Medical School News Match Day 2009
This year’s Match Day festivities took place on March 19 at the Pearl Street Grill and Brewery in Photos David Feiner, pictured with his father, By Marc, and mother, Elise, is staying in downtown Buffalo, where students, their families and friends and faculty gathered to celebrate. Nancy Parisi Buffalo to train in orthopaedic surgery. He wore his father’s scrubs for the special occasion.
Ajay Prakash Abad Mimi Z. Amberger Jee Bang (continued) Andrew Michael Baschnagel William Frederick Bevilacqua Margherita Bruni Jason C. Choi Urmi A. Desai Neurology Surgery Neurology Radiation–Oncology Surgery Otolaryngology Internal Medicine Family Medicine University of Rochester/Strong San Diego Naval Medical Center Johns Hopkins Hospital, William Beaumont Hospital University at Buffalo University of South Florida College Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center New York Presbyterian Hospital Memorial Hospital San Diego, CA Baltimore, MD Royal Oak, MI Buffalo, NY of Medicine Boston, MA (Columbia) Rochester, NY 9 Tampa, FL New York, NY Stephanie Lyn Andrus Pamela Dorothy Bannon Torsten Behrens Sandeep Rao Bhashyam Baishakhi Choudhury Sameer Madhav Deshmukh Katie Roseann Agnello Pediatrics Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine Internal Medicine Andrew J. Bukowinski Otolaryngology Surgery–Preliminary Internal Medicine North Shore, Long Island Jewish Hospital of the University of University at Buffalo Stony Brook Teaching Hospitals Pediatrics University of North Carolina Massachusetts General Hospital University of Rochester/Strong Health System Pennsylvania Buffalo, NY Stony Brook, NY University of Pittsburgh Medical Hospitals Boston, MA Memorial Hospital Manhasset, NY Philadelphia, PA Center Chapel Hill, NC 2009Rochester, NY Pittsburgh, PA Urology Colleen Elizabeth Bell Drew T. Bianchi Massachusetts General Hospital Gursant Singh Atwal Surbhi Bansal Psychiatry Psychiatry Stephanie Wun-lee Chow Boston, MA Paul Thomas Albini Neurological Surgery Medicine–Preliminary University of Pittsburgh Medical Mt. Sinai Hospital, Yuri Bunimovich Family Medicine General Surgery University at Buffalo University at Buffalo Center Elmhurst, NY Medicine-Preliminary Brown Medical School/Memorial Baylor College of Medicine Buffalo, NY Buffalo, NY Pittsburgh, PA University at Buffalo Hospital Michael Richard DiGiacomo Houston, TX Buffalo, NY Pawtucket, RI Psychiatry Ophthalmology John J. Bodkin III University at Buffalo Rafeena Bacchus University at Buffalo Lauren Emily Bence Surgery–Preliminary Radiation–Oncology Buffalo, NY Wisam Zaki Alfay Internal Medicine Buffalo, NY Emergency Medicine University at Buffalo University at Buffalo Deirdre A. Colgan Internal Medicine University of Maryland Medical University of Chicago Medical Center Buffalo, NY Buffalo, NY Medicine/Pediatrics University of Arizona Affiliated Center Chicago, IL University of Rochester/Strong Amy Elizabeth Doran Hospitals Baltimore, MD Roszliya Baron Memorial Hospital Internal Medicine Tucson, AZ Emergency Medicine Michelle Reina Bosley Elizabeth Scofield Buyers Rochester, NY George Washington University University of Illinois Kelly D. Berchou Pediatrics Emergency Medicine Washington, DC Jee Bang College of Medicine Internal Medicine University of Texas Medical Branch Maine Medical Center Alberta Alickaj Medicine–Preliminary Chicago, IL University of Rochester/Strong Galveston, TX Portland, ME Clairice Ann Cooper Internal Medicine University of Massachusetts Memorial Hospital Surgery Lauren Jan Dworkis SUNY Health Science Center Medical School Rochester, NY University at Buffalo Internal Medicine Brooklyn, NY Worcester, MA Edward Gust Branish II Matthew Aaron Cavagnaro Buffalo, NY University of Rochester/Strong Internal Medicine Orthopaedic Surgery Memorial Hospital Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Thomas Jefferson University Rochester, NY Center Philadelphia, PA Erin Kathleen Coryat Lebanon, NH Pediatrics Two first choices for best friends University of Rochester/Strong Susan Mae Eckert Surgery–Preliminary Janet Yeh, left, who will train in Floria E. Chae Memorial Hospital Anesthesiology Rochester, NY surgery at Morristown Memorial Robert Gregory Brewer Travis Air Force Base Fairfield, CA Hospital, Morristown, New Jersey; Emergency Medicine University at Buffalo University of Massachusetts Medical Buffalo, NY and Arielle Kurzweil, right, who will Leah Gayle D’Agostino School train in medicine (preliminary) at Pediatrics Guity Farahmand Worcester, MA Mount Sinai Hospital, Bronx, and in Mollie Alice Charon Mercer University School of Medicine Internal Medicine neurology at New York University’s Surgery Macon, GA University of California Mt. Sinai Hospital, Bronx, New York. Shereene Joy Brown St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Irvine, CA Obstetrics-Gynecology Ann Arbor, MI Peter Dashkoff SUNY Upstate Medical University Internal Medicine Basma Sadeg Faris Syracuse, NY Stony Brook Teaching Hospitals Obstetrics-Gynecology Stony Brook, NY Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY
