SUNY at Buffalo EM Residency Program

"The chemistry and camaraderie among faculty, residents and office staff in our residency really sets this program apart. The impact of such a positive atmosphere in the program is immeasurable."
Ron Moscati, MD,
Research Director,
Department of Emergency Medicine,
Attending Physician at ECMC

Faculty

The faculty at the SUNY at Buffalo EM residency bring a wealth of experience to program participants.

Jeanne Basior, MD
Anthony Billittier, IV, MD
G. Richard Braen, MD
Samuel Cloud, DO
Christian DeFazio, MD
William Dice, MD
David Ellis, MD
David P. Hughes, MD
David Janicke, MD, PhD
Dietrich Jehle, MD

Richard S. Krause, MD
Michael Manka, Jr., MD
Robert McCormack, MD
Ronald Moscati, MD
Jeff Myers, DO
David Pierce, MD
P. Stanley Spurgeon, MD
Heidi Suffoletto, MD
Josette Teuscher, MD


	Jeanne Basior, MD
	Attending Physician, Buffalo General Hospital Assistant Residency Director, Department of Emergency Medicine Associate Clinical Director, Emergency Department, Buffalo General Hospital Birthplace: Buffalo, New York College: Georgetown University Medical School: Georgetown University Residency: Combined Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine, Northwestern University Board Certification: American Board of Emergency Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine View entire faculty profile Top of Page
	Anthony Billittier, IV, MD
	Attending Physician, Erie County Medical Center Commissioner of Health, Erie County New York Birthplace: Buffalo, New York College: SUNY at Geneseo Medical School: SUNY at Buffalo Residency: Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Pennsylvania Allegheny Campus Fellowship: Disaster Medicine, Medical College of Pennsylvania Allegheny Campus Board Certification: American Board of Emergency Medicine View entire faculty profile Top of Page
	G. Richard Braen, MD
	Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine Senior Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education, University at Buffalo School of Medicine Past President, American Board of Emergency Medicine Attending Physician, Buffalo General Hospital Attending Physician, Erie County Medical Center Birthplace: Mansfield, Ohio College: Ohio State University Medical School: University of Cincinnati Residency: University of Kentucky - Emergency Medicine; Hartford Hospital (Connecticut) - Internal Medicine Board Certification: American Board of Emergency Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine View entire faculty profile Top of Page
	Samuel Cloud, DO
	Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, Erie County Medical Center Associate Medical Director, Office of Prehospital Care, Erie County Medical Center Birthplace: Orange, California College: University of California, Riverside Medical School: Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California Residency: SUNY at Buffalo, Emergency Medicine Fellowship: EMS fellowship at SUNY at Buffalo View entire faculty profile Top of Page
	Christian DeFazio, MD
	Attending Physician, Buffalo General Hospital Birthplace: Anaheim, California College: Princeton University Medical School: SUNY at Buffalo, School of Biomedical Sciences Residency: Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois (Chicago) Board Certification: American Board of Emergency Medicine View entire faculty profile Top of Page
	William Dice, MD
	Attending Physician, Erie County Medical Center Medical Director, Erie County Department of Health Birthplace: Wooster, Ohio College: Ohio Northern University Medical School: Medical College of Ohio at Toledo Residency: Madigan Army Medical Center - Emergency Medicine Board Certification: American Board of Emergency Medicine View entire faculty profile Top of Page
	David Ellis, MD
	Associate Professor, Clinical Emergency Medicine Director, Division of Telehealth and Healthcare Informatics Attending Physician, Erie County Medical Center Birthplace: Upper Darby, Pennsylvania College: Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania Medical School: University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Residency: University of Pittsburgh Affiliated Residency in Emergency Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Chief Resident Board Certification: Emergency Medicine View entire faculty profile Top of Page
	David Hughes, MD
	Attending Physician, Erie County Medical Center Medical Director, UEMS Occupational and Travel Health Birthplace: Buffalo, New York College: Kettering University, Flint, Michigan Medical School: SUNY at Buffalo Residency: Emergency Medicine, Wake Forest University Board Certification: Emergency Medicine View entire faculty profile Top of Page
	David Janicke, MD
	Site Residency Director and Site Research Director - Millard Fillmore Hospitals Attending Physician, Millard Fillmore Hospitals Graduate School: SUNY at Buffalo, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Medical School: SUNY at Buffalo, School of Medicine Residency: SUNY at Buffalo, Department of Internal Medicine Board Certification: American Board of Emergency Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine View entire faculty profile Top of Page
