Staff

Chair, Graduate Medical Education Committee

Reviews and signs all communications to ACGME

Overall responsibility for GME

GME Staff Oversight

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

Co-Chair, Resident Well-Being Subcommittee
Generalist Scholars Program
Education for Residents

• Scholarly Exchange Day
• Career Planning Seminars
• Chief Leadership Conference
• Online Learning Modules (ELM, LIFE)

Education Assistance for Programs

• Program Directors Advisory Committee (PDAC)
• Faculty development programs (PDAC, RCP, LIFE, SAFER, others)
• Goals & Objectives/Curriculum
• Academic Action

Resident Support Services

• Academic Action Assistance
• UB Residents Committee (UBRC)
• Gold Humanism Honor Society
• Resident & Fellow Ombudsman

Co-Chair, Program Quality Review Subcommittee (PQRS)
Faculty Development for Program Directors

Royal College of Physicians Educator Program
Residents as Educators Initiative (REds)

Lead Physician for University Medical Resident Services (UMRS) and University Dental Resident Services (UDRS).

Manager, Resident Well-Being Subcommittee
Award Coordinator (Frawley, Calkins, Program Director and Training Program Administrator Awards of Excellence)
Institutional Coordinator for the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS)
IPRO Reporting
Liaison, Training Program Administrators Committee (TPAC)
NRMP Recruitment Survey
Orientation
Policy Management
Resident incentive Program
Strategic Plan
GME website updates

Program Directors Advisory Committee (PDAC)

Scholarly Exchange Day

CQuIPS

Royal College of Physicians Educator Program

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

Institutional Oversight

• Member, Graduate Medical Education Committee
• Develop and administer accreditation policies and procedures
• Disseminate information from the ACGME
• Faculty and staff development initiatives to support institutional and program accreditation

Program Accreditation

• ACGME applications for new programs
• Site visit preparation: mock site visits
• Annual Program Reviews
• Special Review Activities
• ACGME Annual Resident and Faculty survey education and response
• Clinical Competency Committee (CCC) and Program Evaluation Committee (PEC) education

MedHub

• Oversee PD, TPA and resident/fellow training
• Oversee vendor relations
• GME Satisfaction & Graduation Surveys: content management

Institutional Oversight

• Meeting Coordinator, Program Quality Review Subcommittee of the GMEC
• Administer accreditation policies and procedures
• Disseminate information from the ACGME
• ACGME Accreditation Data System (ADS) management
• Faculty and staff development initiatives for the ACGME's Next Accreditation System (NAS)

Program Accreditation

• ACGME applications for new programs
• Site visit preparation: document reviews
• Annual Program Reviews
• Special Review Activities
• ACGME Annual Resident and Faculty survey education and response
• Compliance monitoring and facilitation

Electronic Residency Management System

• Serve as Institutional Project Liaison
• Provide advanced support to program administrators and directors, residents and fellows, and GME staff

Administrative support to the Quality Improvement Subcommittee of the GMEC

General, administrative support to the accreditation team

Administrative Coordinator, Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC)

Hospital Cost Reporting

Hospital Affiliation Agreements (Exhibit E-1 and E-2 Process)

Annual Plan

VA Disbursement Agreement

GME Office Budget and Oversight

Rotation Data Reporting in EGME

Medicare Reimbursement

Visiting Residents

Outside the Annual Plan Process (OAP)

GME Office Budget

Expense Check Requests

Institutional Coordinator

• National Resident Matching Program (NRMP)

Annual Plan Projections

Resident Rotation Data/Medicare Reimbursement

Resident Education Expense

For routine service, email the HR general mailbox at:  mdresben@buffalo.edu. Emails will be responded to within 3 business days.

Human Resources office hours are Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 4:00 pm.

Resident/Fellow Employment

• Policy administration
• Employee Health Services oversight
• Academic Action & Misconduct Reviews
• General Resident Employment Support

Resident/Fellow Benefits

• Salary and Benefit Administration
• Fiscal oversight

Resident/Fellow Employment

• J-1 and H-1B Visa Processing
• Onboarding
• Employment contracts
• Leave of Absence Administration (i.e. maternity, disability, etc.)
• General Resident Employment Support

Resident/Fellow Employment

• Employment contracts
• Leave of Absence Administration (i.e. maternity, disability, etc.)
• Employee Health Services Liaison
• General Resident Employment Support

Resident/Fellow Benefits

• Benefit Administration
• COBRA Administration
• Workers’ Compensation Administration

GME computer based technical support

• Employment contracts
• Resident credentialing system
• Diplomas/certificates
• Survey data requests

Employee Health Services administrative support

• Secure FAX transmissions
• Incoming resident lists for physicals and recordkeeping

Incoming resident week administrative support

• Daily resident lists
• Individual schedules
• Photo appointments
• Access to UB information systems