University at Buffalo (UB)
Heidi M. Beintrexler MD, FACP
Heidi M. Beintrexler
MD, FACP
Academic Hospitalist; Clinical Assistant Professor
Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Specialty/Research Focus
Global Health; Internal Medicine
Contact Information
Patient Care
Patient Care
This faculty member is affiliated with UBMD, practicing physicians who are also professors in the Jacobs School.
View this physician on UBMDEducation and Training:
- Other, “Physiology on the Fly: Faculty Development Program for Medical Educators Training on the General Medicine Inpatient Wards” MDI Biological Laboratory in conjunction with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center September 2016, Beth Israel Deaconess (2016)
- Residency, Internal Medicine Resident, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein School of Medicine (2014)
- Other, “Global Health Course: Providing Health Care in a Resource Poor Setting”, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein School of Medicine. (2013)
- Internship, Internal Medicine Intern, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (2012)
- MD, Jacobs School of Medicine, Buffalo, NY, UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY (2011)
Employment:
- Core Faculty, Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine Residency Program (2022-present)
- Treasurer, Board of Directors, Internal Medicine, UBMD Internal Medicine (2020-present)
- Academic Hospitalist, Internal Medicine, UBMD, Erie County Medical Center (2014-present)
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (2014-present)
- Physician Advisor, Internal Medicine, Erie County Medical Center (2021–2022)
- Physician Advisor, Erie County Medical Center (2020–2022)
- Readmission Analysis Team, Internal Medicine, Erie County Medical Center (2020–2022)
- QA/Quality Improvement Committee, Internal Medicine, Erie County Medical Center (2015–2022)
- Member, Board of Directors, Internal Medicine, UBMD Internal Medicine (2018–2019)
Awards and Honors:
- Family Medicine Inpatient Teaching Award (2024)
- F. Carter Pannill, Jr., M.D. Faculty Award
- Leo M. Davidoff Society of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Sigma Xi, Scientific Honor Society
- Summa cum laude
- Ester Ponce Grimaldi, M.D. Award
Professional Memberships:
- American College of Physician Advisors (2020–2022)
- American College of Physicians; Fellow, American College of Physicians (2013–present)
- American Medical Association; Member (2007–present)
- Sigma Xi, Scientific Honor Society; Member (2006–present)
Service Activities:
- Facilitator- Morning Report, Academic Half Day Presentations.; Core Faculty, Internal Medicine Residency Program (2022–present)
- Quality Leadership Council; Member (2020–2021)
- Strategic Length of Stay Committee; Member (2020–2021)
- Physician Advisory Council; Member (2020–2021)
- Readmission Analysis Team; Member (2020–present)
- UBMD Internal Medicine Board of Directors; Treasurer (2020–present)
- Serve as Advisor to Five Internal Medicine Residents and Interns; Clinical Competency Committee, Member (2018–present)
- UBMD Internal Medicine Board of Directors; Board Member (2018–2019)
- UBMD IM Board of Directors; Member (2018–present)
- Clinical Competency Committee, Internal Medicine Residency Program; Member (2017–present)
- Faculty Advisor to 5-6 Internal Medicine Residents.; Clinical Competency Committee (2017–present)
- Department of Medicine QA/Quality Improvement Committee, ECMC; Member (2015–2020)
- EMR Admission Sets Committee for Internal Medicine; Member (2014–2015)
- Precept 2-4 Medical students per semester, Instructor: Physical Exam techniques and Medical Interviewing.; Clinical Practice of Medicine Faculty Preceptor (2014–present)
- Recreation Therapy Pilot Program Committee, ECMC; Member (2014–2015)
- -Selected for a month-long clinical rotation as the only US trained physician at a resource-poor setting in rural Uganda. -Responsible for critically ill patients in the ICU, male and female inpatient wards, pediatric wards, TB clinic as well as a biweekly outpatient clinic. -Rounded on/treated greater than 70 patients per day.; Global Health Rotation, Physician Ministry of Health. Kisoro, Uganda (2013)
- -Served as a Volunteer Internal Medicine Faculty Preceptor/ Attending Physician at a remote clinic in the Amazonian Basin, supervising a team of 3rd and 4th year medical students from the Jacobs School of Medicine. -Treated hundreds of patients in a resource poor outpatient clinic. -Designed and prepared lectures on diagnosis and treatment of commonly seen conditions -Supervised/Taught Physical Exam Skills; Faculty Preceptor, Global Health. Yantalo, Peru
- -Academic rotation in large university hospital. Clinical duties included acute medical care in various departments including NICU, General Floors, GI, Hepatology, Renal, Surgery, Infectious Disease and Traditional Clinical Medicine. -Linked with visiting Neonatal team from Toronto.; Global Health Program, Fudan University Hospital. Shanghai, China