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, Jacobs Educator Excellence Program (JEEP) 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

• Core Faculty, Jacobs Educator Excellence Program (JEEP) Faculty Development Program
• Residents as Educators Initiative (REds)

Lead Physician, Resident and Fellow Employee Health

• Award Coordinator (Frawley, Calkins, Program Director and Training Program Administrator Awards of Excellence)
• GME website updates
• Institutional Coordinator for the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS)
• Institutional Coordinator, AAMC GME Track Resident and Program Survey
•  IPRO Reporting
• Liaison, Training Program Administrators Committee (TPAC)
• Orientation
• Policy Management
• Resident incentive Program
• Strategic Plan Administrative Coordinator, Residents as Educators (REds)

• Provides administrative support to Drs. Roseanne Berger and Gregory Cherr
  
• GME Introductions for new Program Director and Training Program Administrators
• Member of the Operations Team assisting with coordination of special events and activities in support of residents and fellows
• General office operations and support
  

• Program Directors Advisory Committee (PDAC)
• Scholarly Exchange Day
• CQuIPS
• Jacobs Educator Excellence Program (JEEP) Faculty Development Program

• Administrative support to Dr. Susan Orrange
• Certificates
• Malpractice and Employment Verifications
• Resident Loan Deferment Requests
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness Forms
• Provide support to GME educational activities, meetings and committees
  

• Co-Chair, Program Quality Review Subcommittee (PQRS)
• Member, Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC)
• Member, Quality Improvement/Patient Safety Subcommittee
• Accreditation process design and improvement
• Accreditation-related PD and TPA development
• Nonstandard training programs (i.e. non-accredited programs, programs accredited by bodies other than ACGME)

• Committee Manager, Program Quality Review Subcommittee (PQRS)
• ACGME Accreditation Data System (ADS) management
• Program Letters of Agreement (PLAs)
• ACGME new program applications
• Program requests for changes in resident complement
• Manage processes to facilitate optimal accreditation outcomes
• Accreditation-related PD and TPA development
• Accreditation-related MedHub Education

• Committee Administrator, Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC)
• Committee Administrator, Quality Improvement/Patient Safety Subcommittee
•  Accreditation deadline compliance management
•  Primary GME contact for the following MedHub user support issues:
  • Bugs/system issues
  • Problems with MedHub support resources/response
  • Advanced functionality questions

Please take advantage of MedHub user support for “How-to” questions and contact GME Reimbursement Administrator for scheduling questions

• Accreditation-related MedHub education

• 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 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

Administrative Oversight:

• HIPAA Privacy Officer for UMRS/UDRS employment benefit plans
• Data Privacy Officer for UMRS/UDRS employment
• Trainee Employment
• Salary and Benefits
• Employee Health Services
• Policy Development
• Academic Action and Misconduct Reviews
• Office of Graduate Medical Education Human Resources Management

Primary contact for:

• Employment Contracts
• J-1 and H-1B Visa Application Processing & Renewals
• Orientation Programs
• Employee Benefits
• Background Checks & Drug Testing

Primary Contact for:

• Employment, Benefit & Payroll Inquiries:
  • Programs
  • Trainees
• Employee Health Services
• Leaves of Absence
• COBRA coverage
• Workers’ Compensation
• Form I-9 Compliance
• On-Boarding Requirements

Data Security:

• Data Security Officer
• HIPAA Security Official
• Data Steward

GME computer based technical support:

• Electronic Residency Data Management Systems and Information Requests
• Employment Contracts
• Certificates
• Data management with affiliated hospitals, payroll services vendor and benefit plan administrators

On-boarding and Orientation Program Support:

• Access to UB Information Systems
• Trainee Lists and Schedules
• Mandatory appointments and recordkeeping (i.e., physical, photography, fingerprinting)