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Tony Hany Fattouch Swathi Gopalakrishnan Song Yi Han Regina Sydor gets the good news that Radiology–Diagnostic Internal Medicine Anesthesiology she will train in internal medicine University of South Florida New York Presbyterian Hospital University at Buffalo at Winthrop–University Hospital in Tampa, FL (Weill Cornell) Buffalo, NY Junsoo Alexander Lee Surekha V. Maddula Mineola, New York, her first choice. New York, NY Internal Medicine Research Pictured with her is her Georgetown University Hospital husband, Michael. David Edward Feiner Danielle Elizabeth Harmon Washington, DC Sahar Makabi Orthopaedic Surgery Tinatin Gotsiridze Pediatrics Psychiatry University at Buffalo Medicine–Preliminary University of Rochester/Strong VA Greater Los Angeles Health Buffalo, NY Georgetown University Hospital Memorial Hospital Derek Brenden Hoyme Betty Joy Huo Seth Evan Kaplan Bethany Suzanne Lema Systems Washington, DC Rochester, NY Pediatrics Pediatrics Otolaryngology Medicine–Preliminary Los Angeles, CA University of Arizona Affiliated Childrens Hospital Thomas Jefferson University Westchester Medical Center Alexis J. Feuer Dermatology Hospitals Boston, MA Philadelphia, PA Valhalla, NY Pediatrics St. Louis University School of Jamie Lee Heath Tucson, AZ Lillian Elena Marsh New York Presbyterian Hospital Medicine Pediatrics Dermatology Emergency Medicine (Weill Cornell) St. Louis, MO University at Buffalo Laryssa Anastasia Huryn Christine Kassis University at Buffalo New York University, New York, NY Buffalo, NY Alan John Hsu Medicine–Preliminary Transitional Buffalo, NY School of Medicine Psychiatry University at Buffalo Riverside Regional Medical Center New York, NY Benjamin J. Greene Child Neurology New York Presbyterian Hospital Buffalo, NY Newport News, VA Philip David Fu Otolaryngology Harvard Medical School Program, (Columbia) Michelle Christine Liang Internal Medicine University of Rochester/Strong Children’s Hospital, Beth Israel New York, NY Ophthalmology Radiology-Diagnostic Transitional Kerstin Stromsta May University at Buffalo Memorial Hospital Deaconess Medical Center SUNY Upstate Massachusetts General Hospital Newton-Wellesley Hospital Emergency Medicine Buffalo, NY Rochester, NY Boston, MA Larson Hsu Syracuse, NY Boston, MA Newton, MA University at Buffalo Transitional Buffalo, NY Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital Ophthalmology Amy Lynn Gastle Donald Ever Gullickson III Jeffrey Louis Hedden Cooperstown, NY Zilla Huma Hussain Jennifer Lynn Klingenberger Tufts/New England Eye Center Pediatrics Internal Medicine Physical Medicine and Internal Medicine Pediatrics Boston, MA John R. McGrath Rehabilitation University at Buffalo University of Rochester/Strong Radiology–Diagnostic Boston University Medical Center University at Buffalo, Medicine–Preliminary Buffalo, NY Memorial Hospital Albany Medical Center Hospital North Shore University Boston, MA Buffalo, NY Albert Einstein Medical Center Rochester, NY Albany, NY Manhasset, NY Kimberly Ilene Mackin Philadelphia, PA Pediatrics Adriel Gerard Ameer Fouad Ibrahim Rupa Radhhika Krishnaswamy St. Louis Children’s Hospital Radiology–Diagnostic Psychiatry Kassie Anna Haitz Meir David Hershcovich Diana Huang Emergency Medicine Internal Medicine St. Louis, MO University of Rochester/Strong Medicine-Preliminary Otolaryngology Einstein/Montefiore Medical Center Obstetrics-Gynecology University at Buffalo Johns Hopkins Hospital Memorial Hospital Bronx, NY University at Buffalo University Hospital Beth Israel Medical Center Buffalo, NY Baltimore, MD Rochester, NY Buffalo, NY Cincinnati, OH New York, NY Lawrence Calvin Jenkins II John Daniel Giannone Surgery–Preliminary Arielle M. Kurzweil Medicine-Preliminary Tara Lynn Halliwell-Kemp Lisa Diane Herzig Michael A. Huba Jackson Memorial Hospital Medicine-Preliminary Surgery-Preliminary Pediatrics University at Buffalo Pathology Miami, FL Mount Sinai Hospital Buffalo, NY University at Buffalo University of Maryland Medical Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Bronx, NY Buffalo, NY Center Cleveland, OH Urology Baltimore, MD University of Miami School of Neurology Medicine, New York University Miami, FL School of Medicine New York, NY “Friends since the first day of school” are, from left, Amy Doran, Witzard Joseph Pediatrics Christine Kassis, Diana Huang, Jennifer Katherine Lang Neurology Laryssa Huryn and Witzard Joseph. Walter Reed Army Medical Center Washington, DC University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY
