Assembly Minority Leader Brian M. Kolb (R,I,C-Canandaigua) is pictured (center) during his recent tour of Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Kolb and his colleague, Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R,I,C-Batavia), toured the facility which is located in Buffalo, New York. Roswell Park Cancer Institute is the nation's first cancer center and internationally renowned for its many breakthroughs in cancer research, prevention, detection and treatment.
Pictured, from left to right, are Assemblyman Steve Hawley, Assembly Minority Leader Brian M. Kolb and Dr. Kelvin Lee, Chair of Immunology and Vice Chair of Medicine at Roswell Park Cancer Institute.
Assemblyman Steve Hawley (left) and Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb (center) are pictured listening to Dr. Kelvin Lee (right), Chair of Immunology and Vice Chair of Medicine at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, as he discusses some of the important work performed at Roswell Park.
As noted on its website, Roswell Park Cancer Institute is America's first cancer center founded in 1898 by Dr. Roswell Park. It is the only upstate New York facility to hold the National Cancer Center designation of "comprehensive cancer center" and to serve as a member of the prestigious National Comprehensive Cancer Network. Over its long history, Roswell Park Cancer Institute has made fundamental contributions to reducing the cancer burden and has successfully maintained an exemplary leadership role in setting the national standards for cancer care, research and education. Located in downtown Buffalo, the Institute's 25-acre campus consists of 15 buildings with about 1.6 million square feet of space. A new hospital building, completed in 1998, houses a comprehensive diagnostic and treatment center.