The Division of General Pediatrics provides both outpatient and inpatient pediatric services. Our outpatient health centers provide care primarily to the inner-city population of Buffalo. Our inpatient service, at Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo, provides care to a patient base of urban, suburban and rural children throughout the region. Combined, the diverse medical needs of our patients provide rich clinical and research opportunities.
The division currently has 18 physicians and five nurse practitioners providing approximately 20 FTEs of coverage. All physicians are board certified in pediatrics.
The majority of the outpatient medical education for pediatric residents is provided by the Division of General Pediatrics. In addition, most of the third-year pediatric clerkship experiences are provided by the division. Members of the division continue to receive numerous teaching awards.
Research interests of members of the division include obesity, nutritional disorders, lead poisoning prevention and medical informatics.
The Division of General Pediatrics operates three primary care pediatric health centers serving inner-city children. This patient population includes Caucasian, African-American, Hispanic and immigrant populations. Together, the three sites have more than 35,000 visits per year and are facing increasing demand. All three sites use an electronic health record integrated with the Women & Children’s Hospital of Buffalo.
The division also includes the Pediatric Hospitalist Service at Women & Children’s Hospital of Buffalo, the only freestanding children's hospital in the region. This service covers medical inpatients from our health centers, plus those of many local private practices. In addition, the hospitalist service covers unreferred medical admissions. This service provides more than 7,000 combined inpatient admission days per year. The service also covers the newborn nursery, with approximately 1,500 newborns per year.
Lisa Zander
Division of General Pediatrics
125 Hodge Ave.
Buffalo, NY 14222
716-878-7277
Hodge Pediatrics
125 Hodge Ave.
Buffalo, NY 14222
716-878-7488
West Side Health Center
300 Niagara St.
Buffalo, NY 14201
716-859-4180
Towne Gardens Pediatrics
461 William St.
Buffalo, NY 14204
716-852-1578
Peter Winkelstein, MD, MBA
Clinical Professor
Lucy Holmes
Clinical Assistant Professor
Fred Archer, III, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Thomas Black, MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Christina Burnett, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Gale Burstein, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Melinda Cameron, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Laura Heimback Graham, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Heather Kaufman, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Heather Link, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Martha Jane Parmington, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
John Pastore, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Stephen Turkovich, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Sheri Wagner, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Jennifer Yunker, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Naz Zulqarni, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor