Senior Associate Dean & Designated Institutional Official
Graduate Medical Education
955 Main Street, Room 7208, Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: (716) 829-6132; Fax: (716) 829-3999
Email: bergerrc@buffalo.edu
Chair, Graduate Medical Education Committee
Reviews and signs all communications to ACGME
Overall responsibility for GME
GME Staff Oversight
Buffalo General Medical Center, Department of Vascular Surgery B-7, 100 High Street Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: (716) 859-2810; Fax: (716) 859-4580
Email: gcherr@buffalo.edu
Chair, Quality Improvement/Patient Safety Subcommittee
Member, Resident Wellness & Well-Being Subcommittee
Member, Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC)
Core Faculty, Royal College of Physicians Faculty Development Program
Quality Improvement Awards
Oversees Clinical Learning Environment at Buffalo General Medical Center/Gates Vascular Institute
Susan M. Orrange, MEd, PhD
Assistant Dean for Education & Resident Services
Office of Graduate Medical Education
955 Main Street, Room 7207, Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: (716) 829-6129; Fax: (716) 829-3999
Email: sorrange@buffalo.edu
Co-Chair, Resident Well-Being Subcommittee
Generalist Scholars Program
Education for Residents
Education Assistance for Programs
Resident Support Services
Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology, Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education
Dept. of Neurology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, 1010 Main St., 2nd floor Buffalo, NY 14202
Phone: (716) 932-6080, ext. 201; Fax: (716) 332-4245
Email: njs6@buffalo.edu
Co-Chair, Program Quality Review Subcommittee (PQRS)
Faculty Development for Program Directors
Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education, Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine
UB Downtown Gateway, Department of Family Medicine Residency, 77 Goodell Street, Suite 240 Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: (716) 816-7280; Fax: (716) 845-6699
Email: dgpratt@buffalo.edu
Royal College of Physicians Educator Program
Residents as Educators Initiative (REds)
Kenyani Davis, MD, MPH
Community Health Center of Cheektowaga
Lead Physician, Resident and Fellow Employee Health
955 Main Street, Room 7210, Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: (716) 829-6124; Fax: (716) 829-3999
Email: sms64@buffalo.edu
Amanda Bevacqua
Administrative Assistant to Dr. Roseanne C. Berger; Operations Coordinator
Graduate Medical Education
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, 955 Main Street, Room 7230, Buffalo, NY 14203-1121
Phone: (716) 829-6132; Fax: (716) 829-3999
Email: abevacqu@buffalo.edu
Alicia Blodgett
Director
Office of Continuing Medical Education
955 Main Street, Room 7205, Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: (716) 829-3714; Fax: (716) 829-3999
Email: amblodge@buffalo.edu
Program Directors Advisory Committee (PDAC)
Scholarly Exchange Day
CQuIPS
Royal College of Physicians Educator Program
Jennae Howard
Administrative Assistant
Office of Graduate Medical Education
955 Main Street, Room 7230, Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: (716) 829-6134; Fax: (716) 829-3999
Email: jennaeho@buffalo.edu
General office operations and support
Administrative support to Dr. Susan Orrange
Certificates
Malpractice and Employment Verifications
Resident Loan Deferment Requests
Public Service Loan Forgiveness Forms
Katherine Cich, MM
Director of Accreditation; Assistant Designated Institutional Official
Office of Graduate Medical Education
Institutional Oversight
Program Accreditation
MedHub
Emily Caldarelli, MS
Accreditation Manager
Office of Graduate Medical Education
Institutional Oversight
Program Accreditation
Electronic Residency Management System
Joshua With
Accreditation Administrator
Office of Graduate Medical Education
Administrative support to the Quality Improvement Subcommittee of the GMEC
General, administrative support to the accreditation team
Administrative Coordinator, Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC)
Kathleen Kitzmiller
Chief Financial Officer of GME
Office of Graduate Medical Education
Hospital Cost Reporting
Hospital Affiliation Agreements (Exhibit E-1 and E-2 Process)
Annual Plan
VA Disbursement Agreement
GME Office Budget and Oversight
Daniel Schupp
GME Reimbursement Administrator
Office of Graduate Medical Education
Rotation Data Reporting in EGME
Medicare Reimbursement
Visiting Residents
Outside the Annual Plan Process (OAP)
Michael Vitale
Financial Analyst
Office of Graduate Medical Education
GME Office Budget
Expense Check Requests
Institutional Coordinator
Annual Plan Projections
Resident Rotation Data/Medicare Reimbursement
Resident Education Expense
For expedited service with your employment and benefit questions, please email ubgmehr@buffalo.edu.
Office hours for personal assistance:
Monday-Friday 8:00 - 4:00 pm
955 Main Street, Suite 7230
Buffalo, NY 14203
Sumegha Juneja
Human Resources Assistant
Office of Graduate Medical Education
Primary Contact for:
Melanie Santillo
Human Resources Coordinator
Office of Graduate Medical Education
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, 955 Main Street, Room 7224, Buffalo, NY 14203-1121
Phone: (716) 829-5997; Fax: (716) 829-3999
Email: masantil@buffalo.edu
Primary contact for:
Jason Crosby
Senior Programmer Analyst
Office of Graduate Medical Education
GME computer based technical support:
On-boarding and Orientation Program Support:
Joyce Wienke, MBA
Director of Human Resources
Office of Graduate Medical Education
Administrative Oversight: