Oscar Colegio, MD

August 7, 1972 - June 14, 2020

Oscar Colegio, 47, MD, PHD, Chair of the Department of Dermatology at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and Professor at the School of Medicine, State University of New York, Buffalo, Center, passed away Sunday, June 14th, 2020 in his family residence in Connecticut. He was born on August 7th, 1972 in McAllen, Texas to Leonardo and Rosalina Colegio. Received his undergraduate degree in Biology and Pharmaceuticals from the University of Texas, Austin, and his MD and PhD training at the Yale University School of Medicine. Following his internship in Internal Medicine and residency in Dermatology at the Yale New Haven Hospital, he joined the full-time faculty of the Yale Department of Dermatology and held a joint appointment in the Yale Department of Pathology. He rose to the level of Associate Professor at Yale University, prior to being recruited to Roswell Park to direct the Dermatology Department. On May 25th, 2019 he married his loving and beloved wife, Brenda Banuelos. Dr. Colegio received worldwide recognition for his seminal contributions to the broad fields of cancer biology and the life-threatening cancers that afflict the immunocompromised recipients of organ transplants. Oscar had a passion for long distance running, kayaking. He was an avid classical music aficionado, collector of sea glass, and yearned for long walks to the end of the beach originating in East Haven. He was recognized for his authenticity, generosity, humility, warmth, great sense of humor. He will always be remembered for brilliance, for being a loving husband, a caring father, a loyal friend, a tenacious leader but especially for his incomparable infectious joie de vivre. Along with his wife Brenda, leaves behind his two adored sons, Austin and Otto, in whom he took enormous pride, and would do anything to make them happy, as well as his beloved dog, Cooper, his devoted parents, Rosalina and Leonardo Colegio, and his siblings Anna and Leonardo. Calling hours are on Saturday, June 20th, 2020 at Sisk Brothers Funeral Home, 3105 Whitney Ave. Hamden, CT. from 3 - 8 p.m. Masks will be required by all in attendance. Upon completion of visiting with the family we ask that you please exit the funeral home so that we can allow others entry. Funeral service will be taking place in McAllen, Texas on Thursday, June 25th at Our Lady of Sorrows Church, 9 a.m. visitation, 9:30 a.m. will be the Rosary, 10 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial and 11 a.m. at Valley Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Roswell Park.org/giving. To leave an online condolence please visit www.siskbrothers.com