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THE 161S T COMMENCEMENT for the School of

Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University

at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical

Sciences was held on May 4, 2007, at the Center for

the Arts on the North Campus.

This year, the school conferred 135 MD degrees,

5 MD/PhD dual degrees, 3 MD/MBA dual degrees

and one MD/Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Degree.

The honored speaker was Elizabeth Nabel, MD, direc-

tor of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute,

National Institutes of Health (see also page 28).

M e d i c a l S c h o o l N e w s

(1) Nicholas J. Schellati, MD ’07 (2) David A. Gass, MD ’07,

center, being hooded by, left to right: David Holmes, MD, Frank

Schimpfhauser, PhD, and Linda Pessar, MD (3) Honored Speaker

Elizabeth Nabel, MD, at podium, and Dean Michael Cain, MD, seated

(4) Gareth Mark Czamara Lema, MD, PhD ’07, left, with his father,

Mark Lema, MD, PhD (5) Class of 2007 graduates, left to right:

Kevin Berman, Brian Arslanian, Jennifer Argentieri, and Bethany

Arber (6) Juan Paz, MD ’07, with family.



Gra duation2007B i o m e d i c a l S c i e n c e s

THE UNDERGR ADUATE AND GR ADUATE Biomedical Sciences Commencement for the School of Medicine and

Biomedical Sciences took place on May 10, 2007, at the Center for the Arts on the North Campus.

This year, 38 PhD, 35 master’s and 184 baccalaureate candidates were eligible for degrees.

The commencement address was delivered by Susan Band Horwitz, PhD, Rose C. Falkenstein Professor of Cancer Research,

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY (see page 28). Degrees were conferred by UB President John B. Simpson, PhD.

Candidates completed work in the following School of Medicine and Biomedical Science departments or programs: biochem-

istry, biochemical pharmacology, biotechnical and clinical laboratory sciences, microbiology and immunology, neurosciences,

nuclear medicine technology, medical technology, pathology and anatomical sciences, pharmacology and toxicology, physiol-

ogy and biophysics, biomedical sciences. Also included were the Roswell Park Cancer Institute Graduate Division programs

in biochemistry, cancer pathology and prevention, molecular pharmacology and cancer therapeutics, immunology, cellular &

molecular biology, molecular and cellular biophysics and biochemistry, and natural sciences.

(1) Lucio Malvisi, a BS in biomedical sciences graduate, pictured with UB

President John B. Simpson, PhD (2) Susan Band Horwitz, PhD, delivering the com-

mencement address to degree candidates (3) David Hohn, MD, president and

CEO emeritus of Roswell Park Cancer Institute, sings the Star Spangled Banner

(4) Patrice Harris, a BS in biomedical sciences graduate, celebrates with family

(5) Christopher Stoj is presented with the Biochemistry Dissertation Research

Recognition Award by Kenneth Blumenthal, PhD, chair of biochemistry (6) Star

Ems being presented the Dean’s Award for Outstanding Dissertation Research by

her major professor, Michal Stachowiak, PhD, Neuroscience Program.

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Mason C . ChangUndecided

Anita ChopraPediatrics

Cleveland Clinic FoundationCleveland, OH

Landis Fisher CoghlanMedicine

University of California at Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA

Gregory James CraneMedicine

Drexel University College of Medicine/HahnemannPhiladelphia, PA

Teresa Louise DanforthSurgery-Prelim, Urology

University at BuffaloBuffalo, NY

Matthew J. DavisMedicine-Prelim

Northshore University HospitalManhasset, NY

Neurology

University of Maryland Medical CenterBaltimore, MD

Laura Anne De MentoPsychiatry


Carlene Allana DenisObstetrics/Gynecology

Drexel University College of Medicine/HahnemannPhiladelphia, PA

Erica Marie DouglassEmergency Medicine

Denver Health Medical CenterDenver, CO

Melanie EhingerSurgery-Prelim, Radiology-Diagnostic

University of Massachusetts Medical CenterWorcester, MA

Michael David EsrickMedicine/Pediatrics

UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical SchoolNewark, NJ

Ellen Clare FarkasMedicine-Prelim


Ophthalmology

Henry Ford HospitalDetroit, MI

David Joseph Farrugia Jr.Medicine

West Virginia University, School of MedicineMorgantown, WV

Jessica Marie FordMedicine


David Adam GassPediatrics

New York University, School of MedicineNew York, NY

Emily Pease GavettPsychiatry


Benjamin Clark GillenTransitional

Gundersen Lutheran Medical FoundationLacrosse, WI

Radiology-Diagnostic

Mayo School of Graduate Medical EducationRochester, MN

Amanda Rose GormanObstetrics/Gynecology

University of California at Irvine Medical CenterOrange, CA

Aarti GuptaMedicine

Brown UniversityProvidence, RI

Kathleen Rose HardickMedicine-Prelim

Mt. Sinai, School of MedicineCabrini, NY

Michelle Ann-Marie HepburnPediatrics

St. Christopher’s HospitalPhiladelphia, PA

Melissa Diane HefflerSurgery


Joseph Paul HouselMedicine-Prelim

University of Rochester/Strong MemorialRochester, NY

Renee HuangSurgery

Albany Medical CenterAlbany, NY

Devon Michael HuffSurgery


Manoj Hari IyerAnesthesiology

University of Michigan HospitalAnn Arbor, MI

Aaron John JerzewskiMedicine-Prelim, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Medicine


Gerald Rajish JeyapalanOtolaryngology

Wayne State University/Detroit Medical CenterDetroit, MI

Dean Michael E. Cain

joins in the Match

Day fun.

