Roy Ashikari, M.D., FACS

Professor of Surgery at New York Medical College

Chief of The Breast Service at Sloane Kettering during the 1970’s and 1980’s, Dr. Ashikari has been the Premier Senior breast surgeon in Westchester County for the past two decades. He has written the seminal research papers on Paget’s disease, Ductal (DCIS) and Lobular (LCIS) Carcinoma In-Situ, Male breast cancer, and breast cancer in Pregnancy.

Email: rashikari@westchestersurgicaloncology.com

Andrew Ashikari, M.D., FACS

Assistant Professor of Surgery at New York Medical College

Dr. Ashikari received his general surgery training at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein School of Medicine and attended the surgical oncology fellowship at University of Chicago Hospitals. He has published research on the topic of tumor immunology where he developed his clinical interest in melanoma. He also specializes in gastrointestinal tumors, breast cancer, and sarcoma. He has a strong clinical interest in women at high risk for breast cancer and prophylactic nipple-sparing mastectomy. Dr. Ashikari is a Prinicipal investigator for the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP).

Email: aashikari@westchestersurgicaloncology.com

Pond Kelemen, M.D., FACS

Associate Professor of Surgery at New York Medical College

After finishing a surgical pathology residency at The University of Illinois at Chicago, Dr. Kelemen received his general surgery training at The University of Chicago Hospitals. Thereafter he completed his surgical oncology Fellowship at the John Wayne Cancer Institute in Santa Monica. He is well-published in the field of sentinel lymph node biopsy and the use of PET Scan Imaging in Surgical Oncology. His other clinical interests are endocrine surgery, breast cancer, gastrointestinal surgery, and sarcomas. Dr. Kelemen is a principal investigator for the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group (ACOSOG).

Email: prkelemen@westchestersurgicaloncology.com

**All of our surgeons have been trained in programs approved by The Society of Surgical Oncology, and are board-certified in general surgery with good standing with the medical board of New York.