Yakov Kandov Internal Medicine Emily A. Langan Long Island Jewish Medical Center Pediatrics Long Island, NY University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY Betty Huo and Jason Choi celebrate that they will be in Boston together. Huo will train in pediatrics at Children’s Hospital and Choi will train in internal medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
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Elizabeth Meinert discovers she will train in pediatrics at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville, Florida, her first choice. Pictured with her is Keith Hehr. Elizabeth Meinert Muniba Naqi Jessica E. Ogorchock Jennifer Lynn Pugh Pediatrics Internal Medicine Family Medicine Emergency Medicine University of Florida College of Staten Island University Hospital University at Buffalo University of Pittsburgh Medical Adam T. Ryan Matthew James Sheldon William W. Terry Jan Rang Wong Medicine/Shands Hospital, New York, NY Buffalo, NY Center Transitional Surgery–Preliminary Pediatrics Medicine–Preliminary Gainesville, FL Pittsburgh, PA University of Pittsburgh Medical Georgetown University Hospital University at Buffalo University of Rochester/Strong Center Washington, DC Buffalo, NY Memorial Hospital Helen Marie Nazareth Matthew Jerome Paladino Pittsburgh, PA Rochester, NY Vandana R. Minnal Medicine–Preliminary Surgery-Preliminary Laura Jean Rayner Urology Radiology–Diagnostic Ophthalmology Transitional University at Buffalo University at Buffalo Obstetrics–Gynecology Georgetown University Hospital Suruchi Thakore New York Hospital Medical Center Buffalo, NY Buffalo, NY University at Buffalo Stony Brook Teaching Hospitals Washington, DC Obstetrics–Gynecology Washington University (Queens) Buffalo, NY Stony Brook, NY University at Buffalo St. Louis, MO Jamaica, NY Buffalo, NY Colleen Ann Nugent Dominic John Papa Sujata Sofat Ophthalmology Pediatrics Medicine/Pediatrics Amanda Helene Robinson Coralynn Shayna Sack Surgery Sam Yang Internal Medicine Surgery–Preliminary Albert Einstein College of Medicine University at Buffalo Virginia Commonwealth University Medicine–Preliminary Georgetown University Hospital Yelizaveta Vaynshteyn Bronx, NY Buffalo, NY Health System Caritas Carney Hospital Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Washington, DC Pediatrics University of Massachusetts Richmond, VA Dorchester, MA Boston, MA Tufts Medical Center Worcester, MA Boston, MA Joel R. Moore Mary Jean O Christian Spano Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine Kimberly Rita Papa Jason Michael Rotoli Scott Laurence Saint-Amour Emergency Medicine Janet Tristine Yeh Pediatrics Surgery University of Rochester/Strong Yale-New Haven Hospital Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine Morristown Memorial Hospital, Kathleen Louise Wania Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY New Haven, CT Virginia Commonwealth University at Buffalo University at Buffalo Morristown, NJ Pediatrics Morristown Memorial Hospital University Health System Buffalo, NY Buffalo, NY University of Rochester/Strong Morristown, NJ Richmond, VA Memorial Hospital Milana Mor Rebecca Zipoorrah Ocque Elizabeth Anne Ruckdeschel Raymond D. Sroka Rochester, NY Research Pathology Pathology Manju S. Samant Anesthesiology Michael Yeh Pediatrics Medicine/Emergency Medicine University of Pittsburgh Medical Drew Frederick Pierce SUNY Upstate Medical University University at Buffalo Niv Mor Center Transitional Syracuse, NY San Diego Naval Medical Center Buffalo, NY Travis Paul Webb Allegheny General Hospital Otolaryngology Pittsburgh, PA Lehigh Valley Hospital San Diego, CA Surgery Pittsburgh, PA Geisinger Health System Allentown, PA Geisinger Health System Danville, PA Sean Richard Rudnick Lisa Ann Steketee-Weaver Danville, PA Nathan E. Odom Radiology-Diagnostic Internal Medicine Sarah Veronica Scarselletta Otolaryngology Lynn Yen Psychiatry/Family Medicine Internal Medicine Ohio State University Medical Center University of Virginia Medicine/Pediatrics Ohio State University Medical Center Karthik Kanakasundaram Naidu Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Columbus, OH