Contact Us

  • Department Chair

    McCormack, Robert

    Robert McCormack, MD

    Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine

    77 Goodell Street Suite 340 Buffalo, NY 14203

    Phone: 716-945-9700

    Email: rfmmd@buffalo.edu

  • Administrator

    Jeffrey Pokerwinski

    Administrator

    Department of Emergency Medicine

    Phone: (716) 645-9712; Fax: (716) 645-9701

    Email: poker@buffalo.edu

  • Medical Student Coordinator

    Christine A. Kolek

    Medical Student Coordinator

    Emergency Medicine

    77 Goodell Street, Suite 340, Buffalo, NY 14203

    Phone: (716) 645-9716; Fax: (716) 645-9701

    Email: cakolek@buffalo.edu

Emergency Medicine Residency Program

  • Program Director

    DeFazio, Christian

    Christian DeFazio, MD

    University at Buffalo, Emergency Medicine Residency Program Director, Clinical Associate Professor

    77 Goodell Street Suite 340 Buffalo, NY 14203

    Phone: 645-9700; Fax: 645-9701

    Email: cdefazio@buffalo.edu

  • Associate Program Director

    Wiech, Carolyn

    Carolyn Wiech, MD

    Clinical Assistant Professor

    Email: cawiech@buffalo.edu

  • Associate Program Director

    Thompson, Jeffrey

    Jeffrey Thompson, MD

    Clinical Assistant Professor

    77 Goodell St Buffalo, NY 14203

    Phone: (716) 645-9718; Fax: (716) 645-9701

    Email: jjt3@buffalo.edu

  • Training Program Administrator

    Dee McCarthy

    Training Program Administrator

    77 Goodell Street, Room 340, Buffalo, NY 14203

    Phone: (716) 645-9707; Fax: (716) 645-9701

    Email: dmccarth@buffalo.edu

  • Assistant Training Program Administrator

    Liana Dypka-Messina

    Assistant Training Program Administrator

    77 Goodell Street, Suite 340, Buffalo, NY 14203

    Phone: (716) 645-9715; Fax: (716) 645-9701

    Email: ldypka@buffalo.edu

EMS Medicine Fellowship

  • Program Director

    Innes, Johanna

    Johanna Innes, MD

    Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Program Director, Fellowship in EMS

    Erie County Medical Center Buffalo, NY 14215

    Email: jcinnes@buffalo.edu

  • Associate Program Director

    O‘Brien, Michael

    Michael O‘Brien, MD, FACEP, FAEMS, CCEMT-P

    Associate Program Director, Fellowship in EMS Medicine

    Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of EMS Medicine Erie County Medical Center 462 Grider Street Buffalo, NY 14215

    Phone: 716-898-6582; Fax: 716-463-5400

    Email: mco6@buffalo.edu

  • Training Program Administrator

    Karen Broderick

    EMS Division – Program Assistant; EMS Fellowship Training Program Administrator; Ultrasound Fellowship TPA

    UBMD Emergency Medicine 462 Grider Street Buffalo, NY 14215

    Phone: (716) 898-3600; Fax: (716) 898-5988

    Email: ubmdems@buffalo.edu

Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship

  • Program Director

    St. James, Erika

    Erika St. James, MD

    Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine

    462 Grider Street Buffalo, NY 14215

    ; Fax: 716-898-4432

    Email: erikastj@buffalo.edu

  • Staff Assistant

    Karen Broderick

    EMS Division – Program Assistant; EMS Fellowship Training Program Administrator; Ultrasound Fellowship TPA

    UBMD Emergency Medicine 462 Grider Street Buffalo, NY 14215

    Phone: (716) 898-3600; Fax: (716) 898-5988

    Email: ubmdems@buffalo.edu

Clerkship

  • Clerkship Director

    Bordonaro, Samantha

    Samantha Bordonaro, MD, FACEP

    Assistant Clinical Professor and Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine

    UB Gateway Building 77 Goodell Street Suite 340 Buffalo, NY 14203

    Phone: 716-645-9706; Fax: N/A

    Email: bordonar@buffalo.edu

  • Assistant to the Clerkship Director

    Christine Skrzypinski

    Medical Student Coordinator

    Emergency Medicine

    77 Goodell Street, Suite 340, Buffalo, NY 14203

    Phone: (716) 645-9710; Fax: (716) 645-9701

    Email: cmskrzyp@buffalo.edu

Research Division

  • Vice Chair for Research

    Lerner, E. Brooke

    E. Brooke Lerner, PhD, FAEMS

    Professor

    77 Goodell St. Suite 340 Buffalo, NY 14203

    Phone: 716-645-9726; Fax: none

    Email: lerner@buffalo.edu

  • Research Program Manager

    Adrian Hamouda, MPH.

    Adrian Hamouda, MPH

    Research Program Manager

    Department of Emergency Medicine

    77 Goodell Street, Suite 340, Buffalo, NY 14203

    Phone: (716) 645-9700

    Email: adrianha@buffalo.edu

  • Research Coordinator

    Dipesh Patel, MPH.

    Dipesh Patel, MPH

    Research Coordinator

    Department of Emergency Medicine

    77 Goodell Street, Suite 340, Buffalo, NY 14203

    Phone: (716) 645-9712

    Email: dpatel3@buffalo.edu

Learn more about the Research Division

Medical Student Summer Research Program

  • Director, Summer Research Program

    Clemency, Brian

    Brian Clemency, DO, MBA, FACEP, FAEMS

    Professor

    Dept of Emergency Medicine 462 Grider St Buffalo, NY 14075

    Phone: (716) 898-3600

    Email: bc34@buffalo.edu

  • Research Coordinator

    Cheryl Sanchez.

    Cheryl A. Sanchez

    Research Coordinator

    Emergency Medicine

    Email: cc73@buffalo.edu

Emergency Medicine

UB Gateway Building
77 Goodell Street
Suite 304
Buffalo, NY 14203

Phone: (716) 645-9700
Fax: (716) 645-9701