Staff

• Chair, Graduate Medical Education Committee
• Reviews and signs all communications to ACGME
• Authority and responsibility for oversight and administration of ACGME- accredited residency programs 
• Ensures compliance with ACGME requirements
• Member, Resident Wellness & Well-Being Subcommittee
• Member, Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC)
• Core Faculty, Jacobs Educator Excellence Program (JEEP) Faculty Development Program
• Overall responsibility for GME
• GME Staff Oversight

• GME Ombudsman
• Academic Action review and support for Programs, Residents, Fellows, and Faculty
• Chair, Resident Well-Being Subcommittee
• Core Faculty, Jacobs Educator Excellence Faculty Development Program
•  Educational planning for Chief Resident Leadership Seminars, Career Planning Seminars, 
• Program Directors Advisory Committee (PDAC), Celebration of Scholarship
• Member: Jacobs School DIALE Committee, Gold Humanism Honor Society, UB Residents Committee (UBRC), Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC)
• Generalist Scholars Program

• Core Faculty, Jacobs Educator Excellence Program (JEEP) Faculty Development Program
• Residents as Educators Initiative (REds)
• Vice chair of Program Quality Review Subcommittee (PQRS)

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 Dr. Gregory Cherr
  
• GME Introductions for new Program Directors and Training Program Administrators
• Member of the Operations Team assisting with coordination of orientation, special events, and activities in support of residents and fellows
• General office operations and support
• GME website updates  

• 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
  

• Chair, Program Quality Review Subcommittee (PQRS)
• Member, Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC)
• Accreditation oversight, policies, process design and improvement
• Annual Institutional Review (AIR)
• Program Special Reviews
• Accreditation-related PD and TPA development 
• Nonstandard training program oversight (i.e. non-accredited programs, programs accredited by bodies other than ACGME)
• Primary contact for accreditation-related education and requirement questions

• Committee Administrator, Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC)
• Committee Administrator, Program Quality Review Subcommittee ( PQRS)
• Primary contact for ACGME Accreditation Data System Technical (ADS) questions
• ACGME Clinical Learning Environment Review (CLER) coordination
• Program Special Review coordination
• Accreditation-related MedHub education
•  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

• Committee Assistant, Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC)
• Committee Assistant, Program Quality Review Subcommittee (PQRS)
• Accreditation deadline compliance management
• Accreditation Team Primary Scheduling Contact
• MedHub user support assistance:
  • 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

• 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
• Form I-9 Compliance
• On-Boarding Requirements
• Background Checks & Drug Testing

Primary Contact for:

• Employee Health Services
• Leaves of Absence
• COBRA coverage
• Workers’ Compensation
• Employee Benefits
• Background Checks & Drug Testing
• 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)