Scholarships and Awards

The medical school funds a variety of awards to support your professional development and recognize your accomplishments.

  • Award of Excellence for Promoting Inclusion and Cultural Diversity
    5/22/25
    This honorary award acknowledges individuals whose actions, example and efforts contribute to a respectful and supportive environment at the university and in the Western New York community.
  • Eugene R. Mindell, MD, and Harold Brody, MD ’61, PhD, Clinical Translational Research Award
    8/25/21
    This award recognizes a junior research scientist for the best basic science research that seeks to solve a clinical problem.
  • Evan Calkins, MD, Community Based Research Fellowship
    8/25/21
    Provides funding to residents and junior faculty who conduct community-based research or quality improvement projects.
  • Thomas F. Frawley, MD Research Fellowship Award
    8/25/21
    Supports medical or surgical residents and new graduates for whom research represents a primary personal interest and passion.

The Patrick Lee Foundation

The Patrick Lee Foundation is a private, family foundation committed to achieving immediate and measurable impact in the areas of education and mental health. In their work with the University at Buffalo Department of Psychiatry, the foundation has funded important initiatives.

The Patrick Lee Scholarship

The Patrick Lee Scholarship is for third- and fourth-year medical students from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo who are interested in pursuing careers in psychiatry. Students will commit to practicing in Western New York for five years after their residency training. Up to three scholars from each class will be selected to receive a scholarship for $35,000 per year. The students who are selected will receive the scholarship at the end of their third year and again at the end of their fourth year.

Requirements

  1. Each scholarship candidate must have strong ties to Western New York. This includes being originally from Western New York or having lived in Western New York prior to medical school with plans for Buffalo to be their home in the future.
  2. Each scholarship recipient must be a U.S. citizen.
  3. The financial need of each scholarship candidate will be considered when selecting recipients.
  4. Scholarship recipients will pledge to live and work within the eight counties of Western New York for five continuous years following the completion of their residency and any subsequent subspecialty fellowships.

Application Process

Interested medical students should email Michael DiGiacomo, MD for further instruction on how to apply.

DiGiacomo, Michael

Michael DiGiacomo

Associate Director of Medical Education & Clinical Assistant Professor

Erie County Medical Center Department of Psychiatry - 11th Floor Room 1167 462 Grider Street Buffalo, NY 14215

Phone: 7168984429

Email: mrd7@buffalo.edu

Deadline

The application deadline is April 7, 2025. The selection committee will select the three scholarship winners by May 1, 2025.

Assistant to the Chair

Kathy Benz

Assistant to the Chair

Psychiatry

Erie County Medical Center, 462 Grider Street, Buffalo, NY 14215

Phone: 716-898-5945; Fax: 716-898-4538

Email: kbenz@buffalo.edu

Please contact the director of medical student education or the residency program director with any questions.

Director, Medical Student Education

Camp, Charles

Charles Camp, MD

Director of Medical Student Education, Psychiatry; Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry; Medical Director, ECMC Partial Hospitalization Program

462 Grider St Buffalo, NY 14215

Phone: (716) 898-5080; Fax: (716) 898-6232

Email: ctcamp@buffalo.edu

Program Director

DelRegno, Paula

Paula DelRegno, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry & Program Director of Residency Training in Psychiatry

University at Buffalo - Psychiatry Erie County Medical Center 462 Grider St. Rm 1184 Buffalo, NY 14215

Phone: (716) 898-4221

Email: pauladel@buffalo.edu

Current Patrick Lee Scholarship scholars include:

  • James Thompson III, MD PGY-4
  • Matthew Castellana, MD PGY-3
  • Justine Forrest, MD PGY-3
  • Austin Milbrand, MD PGY-2
  • Lauren Lucente, MD PGY-2
  • Madison Carlson, MD PGY-1
  • Maxwell Costich, MD PGY-1
  • Kevin Rogers, MD PGY-1
  • Madeline Carver MS4
  • Gary Iacobucci MS4
  • Brandon Mariotti MS4