Dr. Nadia Malik, MD

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Get to know Radiation Oncologist Dr. Nadia Malik, who serves patients in Buffalo, New York.

Dr. Malik is a board-certified radiation oncologist specializing in breast radiation and upper GI malignancies. She is committed to providing the best oncology care for her patients and to promoting awareness in the region.

In 2018, she returned from working as a Radiation Oncologist at the American Hospital, Dubai, UAE where she helped lead the first Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) program in the region. 

She serves as an Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and is passionate about educating medical students, residents, and fellows. 

Academically, Dr. Malik graduated with her medical degree from Northeast Ohio Medical University. She then went on to complete her internship in internal medicine at Loyola University, and her residency in radiation oncology at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in 2012.

She is board-certified through the American Board of Radiology (ABR). The mission of the ABR is to serve patients, the public, and the medical profession by certifying that its diplomates have acquired, demonstrated, and maintained a requisite standard of knowledge, skill, and understanding essential to the safe and competent practice of diagnostic radiology, radiation oncology, and medical physics.

In addition to having conducted several publications in reputable journals, Dr. Malik is a member of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, American College of Radiation Oncology, and the American Brachytherapy Society.

Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that involves the controlled use of radiation to treat cancer. It is one of the three primary specialties – the other two being surgical and medical oncology – involved in the treatment of cancer. A radiation oncologist is a specialist physician who uses ionizing radiation in the treatment of cancer.

Among Dr. Malik’s various awards and honors include: Walter T. Murphy Teaching Award, Roswell Park Cancer Institute (2015), Delegate of the Royal College of Physicians Educator Program, SUNY Buffalo (11/2013-5/2014), ABS LDR Prostate Brachytherapy Scholarship, Long Island Jewish Medical (2013), and Travel Grant: NCCN 15th Annual Conference: Clinical Practice Guidelines and Quality Cancer Care. Hollywood, Florida (2010).

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