	Dietrich Jehle, MD
	Associate Professor & Vice Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine Director of Ultrasonography, Erie County Medical Center Attending Physician, Erie County Medical Center Birthplace: Lincoln, Nebraska College: University of Virginia Medical School: University of Virginia Residency: University of Pittsburgh Board Certification: American Board of Emergency Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine View entire faculty profile Top of Page
	Richard S. Krause
	*Program Director, Residency in Emergency Medicine* Attending Physician, Buffalo General Hospital Attending Physician, Erie County Medical Center Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio Colleges: Clark University, Worcester Massachusetts; Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio Medical School: Medical College of Ohio, Toled Internship: Rotating Internship, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan Residency: Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital Board Certification: American Board of Emergency Medicine View entire faculty profile Top of Page
	Michael Manka, Jr., MD
	Director of Emergency Services, Erie County Medical Center Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine Attending Physician, Erie County Medical Center Birthplace: Buffalo, New York College: University of Michigan Medical School: SUNY at Buffalo Residency: SUNY at Buffalo, Emergency Medicine Board Certification: Emergency Medicine View entire faculty profile Top of Page
	Robert McCormack, MD
	Clinical Chief of Emergency Medicine, Buffalo General Hospital Attending Physician, Buffalo General Hospital Birthplace: Mineola, New York College: McGill University, Montreal, Canada Medical School: State University of New York Health Sciences Center at Brooklyn Internship: Transitional Intern - Carney Hospital, Boston, MA Residency: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY (Chief Resident) Board Certification: American Board of Emergency Medicine View entire faculty profile Top of Page
	Ronald Moscati, MD
	Research Director, Department of Emergency Medicine Attending Physician, Erie County Medical Center Co-Chair: Institutional Review Board, University at Buffalo Birthplace: Niagara Falls, New York College: Georgetown University Medical School: Georgetown University Residency: Emergency Medicine, Darnall Army Hospital, Fort Hood, Texas Board Certification: American Board of Emergency Medicine View entire faculty profile Top of Page
	Jeff Myers, DO
	Associate System EMS Medical Director Attending Physician, Erie County Medical Center Associate System EMS Medical Director Birthplace: Oceanside, New York (Long Island) College: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1991 Medical School: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2001 Residency: SUNY at Buffalo - Emergency Medicine 2004 (Chief Resident 2003-2004) Fellowship: EMS - SUNY at Buffalo, 2006 Board Certification: Emergency Medicine View entire faculty profile Top of Page
	David Pierce, MD
	Attending Physician, Buffalo General Hospital Attending Physician, Erie County Medical Center Birthplace: Buffalo, New York College: SUNY College at Fredonia Medical School: New York Medical College Prior Training: Internal Medicine/Pediatrics - University at Buffalo Medical Residency: SUNY at Buffalo - Emergency Medicine (Chief Resident) Board Certification: View entire faculty profile Top of Page
	P. Stanley Spurgeon, MD
	Attending Physician, Buffalo General Hospital Attending Physician, Women's and Children's Hospital Birthplace: New Castle, Indiana College: Purdue University Medical School: University of Indiana Internship: James Whitcomb Riley Children's Hospital Residency: Good Samaritan Hospital, Dayton, Ohio Board Certification: American Board of Emergency Medicine and the American Board of Pediatrics View entire faculty profile Top of Page
	Heidi Suffoletto, MD
	Attending Physician, Buffalo General Hospital Attending Physician, Erie County Medical Center Attending Physician, University Sports Medicine Birthplace: Buffalo, New York College: Williams College Medical School: SUNY at Buffalo Residency: SUNY at Buffalo - Emergency Medicine (Chief Resident) Board Certification: American Board of Emergency Medicine View entire faculty profile Top of Page
	Josette Teuscher, MD
	Medical Director, Rural Metro Medical Services of WNY Attending Physician, Buffalo General Hospital Attending Physician, Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo Birthplace: Rochester, New York College: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Medical School: SUNY at Buffalo Residency: Children's Hospital of Buffalo - Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Medical Center - Emergency Medicine Board Certified: American Board of Emergency Medicine View entire faculty profile Top of Page

Contact Info: Dee McCarthy, Program Coordinator, Department of Emergency Medicine,
100 High Street, Buffalo, New York 14203. Tel: 716-859-1499, Fax: 716-859-1555.
Email: dmccarthy@kaleidahealth.org