Steering Committee

The Steering Committee of 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.  

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. 

• Michael E. Cain, MD
  Dean
  mcain@buffalo.edu
• Robert Miletich, MD, PhD
  Chair of Faculty Senate
  miletich@buffalo.edu

• Regina Makdissi, MD
  President, 2020-2021
  Department of Medicine
  rm49@buffalo.edu
• Wilma Hofmann, PhD
  President-Elect, 2020-2021
  Department of Physiology and Biophysics
  
• Peter Bradford, PhD
  Past President, 2019-2020
  Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
  pgb@buffalo.edu
• Margaret DeAngelis, PhD
  Secretary, 2020-2022
  Department of Ophthalmology
  mmdeange@buffalo.edu
• Richard Gronostajski, PhD
  Parliamentarian, 2019-2021
  Department of Biochemistry
  rgron@buffalo.edu
• Thomas Melendy, PhD
  Basic Science Representative to Executive Committee, 2020-2022
  Department of Microbiology and Immunology
  tmelendy@buffalo.edu
• Melissa Rayhill, MD
  Clinical Representative to Executive Committee, 2019-2021
  Department of Neurology
  mrayhill@buffalo.edu
  

• Peter Elkin, MD
  Department of Biomedical Informatics
  Representative to Steering Committee
  elkinp@buffalo.edu
  
• Howard Faden, MD
  Department of Pediatrics
  Representative to Steering Committee
  hfaden@buffalo.edu
  
• Steven Fliesler, PhD
  Department of Ophthalmology
  Representative to Steering Committee
  fliesler@buffalo.edu