Charlottesville, VA Baystate Medical Center Columbus, OH Marc A. Weiskopf University of California, Davis Surgery–Preliminary Winston-Salem, NC Springfield, MA Medicine–Preliminary Medical Center University at Buffalo University at Buffalo Sacramento, CA Buffalo, NY Regina N. Sydor Buffalo, NY Scott Ross Schiffman Internal Medicine Transitional Winthrop-University Hospital Neurology Stephanie Grace Yi Maimonides Medical Center Mineola, NY Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Surgery New York, NY Boston, MA Methodist Hospital Pictured clockwise are Houston, TX good friends Suruchi Radiology–Diagnostic John B. Taylor Thakore, Zilla Hussain, University of Rochester/Strong Psychiatry Mary Michael Smith Werick Drew Bianchi, Stephanie Memorial Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital Emergency Medicine Jeffrey J. Yu Chow and Alan Hsu. Rochester, NY Boston, MA Case Western/MetroHealth Medical Pediatrics Center University at Buffalo Cleveland, OH Buffalo, NY Jeffrey Joseph Senfield Elizabeth Marie Terragnoli Internal Medicine Family Medicine/Preventive University of Virginia Medicine Margaret Marion Zambon Charlottesville, VA University of Rochester/Strong Internal Medicine Memorial Hospital University of Rochester/Strong Rochester, NY Memorial Hospital Rochester, NY
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KALEIDA, UB BREAK GROUND ON VASCULAR INSTITUTE, RESEARCH BUILDING By John DellaContrada OR KALEIDA HEALTH, the global vascular institute will consolidate heart, stroke, vascular and neurosur- gery services in one location. The new The effort to transform Buffalo into a world-class CANNON DESIGN Care Facilities in the 21st Century, also building will also help fulfill Kaleida health-care destination and expand UB’s Downtown known as the “Berger Commission,” Health’s vision to create a world-class, ordered the closure of Millard Fillmore F academically oriented medical center, CANNON DESIGN Campus took a major step forward on August 3, 2009, when Gates Circle Hospital. Kaleida Health second to none in the northeastern United Kaleida Health and UB broke ground for a new 10-story decided to shift the hospital’s cardio- States. As this issue of Buffalo Physician Architectural rendering of the new global vascular institute vascular and stroke-related services to was going to press, ECMCC and Great and research building currently under construction. global vascular institute and research building. the soon-to-be-built facility on the Lakes Health were planning to announce Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus. a significant investment in the global vas- lence in health care, on par with medical Flexibility and Economic Growth Act, “We must take the necessary steps cular institute, further consolidating heart research centers available in Cleveland introduced into the state legislature this to fix our broken health-care system so programs in Western New York. and Pittsburgh. Moreover, the collab- year by the Western New York delegation. HE $291-MILLION combined facility, Simpson. “This collaborative endeavor that all New Yorkers receive the high- For UB, the Clinical and Translational orative work being done in the Kaleida The new building also advances the to be located next to Buffalo General greatly advances our plans to expand quality care they need and deserve,” said Research Center will expand the uni- Health–UB building will play a major role goals of the Berger Commission, which Hospital at Goodrich and Ellicott UB’s academic and clinical health science Governor David A. Paterson. “It is for versity’s focus on translating basic in the continued growth of a life-sciences mandated Western New York organiza- streets, will bring together Kaleida programs in downtown Buffalo—a key this reason that I applaud Kaleida Health, medical research into new treatments and industry in Buffalo and the creation of tions to significantly improve the quality Health physicians and UB researchers element in our UB 2020 vision. Together University at Buffalo and Great Lakes technologies made available for patients. a knowledge-based economy leading to and availability of health care by ending Tin a collaborative effort to deliver state- with our strong clinical and research Health for their vision and commitment The Biosciences Incubator will provide thousands of new jobs in the region. expensive duplication of services, filling of-the-art clinical care, produce major partners in the region, we are steadily to improving access and quality of care for laboratories and office space, and start- The