Daniel F. Roses, MD, FACS is the Jules Leonard Whitehill Professor of Surgery and Oncology of the NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
A surgeon, researcher and educator, Dr. Roses has received the Solomon A. Berson Alumni Achievement Award in Clinical Science of the NYU Grossman School of Medicine, the Great Teacher Award of New York University and is a five-time recipient of the Distinguished Teacher Award of the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. He has received the Excellence in Medicine Award of the Israel Cancer Research Fund, the Physician of the Year Award of the Rambam Medical Center, the Humanitarian Award of the Melanoma Research Foundation, the Manhattan Breast Cancer Awareness Award, and the Gender Equity Award of the American Medical Women’s Association.
Dr. Roses was a Principal Investigator of the National Cancer Institute Selective Lymphadenectomy Trial that led to sentinel node biopsy being the standard of care in the treatment of melanoma and breast cancer.
He directs the Shifrin-Myers Breast Cancer Discovery Fund and the Cancer Surgery Research Fund. He has served as New York State Chairman of the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons and as President of the New York Surgical Society.
He is the author or co-author of over 275 published manuscripts and two major textbooks “Breast Cancer” and the ”Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma”. He is a member of the American Surgical Association, the Society of Surgical Oncology, the American Association for Cancer Research, and the American Society of Clinical Oncology. He is listed in America’s Top Doctors, Top Doctors for Cancer, Top Doctors New York Metro Area (Castle Connolly), and New York Magazine Top Doctors.
Dr. Roses has served on active duty as Lieutenant Commander with the Medical Corps of the U. S. Navy.
Dr. Roses and Helene have been members of Park East Synagogue for over 45 years. He has served as Trustee and as Chairman of the Cantorial Committee. Their children Arthur, Robert and Rebecca had their Bar Mitzvahs and Bat Mitzvah at Park East. Arthur and Amy Roses were married at Park East and are now members. Daniel and Helene are blessed with six grandchildren, Benjamin, Leonard, Elissa, Ruby, Josephine and Luna. Arthur and Amy’s son Leonard and daughter Josephine had their Bar and Bat Mitzvahs at Park East as did Rebecca and Travis’ daughter Ruby. Her sister Luna attends the Park East Hebrew School.
To contact Dr. Daniel F. Roses, please email [email protected]