University at Buffalo
History
Buffalo offers a clinical environment with diverse pathology, critical illness and the full range of socioeconomic communities. Their alumni are all over the US and work in every imaginable type of Emergency Department.
Their academic/didactic program is robust. Grand Rounds are interactive with lots of resident and attending input. They bring in speakers from all over the country to keep the program fun, energized and educational.
Leadership
- Department Chair: Robert McCormack, MD, MBA
- Program Director: Christian DeFazio, MD
- Associate Program Directors: Jeanne Basior MD, Jeffrey Thompson MD, Carolyn Wiech MD
- Research Director: Heather Lindstrom, PhD
Training Locations
Primary Hospital
- Buffalo General Medical Center
- Erie County Medical Center
- Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo
Secondary Hospital
- Buffalo VA Medical Center
- Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital
- DeGraff Memorial Hospital
Curriculum
PGY1
- Orientation - 1 month
- Emergency Medicine (BGMC, ECMC, WCHOB, DMH, VA) - 6 months
- Anesthesia (WHOCB) - 1 month
- Medical ICU (BGMC) - 1 month
- Cardiac Care Unit (BGMC) - 1 month
- Obstetrics (WCHOB) - 1 month
- Trauma (ECMC) - 1 month
- Ultrasound - 1 month
PGY2
- Emergency Medicine (BGMC, ECMC, WCHOB, MFSH, VA) - 7 months
- Pediatric ICU (WCHOB) - 1 month
- Trauma ICU (ECMC) - 1 month
- Orthopedics (ECMC) - 1 month
- EMS/Toxicology - 1 month
- Radiology/Stroke - 1 month
- Elective - 1 month
PGY3
- Emergency Medicine (BGMC, ECMC, WCHOB) - 9 months
- Emergency Medicine (Buffalo VA - acting junior attending) - 1 month
- Trauma (ECMC) - 1 month
- Elective - 1 month
Vacation: 4 weeks per year
Clinical Rotation Sites
- Buffalo General Medical Center/Gates Vascular Institute, Buffalo, NY
- Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, NY
- Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
- Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital, Williamsville, NY
- Buffalo VA Medical Center, Buffalo, NY
- DeGraff Memorial Hospital, North Tonawanda, NY
Fellowships
- Emergency Medical Services (Program Director: Brian Clemency, DO, MBA)
- Emergency Ultrasonography (Program Director: Penelope Lema, MD, RDMS)
Contact Information
Diane (Dee) McCarthy, Residency Coordinator
- Department of Emergency Medicine (D-6)
- Buffalo General Medical Center
- 100 High Street
- Buffalo, NY 14203
- Phone: (716) 859-1499
- dmccarthy@kaleidahealth.org