Roswell Park Cancer Institute president names leadership team

Issue: May 25, 2015

Candace Johnson, PhD, the new president of Roswell Park Cancer Institute, appointed a new leadership team intended to better integrate the institution’s scientific, clinical and educational goals.

“In many cases, these new appointments represent Roswell Park Cancer Institute parlaying our own existing strengths and talents,” Johnson said in a press release. “Restructuring some of these positions allows us to use our staff’s critical knowledge in the field to effect the policies and procedures that will enhance and improve our medical and scientific work.”

The appointments are as follows:

Kunle Odunsi, MD, PhD, FRCOG, FACOG, was named deputy director of the institute;

Boris Kuvshinoff II, MD, MBA, was named chief medical officer;

Victor Filadora, MD, MBA, was named chief of clinical services;

Thomas Schwaab, MD, PhD, was named chief of strategy, business development and outreach;

Everett Weiss, MD, was named chief medical information officer;

Errol Douglas, SPHR, was named vice president of human resources;

Terrie Kothe was named vice president of managed care;

Pamela Germain, MBA, was named vice president for strategic initiatives;

Mary Reid, MSPH, PhD, was named director of cancer screening and survivorship;

David Goodrich, PhD, was named interim chair of the department of pharmacology and therapeutics;

Julia Faller, DO, MS, was named medical director of perioperative services; and

James Mohler, MD, was named associate director of cancer center support grant shared resources.