Hires/Promotions/ Honors

Roswell Park Cancer Institute appointed Dr. Thomas Schwaab staff physician and assistant professor of oncology in the departments of urology and immunology. Most recently at the Center for Urologic Care at Concord Hospital, Concord, N. H., Schwaab also served as an adjunct assistant professor of medicine in the Immunologic Therapy Program, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth Medical School and an adjunct assistant professor of surgery at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, N. H. He earned his medical degree and a doctoral degree in immunology from the Medizinische Hochschule Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. Schwaab completed residency training in general surgery and in urology at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.

Bloomberg L. P. announced that Paul Bascobert, a Tonawanda native, has been named president of Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Bascobert, 45, a Sweet Home High School graduate, joins BusinessWeek from Dow Jones&Company, a division of News Corp., where he served as chief marketing officer for the consumer media group. Bascobert is a graduate of Kettering University and has an MBA from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Bloomberg acquired BusinessWeek from McGraw- Hill Companies in December.

Gooding Co. national account manager Ed Tase recently completed the OSHA 10-hour Outreach Safety Training Program presented by Printing Industries Alliance, an Amherstbased affiliate of Printing Industries of America, a printing trade association. Gooding Co. is a Lockport-based specialty printer for the pharmaceutical and medical industries.

Phillips Lytle’s Taylan Sen presented “Cybersleuthing and Electronic Discovery in the Year 2010” at the West-ern New York Paralegal Association’s new professional development program.

Company items

The University at Buffalo School of Management’s Professional MBA program was ranked by BusinessWeek as one of the country’s top part-time MBA programs. The UB School of Management was ranked No. 69 nationally and No. 8 in the Northeast. The biennial ranking of part-time programs is based on three measures: student satisfaction, academic quality and post-MBA outcomes. Also, the Wall Street Journal ranked the UB School of Management No. 9 in the nation among schools with strong regional recruiting bases. In addition, BusinessWeek ranked the school as one of the country’s top five business schools for the fastest return on MBA investment, and Forbes has cited it as one of the best business schools in the U. S. for the return on investment it provides MBA graduates.

Buffalo Discount Muffler& Brake, an Eggertsville automotive service and repair company for more than two decades, will now be known as Total Automotive. The company’s new Web address is

www.TotalAutomotiveWNY.com

. The company is located in the Northtown Plaza at 2125 Eggert Road in Amherst.

The Law Office of Richard C. Slisz recently opened at 1700 Rand Building, 14 Lafayette Square. Slisz was formerly a partner with Offermann, Cassano, Greco, Slisz&Adams for the past 20 years. He is a graduate of Canisius College and Union University- Albany Law School. He also received a master of laws in taxation from New York University School of Law.

Farrell Photography, 479 Niagara Falls Blvd., Amherst, is celebrating its 20th year in Western New York. The studio may be reached at 838-1447.

The UPS Store, 795 Center St., Lewiston, celebrated its grand opening Monday. The franchise owners are Theresa Gambino, John Gambino and Tim Kropp.

Patents

Title: “Children’s ride-on vehicle assemblies having trailing vehicle detection systems” No.: 7,621,552 Inventors: Bergum, Mark J. (Clarence); Howell, William R. (Chaffee); Lenihan, Gary G. (East Aurora); Waples, David G. (Orchard Park) Assignee: Mattel Inc. (El Segundo, Calif.) Date issued: Nov. 24, 2009