Mayor Celebrates Accomplishments of Hispanic Faculty

Published October 31, 2011 This content is archived.

Updated November 1, 2011 This content is archived.

Buffalo Mayor Byron W. Brown honored two full-time and five volunteer faculty from the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences during a celebration to mark National Hispanic Heritage Month.

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At a ceremony titled “Saluting Hispanics in the Medical and Health Care Fields,” Brown praised the accomplishments and leadership of:

Zoom image: Margarita Dubocovich, PhD with Mayor Byron W. Brown Margarita Dubocovich, PhD with Mayor Byron W. Brown

Margarita Dubocovich, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Zoom image: Armando Arroyo, MD with Mayor Byron W. Brown Armando Arroyo, MD with Mayor Byron W. Brown

Armando Arroyo, MD, assistant professor and interim chair of the Department of Gynecology-Obstetrics

Brown recognized the following volunteer faculty from the Department of Family Medicine:

  • Ellis Gomez, MD
  • Jeanette L. Figueroa, MD
  • Raul Vazquez, MD

From the Department of Medicine:

  • Angel A. Gutierrez, MD

From the Department of Psychiatry:

  • Maria Cartagena, MD

The Oct. 5 ceremony took place in City Hall.