Joseph Skitzki, MD

• 2019 Golden Apple Award – Teaching Award, Department of Surgical Oncology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
• 2017 Invited Plenary Speaker first ever joint meeting of British Microcirculation Society (BMS) and UK Cell Adhesion Society (UKCAS) University of Birmingham, UK
• 2016 Inducted Member of RPMI (Roswell Pride in Member Ingenuity) Club (Faculty Recognition Society)
• 2013 Faculty Research Recognition Award, Department of Surgery, State University of New York at Buffalo
• 2012 American Surgical Association Foundation Fellowship Research Award, Finalist and Recipient
• 2012 Golden Apple Award – Teaching Award, Department of Surgery, State University of New York at Buffalo
• 2010 Golden Apple Award – Teaching Award, Department of Surgical Oncology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
• 2008 Invited participant – AACR/ASCO Vail Workshop, Methods in Clinical Cancer Research
• 2008 Roswell Fellowship Basic Science Award
• 2007 Invited participant - Cancer Education Consortium Molecular Oncology Workshop
• 2005/2006 Case Western Department of Surgery Chief Resident Teaching Award
• 2006 Case Western Department of Surgery, ABSITE Award
• 2006 Cleveland Surgical Society, Resident Research Competition, 2nd Place – Clinical
• 2006 Annual Resident Surgeons Competition, 1st place – Clinical, American College of Surgeons Ohio Chapter
• 2004 Resident Research Competition 1st Place – Experimental, Cleveland Surgical Society
• 2003 Robert V. Danto Cancer Research Award, American College of Surgeons Michigan Chapter, Annual Resident Surgeons Competition
• 2001-2003 Dudley P. Allen Scholar Award, Case Western Department of Surgery
• 2000-2001 Junior Resident Teaching Award, Case Western Department of Surgery
• 1999 Alpha Omega Alpha
• 1999 Lange Medical Publishing Award for excellence in academic work
• 1999 Howard E. Morgan Award for outstanding achievement in basic research
• 1999 Annual Student Research Symposium Award
• 1996-1998 Hammond Memorial Scholarship for academic excellence
• 1996-1997 Luzerne County Medical Society Scholarship
• 1994 Summa cum Laude Graduate, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA
• 1990-1994 Presidential Academic Scholarship, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA

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