new building is made possible by a gaps in the region’s health-care system, breakthroughs on the causes and treat- transforming Buffalo into a major hub the people of Western New York.” up services to companies spun off from unique partnership between UB, a public recruiting top-level researchers and ment of vascular disease, and spin off new for the best in medical care, education Construction of the building also helps UB medical discoveries. UB’s incubator university, and Kaleida Health, a private physicians, and providing state-of-the- biotechnology businesses and jobs. and research, and revitalizing our region’s advance the UB 2020 strategic plan, which is expected to be at full occupancy after entity. This partnership is expected to save art training to UB medical students. “Today marks a new era for health care economy in the process.” is focused, in part, on bringing UB health two to three years, with 130 employees. taxpayers $21 million through reduced When complete, the Kaleida Health-UB delivery in Western New York,” said James “As a true public-private partnership, sciences programs to downtown Buffalo, According to studies on the economic construction costs and operational efficien- facility will house nearly 600 patient beds, R. Kaskie, president and CEO of Kaleida this project owes much to the leader- advancing UB’s strength in the biomedi- effect of biomedicine and biotechnology cies. The building is an example of the type 30 operating rooms, 17 interventional labs Health. Kaskie also serves as president and ship of our Western New York legislative cal sciences and other research fields, research, the UB CTRC and Biosciences of projects UB is prohibited by the state for cardiac, vascular and neurosurgical pro- CEO of Great Lakes Health, the governing delegation,” Simpson added. “This project and increasing the university’s economic Incubator are projected to produce an from doing on a regular basis unless it cedures, as well as four CT scanners and body overseeing the integration of Kaleida would not have been possible without the impact in Buffalo. Expanding the UB annual economic impact of $68,750,000. first goes through a cumbersome approval four MRIs. It is anticipated that the new Health and the Erie County Medical delegation’s efforts to secure the transfer of campus in downtown Buffalo would bring Kaleida Health and UB officials say the process. This is why UB is seeking the emergency department will accommodate Center Corporation (ECMCC). previously approved capital construction an estimated 13,000 faculty, staff and new building will help transform Buffalo flexibility to pursue these types of public- more than 60,000 visits, while the hospital “Through a physician-led process, funds to the Buffalo 2020 Development students to downtown. into a regional destination for excel- private partnerships through the UB 2020 will discharge nearly 27,000 patients. we have delivered on reform and, just as Corporation, which will allow us to move The building will house four floors of In June, Kaleida Health received two important, set the stage to build the pre- forward with our partnership with Kaleida Health’s $173 million merger of key approvals to build the facility. The eminent flagship medical center in upstate Kaleida Health.” its cardiac, stroke and vascular operations, New York State Department of Health’s New York,” Kaskie added. “Our new Construction of the building, designed plus a new and expanded emergency Kaleida Health and UB officials say the new Hospital Review and Planning Council global vascular institute is destined to be by Cannon Design, Architects and department. It also will house research building will help transform Buffalo into a approved Kaleida Health’s final certificate the heart of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Engineers, is expected to take approxi- and development facilities, including four regional destination for excellence in health of need for the 10-story structure and Campus, with improved quality and better mately two years, with doors opening floors for UB’s $118 million Clinical and care, on par with medical research centers the City of Buffalo’s Planning Board access for the patients that we serve.” in late 2011. Turner Construction is the Translational Research Center (CTRC) unanimously approved the site plan for and a UB Biosciences Incubator. available in Cleveland and Pittsburgh. “This is a major milestone for UB general contractor for the project. the project. BP and for Buffalo,” said President John B. 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