Program Quality Review Subcommittee

PQRS is charged with guiding programs in continuous educational quality improvement and providing oversight of underpreforming programs.

Committee activities include: 

  • Evaluating each of UB’s ACGME-accredited programs at least annually to determine overall compliance with requirements 
  • Conducting special reviews
  • Monitoring, through resolution, programs’ progress on action plans resulting from special reviews
  • Work hour reporting 
  • ACGME citations and/or Areas For Improvement

Current Membership

Chair

Katherine Cich.

Katherine (Katy) R. Cich, MM, CLP

Director of Accreditation & Assistant Designated Institutional Official

Office of Graduate Medical Education

955 Main Street, Room 7212, Buffalo, NY 14203

Phone: (716) 829-6133

Email: krcich@buffalo.edu

Vice Chair

Breuer, Ryan

Ryan Breuer, MD

Clinical Associate Professor

UBMD Pediatrics Division of Critical Care 1001 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14203

Phone: (716) 323-0200; Fax: (716) 323-0293

Email: ryanbrue@buffalo.edu

PQRS Committee Administrator

Amy DeMont.

Amy L. DeMont

Accreditation Administrator

Graduate Medical Education

955 Main Street, Room 7214, Buffalo, NY 14203

Phone: (716) 323-0620; Fax: (716) 829-6130

Email: ademont@buffalo.edu

Members

Kelly Anderson

Training Program Administrator

OB GYN Sisters, 2157 Main Street, 4th Floor Buffalo, NY 14214

Phone: (716) 862-1589; Fax: (716) 862-1881

Email: keanders@chsbuffalo.org

Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education and Designated Institutional Official

Cherr, Gregory

Gregory Cherr, MD

Professor of Surgery (Vascular Surgery), Senior Associate Dean for GME, Designated Institutional Official

Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Office of Graduate Medical Education 955 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14203

Phone: 716-829-2012; Fax: 716-829-3999

Email: gcherr@buffalo.edu

Leonard Palatnic.

Leonard Palatnic

Medicine

Carol A. Regan, C-TAGME

Residency Training Program Administrator

Psychiatry

Erie County Medical Center, 462 Grider St., Buffalo, NY 14215

Phone: (716) 898-4221; Fax: (716) 898-4538

Email: psych-residency-ub@buffalo.edu

Saeed, Musa

Musa Saeed, M.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

100 High St B609 Buffalo, NY 14203

Phone: 716-859-2817

Email: musasaee@buffalo.edu

Wilkins, Diana

Diana Wilkins, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor; Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education

University at Buffalo Office of Graduate Medical Education 955 Main Street, Suite 7230 Buffalo, NY 14203

Phone: (716) 829-2012; Fax: (716) 829-3999

Email: dgpratt@buffalo.edu