disease; Microbial Pathogenesis; Molecular Basis of Disease; Gastrointestinal Surgery; Surgery; Surgery - Laparoscopic; Surgery - Trauma
Specialty/Research Focus: Oncology; Surgery
Kayler, Liise
MD, MS, FACS
Program Director Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation, Chief of the Division of Transplant Surgery
Specialty/Research Focus: Clinical Informatics; Community Based Participatory Research; Epidemiology; Health Disparities Research; Implementation Science; Surgery; Surgery - Transplant; Transplantation
Specialty/Research Focus: Surgery - Endovascular; Surgery - Vascular
Kim, Peter
Vice Chair - Research & Innovation Department of Surgery Professor of Surgery
Knott, Liam
Clinical Assistant Professor
Lamb, Michael
Research Assistant Professor
Specialty/Research Focus: Cardiothoracic Surgery
Specialty/Research Focus: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; Oncology; Surgery
Lukan, James
MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency Program
Specialty/Research Focus: Surgery; Surgery - Burn; Surgery - Vascular; Surgical Critical Care - Surgery
Specialty/Research Focus: Colon and Rectal Surgery; Colorectal Surgery/Proctology
Specialty/Research Focus: Surgery - Vascular
Specialty/Research Focus: Minimally Invasive Surgery; Surgery; Robotic Surgery; Surgery - Laparoscopic; Surgical Critical Care - Surgery
Specialty/Research Focus: Oncology; Surgery
Nordin, Andrew
Clinical Assistant Professor
Specialty/Research Focus: Pediatric Surgery; Surgery - Burn; Surgery - Trauma; Surgical Critical Care - Surgery
Specialty/Research Focus: Oncology; Thoracic Surgery
Ortolani, John
MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Colon & Rectal Surgery, Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency Program
Specialty/Research Focus: Colon and Rectal Surgery; Surgery
Specialty/Research Focus: Gastrointestinal Surgery; Surgery - Laparoscopic; Surgery – Minimally Invasive and Robotic
Perry, Yaron
MD, FACS
Clinical Professor of Surgery, Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery / Medical Director of Comprehensive Center for Thoracic Malignancies / Co-Director of Robotic Surgery
Specialty/Research Focus: Cancer Treatment and Prevention; Cardiothoracic Surgery; Robotic Surgery; Surgery - Laparoscopic; Thoracic Surgery
Pletch, Alison
Clinical Assistant Professor, Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency Program
Specialty/Research Focus: Community Health Research; Clinical Research; Real-world approaches; Gastrointestinal Surgery; Medication Therapy Management; Minimally Invasive Surgery; Nutrition; Obesity; Robotic Surgery; Surgery - Bariatric; Surgery - Laparoscopic; Surgery – Minimally Invasive and Robotic
Potter, Helen
Academic Scholar
Qaqish, Thamer
Clinical Assistant Professor
Specialty/Research Focus: Surgery - Thoracic
Specialty/Research Focus: Surgery; Surgery - Endovascular; Surgery - Vascular
Specialty/Research Focus: Surgery; Surgery - Bariatric
Schwaitzberg, Steven
MD, FACS
SUNY Distinguished Service Professor and Chairman - Department of Surgery
Specialty/Research Focus: Endocrine Surgery; Gastrointestinal Surgery; Minimally Invasive Surgery; Surgery; Robotic Surgery; Surgery - Laparoscopic
Skelhorne-Gross, Graham
Clinical Assistant Professor
Specialty/Research Focus: Surgery - Trauma; Surgical Critical Care - Surgery
Takabe, Kazuaki
MD, PhD, FACS
Professor of Oncology, Alfiero Foundation Chair and Clinical Chief of Breast Surgery for Roswell Park
Tambar, Stuti
MD FACS
Breast Surgical Oncologist, Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency Program
Specialty/Research Focus: Oncology; Surgery
Specialty/Research Focus: Surgery; Pediatric Surgery
Visco, Jeffrey
MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery Site Director of Surgery, Kaleida Health Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital Assistant Program Director, Fellowship in Colon and Rectal Surgery
Specialty/Research Focus: Cancer Screening; Cancer Treatment and Prevention; Clinical Research; Colon and Rectal Surgery; Colorectal Surgery/Proctology; Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Irritable Bowel Syndrome; Minimally Invasive Surgery; Robotic Surgery; Surgery - Laparoscopic; Surgery – Minimally Invasive and Robotic
Yang, Gene
Clinical Assistant Professor Unsalaried
Specialty/Research Focus: Thoracic Surgery
Specialty/Research Focus: Organ Transplant; Surgery - Transplant; Transplantation