Clinical

Dr. Berga is in a clinical setting.

We aim to develop models of care across the continuum that address health disparities, access and cost of care in our region. Why? Because clinical excellence and community health are of utmost importance to us.

Two groups — headed by expert Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences clinicians — are involved in the strategic planning:

Hospital.
Service Lines/Hospital System Collaboration Group

Part of our strategic plan involves reinvesting in clinical service lines to differentiate ourselves, standardize evidence-based care and add value. 

Treatment.
New Models of Care/Reimbursement/Patient Care Group

New care models can ensure a step change in quality of care, access to services and efficiency. That’s why we are exploring ways that health care systems can deliver high-quality, accessible, affordable care via transforming the model of care.

Leading the Effort

Kevin J. Gibbons, MD, is a physician leader who is currently the senior associate dean for clinical affairs at the Jacobs School. He is also the executive director of UBMD Physicians' Group, the 600 member faculty practice.

Additionally, Gibbons is the physician director of surgical services at the Buffalo General Medical Center and Gates Vascular Institute, and he is chief of neurosurgery for Kaleida Health.

Kevin J. Gibbons, MD.

Nancy H. Nielsen, MD, PhD, is responsible for proactive coordination of health policy communication within the Jacobs School and UB’s other health sciences schools that comprise the university’s Academic Health Center.

She was senior advisor in the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation during the Obama administration. She is a former president of the American Medical Association.

Nancy Nielsen, MD.

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