Honor and Recognition

Dr. Andrew Nordin was inducted into the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Science's Epsilon Chapter of AOA in March 2019.

Dr. Reinier Narvaez is seen here with Dr. Liise Kayler (Program Director Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation, Chief of the Division of Transplant Surgery) with his two posters, “Impact of Cold Ischemia Time on DCD Kidney Transplant Outcomes” and “Outcomes of DCD Kidneys From Donors Who Received vs Did Not Receive Pre-Mortem Heparin”.

UB was well represented at the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma Resident Papers’ Competition in Cooperstown, NY last month.

Dr. Neha Lad was a leading author on an article recently published in the Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons titled Paradigms to Facilitate Autonomy in Resident Education.

Dr. Reinier Narvaez presented at the 27th International Congress of The Transplantation Society in Madrid, Spain.

Congratulations to Dr. Nabeel Gul as he was chosen to receive the 2018 Arnold P.  Gold Foundation Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award. 

Six residents were honored with the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award during the 16th annual Student Clinician Ceremony. Resident awardees were selected based on the honorees’ demonstration of commitment to teaching and compassionate treatment of patient and families, students and colleagues.

Kudos to Brett Parker, MD, PGY-4, and Rich Johnson, MD, PGY-3, for attending the 2018 Residents as Teachers and Leaders course.

Jeffrey Silpe, MD, was one of three residents inducted into the University at Buffalo’s chapter of the national honor medical society Alpha Omega Alpha.

Gene Yang, MD, PGY-5, won Top Gun, an event that showcases laparoscopic skills that took place during the 16th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery in 2018.

Congratulations to Kevin Quinn, MD, for earning an Honorable Mention for the 2018 Siegel Resident Award for Excellence in Teaching!

Congratulations to J. Reinier Narvaez, MD, a PGY-2 resident, for winning the Thomas F. Frawley, MD, Residency Research Fellowship.

University at Buffalo Surgery Residents have won Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons Top Gun Shootout three years in a row

Residents, fellows and faculty participated in the annual event.