Staff

• Chair, Graduate Medical Education Committee
• Reviews and signs all communications to ACGME
• Authority and responsibility for oversight and administration of ACGME-accredited residency programs 
• Ensures compliance with ACGME requirements
• Member, Resident Wellness & Well-Being Subcommittee
• Member, Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC)
• Core Faculty, Jacobs Educator Excellence Program (JEEP) Faculty Development Program
• Overall responsibility for GME
• GME Staff Oversight

• GME Ombuds
• Academic Action review and support for Programs, Residents, Fellows, and Faculty
• Chair, Resident Well-Being Subcommittee
• Core Faculty, Jacobs Educator Excellence Faculty Development Program
• Educational planning for Chief Resident Leadership Seminars, Career Planning Seminars
  
• Program Directors Advisory Committee (PDAC), Celebration of Scholarship
• Member: Jacobs School DIALE Committee, Gold Humanism Honor Society, UB Residents Committee (UBRC), Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC)
• Generalist Scholars Program

• Core Faculty, Jacobs Educator Excellence Program (JEEP) Faculty Development Program
• Residents as Educators Initiative (REds)
• Vice chair of Program Quality Review Subcommittee (PQRS)

Lead Physician, Resident and Fellow Employee Health

For expedited service with your orientation, onboarding, and any required certification questions, please email ubgmeops@buffalo.edu

Office hours for personal assistance: 
Monday-Friday 8:00 - 4:00 pm
955 Main Street, Suite 7230
Buffalo, NY 14203

• Award Coordinator (Frawley, Calkins, Program Director and Training Program Administrator Awards of Excellence)
• Manages GME website updates
• Institutional Coordinator for the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS)
• Institutional Coordinator, AAMC GME Track Resident and Program Survey
•  IPRO Reporting
• Liaison, Training Program Administrators Committee (TPAC)
• Orientation Requirements
  
• Policy Management
• Resident incentive Program
• Strategic Plan Administrative Coordinator, Residents as Educators (REds)

• Administrative support to Dr. Gregory Cherr
  
• GME Introduction liaison for new Program Directors and Training Program Administrators
• Orientation Requirements
  
• Assisting with coordination of orientation, special events, and activities in support of residents and fellows
• Support for employment verifications
• Manages GME website
  
• Manages GME Listservs

• Program Directors Advisory Committee (PDAC)
• Research Day
• CQuIPS
• Jacobs Educator Excellence Program (JEEP) Faculty Development Program

• Administrative support to Dr. Susan Orrange
• Certificates
• Malpractice and Employment Verifications
• Resident Loan Deferment Requests
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness Forms
• Provide support to GME educational activities, meetings and committees
  

• Chair, Program Quality Review Subcommittee (PQRS)
• Member, Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC)
• Accreditation oversight, policies, process design and improvement
• Annual Institutional Review (AIR)
• Program Special Reviews
• Accreditation-related PD and TPA development 
• Nonstandard training program oversight (i.e. non-accredited programs, programs accredited by bodies other than ACGME)
• Primary contact for accreditation-related education and requirement questions

• Committee Administrator, Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC)
• Committee Administrator, Program Quality Review Subcommittee ( PQRS)
• Primary contact for ACGME Accreditation Data System Technical (ADS) questions
• ACGME Clinical Learning Environment Review (CLER) coordination
• Program Special Review coordination
• Accreditation-related MedHub education
• Primary GME contact for the following MedHub user support issues:
  • Bugs/system issues
  • Problems with MedHub support resources/response
  • Advanced functionality questions

Please take advantage of MedHub user support for “How-to” questions and contact GME Reimbursement Administrator for scheduling questions

• Committee Assistant, Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC)
• Committee Assistant, Program Quality Review Subcommittee (PQRS)
• Accreditation deadline compliance management
• Accreditation Team Primary Scheduling Contact
• MedHub user support assistance:
  • Bugs/system issues
  • Problems with MedHub support resources/response
  • Advanced functionality questions

Please take advantage of MedHub user support for “How-to” questions and contact GME Reimbursement Administrator for scheduling questions

•  Financial Oversight of UMRS & UDRS Resident companies’ activities
• Financial Oversight of  GME related Financial Companies/Funds
• Hospital  Liaison and Contract Negotiator
• Hospital Affiliation Agreements (Exhibit E-1 Kaleida and E-2  ECMC)
• Annual Plan Overview
• VA Disbursement Agreement
• GME Office Financial Official
• Educational Residency Program Rotation Trend Management
• Resident/Fellow Payroll/Benefit Cost Management
• GMEC Finance Staff Oversight

• Resident & Fellow Rotation Data Reporting in MedHub by Training Site
• Medicare Hospital Reporting
• Visiting Residents Rotation Administration
• Outside the Annual Plan Process (OAP) GMEC approval process
• GME Program Director and TPA Contact
• MedHub  key Resource and training

• Account Payable & Receivable for GME office, Resident Education and Calkins Primary Awards
• GME Office Budget
• Institutional Coordinator, National Resident Matching Program (NRMP)
• Annual Plan Projection Management
• Hospital Costing and Residency Assignment
• UMRS & UDRS Resident Companies Financial Statements
• Professional Liability Policy for current Residents and Fellows

The HR team is available to assist you with employment and benefit questions Monday – Friday 8:00am to 4:00pm. Please send your email to: ubgmehr@buffalo.edu. We strive to provide responses within 48 hours of a business day.

Office hours for personal assistance: 
Monday-Friday 8:00 - 4:00 pm
955 Main Street, Suite 7230
Buffalo, NY 14203

Administrative Oversight:

• HIPAA Privacy Officer for UMRS/UDRS employment benefit plans
• Data Privacy Officer for UMRS/UDRS employment
• Trainee Employment
• Salary and Benefits
• Employee Health Services
• Policy review and compliance
• Academic Action and Misconduct Reviews
• Office of Graduate Medical Education Human Resources Management

Primary contact for:

• Employee Contracts
• J-1 and H-1B Visa Applications & Renewals
• Employee Benefits
• COBRA Coverages
• Orientation Programs
• Form I-9 Compliance
• On-Boarding Requirements
• Support to Human Resources Director & Supervisor of Human Resources Administrator

Primary Contact for:

• Leaves of Absence
• Workers’ Compensation
• Background Check Reports and Drug Testing
• On-Boarding Requirements
• Direct Deposit liaison with Payroll Vendor
• Support to Employment Verifications & Public Service Loan Forgiveness
• Employee Health Services liaison with Lead Physician (Dr. Kenyani Davis) and Facility (ECMC-COEM)
• Support to Human Resources Manager & Human Resources Director

Data Security:

• Data Security Officer
• HIPAA Security Official
• Data Steward

GME computer based technical support:

• Electronic Residency Data Management Systems and Information Requests
• Support certificates
• Ad Hoc Data Projects
  
• Data management with affiliated hospitals, payroll services vendor and benefit plan administrators

On-boarding and Orientation Program Support:

• Access to UB Information Systems
• Trainee Lists and Schedules
• Mandatory appointments and record keeping (i.e., physical, photography, fingerprinting)