Steering Committee
The Steering Committee of the Faculty Council includes representatives from both basic science and clinical departments. The Steering Committee represents, and acts on behalf of the Faculty Council in all matters within the purview of the Faculty Council.
All actions of the Steering Committee are subject to prior or subsequent approval of the Faculty Council.
Powers and Duties
The Steering Committee meets monthly. It ensures that an agenda for all regular and special meetings of the Faculty Council is sent to the electorate.
A full description of the Steering Committee’s powers and duties may be found in the bylaws.
To contact the Steering Committee, please email jacobsfacultycouncil@buffalo.edu or contact any of the Steering Committee members listed below.
Ex-Officio
Vice President for Health Sciences and Dean, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Professor of Neurology
955 Main Street, Room 6190 Buffalo, NY 14203-1121
Phone: (716) 829-3955; Fax: (716) 829-2179
Email: brashear@buffalo.edu
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences room 6155 955 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14203-1121
Phone: (716) 829-2808; Fax: (716) 829-2437
Email: laychock@buffalo.edu
Officers of the Faculty Council
Faculty Council President, 2023-2024
955 Main Street Buffalo NY 14203 Office 4226; Lab 4250 Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: (716) 829-3807; Fax: (716) 829-2661
Email: popescu@buffalo.edu
President-Elect, 2023-2024
Past President, 2023-2024
Peter Elkin, MD, MACP, FACMI, FNYAM
Professor and Chair, Department of Biomedical Informatics & Professor of Internal Medicine
Secretary, 2022-2024
![Stacey A. Watt, MD.]()
77 Goodell Street, Suite 550, Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: (716) 829-6108; Fax: (716) 842-4170
Email: swatt@buffalo.edu
Parliamentarian, 2023-2025
5116 Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences Department of Microbiology & Immunology 955 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14203-1121
Phone: (716) 829-3789
Email: tmelendy@buffalo.edu
Basic Science Representative to Executive Committee, 2022-2024
Department of Biochemistry 955 Main Street 4225 Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: 7168292105; Fax: 7168292105
Email: annablum@buffalo.edu
Clinical Representative to Executive Committee, 2023-2025
Clinical Translational Research Center 875 Ellicott Street, Suite 8030 Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: 716-888-4826
Email: rquigg@buffalo.edu
At-Large Representatives to the Faculty Council Steering Committee
2023-2024 TERM
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics; Interim Chair, Department of Psychiatry Chief, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences; Chief of Service, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Kaleida Health; Medical Director, The Children’s Psychiatry Clinic, Oishei Children’s Hospital
The Children‘s Psychiatric Clinic 1028 Main St. Buffalo, NY 14202
Phone: (716) 859-5454
Email: balucas@buffalo.edu
Department of Neurology 5851 Main Street Williamsville, NY 14221
Phone: 716-932-6080; Fax: (716) 332-4245
Email: klandrze@buffalo.edu
Faculty Council President, 2023-2024
955 Main Street Buffalo NY 14203 Office 4226; Lab 4250 Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: (716) 829-3807; Fax: (716) 829-2661
Email: popescu@buffalo.edu