Rena Marie AbrahamPediatrics

University of Florida/Shands HospitalGainesville, FL

Mehr Nida AftabSurgery-Prelim


Al’Ai AlvarezEmergency Medicine

Einstein/Jacobi Medical CenterBronx, NY

Kristen Elizabeth AmannMedicine/Pediatrics

University of North CarolinaChapel Hill, NC

George Christopher AngelosSurgery

Stony Brook Teaching HospitalsStony Brook, NY

Bethany Christine ArberFamily Medicine

University of Rochester/Strong Memorial HospitalRochester, NY

Jennifer Ann ArgentieriPediatrics

Einstein/Montefiore Medical CenterBronx, NY

Brian H. ArslanianSurgery

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston, MA

Julie Anne BakerObstetrics/Gynecology

Women’s & Infants HospitalProvidence, RI

Kevin S. BermanSurgery

University of Illinois College/Mt. Sinai Hospital Medical CenterChicago, IL

Gwen Marie BernackiMedicine

University of WashingtonSeattle, WA

Arthur BeyderMedicine/CI Research


Nishant BhattOtolaryngology

Medical College of GeorgiaAugusta, GA

Kinnar Vinod BhavsarMedicine

Kaiser Permanente-Southern California RegionLos Angeles, CA

Salomon Israel BlutreichTransitional

St. Vincent’s HospitalNew York, NY


St. Vincent’s Catholic Medical CenterNew York, NY

Lori BroderickPediatrics

University of California at San DiegoSan Diego, CA

Robert Charles Bucelli Neurology

Barnes-Jewish HospitalSt. Louis, MO

Anna M. BuchsbaumObstetrics/Gynecology

Kaiser PermanenteOakland, CA

Marta Christine CanfieldFamily Medicine


Jestin N. CarlsonEmergency Medicine

University of Pittsburgh Medical CenterPittsburgh, PA

Jeffrey Walstrom CarterSurgery

Case Western/University Hospitals of ClevelandCleveland, OH

May Puiyan ChanPathology

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston, MA

20072007This year’s Match Day festivities took place on March 15, 2007 at the

Pearl Street Grill and Brewery in downtown Buffalo, where students, their

families, friends and faculty gathered to celebrate.

“Once again, our graduating class matched spectacularly well, and this

year we noted a somewhat broader geographic distribution than in the past,”

says Nancy Nielsen, MD ’76, PhD, senior associate dean for medical educa-

tion, who announced the results.

Match Day

Pictured FAR RIGHT is Bethany Arber, who will

train in family medicine at University of

Rochester’s Strong Memorial Hospital. Seated

with her, LEFT TO RIGHT, are her mother, Barbara;

father, Mike; and boyfriend, Tim Calkins.



Amos Michael MobergPediatrics


Michael Louis MorganEmergency Medicine

Washington Hospital CenterWashington, DC

Joshua Brett MoskovitzEmergency Medicine


Na-Yon NamMedicine-Prelim


Anesthesiology

Northwestern McGaw/Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago, IL

Amy Katherine NiertitEmergency Medicine

Summa Health/NEOUCOMAkron, OH

Dana Courtney OlszewskiOrthopaedic Surgery

Boston University Medical CenterBoston, MA

Vishnu Vandhana OrugantiMedicine

Temple University HospitalPhiladelphia, PA

Enrique Ivan OviedoPsychiatry

University of Maryland/Sheppard PrattBaltimore, MD

Joonhee ParkObstetrics/Gynecology

Mt. Sinai HospitalNew York, NY

Michael F. ParsonsTransitional Year

SAUSHECLackland, AFB, TX

Rizwan A . ParvezPsychiatry

University of Pittsburgh Medical CenterPittsburgh, PA

Shweta V. PatelObstetrics/Gynecology

National Naval Medical CenterBethesda, MD

Sachin Shyam PatilSurgery-Prelim

University of HawaiiHonolulu, HI

Radiation-Oncology


Juan Enrique PazEmergency Medicine

Newark Beth Israel Medical CenterNewark, NJ

Matthew Gerard PeerAnesthesiology


Nicole A . PenkeMedicine-Prelim

Case Western/MetroHealth Medical CenterCleveland, OH

Ophthalmology


Jonathan Joel PerkinsSurgery-Prelim

Rush University Medical CenterChicago, IL

Michael F. PetrozielloMedicine-Prelim



Thomas Jefferson UniversityPhiladelphia, PA

Anoop PrabhuMedicine

University of Michigan HospitalsAnn Arbor, MI

Kathryn RaeObstetrics/Gynecology


Peter Charles RevenaughOtolaryngology

Cleveland Clinic FoundationCleveland, OH

Jennifer L . RojekObstetrics/Gynecology

Stamford Hospital/Columbia UniversityStamford, CT

Babak RoobiniMedicine-Prelim


Inna RozovMedicine


Anne RussoPediatrics

New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical CenterNew York, NY

Abdullah Khalil SallajPsychiatry

University of Chicago Medical CenterChicago, IL

Tanyka Suzanne SamMedicine


Julianne Marie SantarosaSurgery

University of Texas Southwestern Medical SchoolDallas, TX

Elias Joseph SayourPediatrics

North Shore/Long Island Jewish Health SystemNew Hyde Park, NY

Samantha Ann ScanlonMedicine


Melissa S. SchaferMedicine/Pediatrics


Nicholas J. SchellatiSurgery-Prelim


Jill Schleifer-SchneggenburgerMedicine-Prelim, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Medicine


Dana Beth SchonbergFamily Medicine


Dae Yun KimSurgery-Prelim

Northwestern McGaw/Northwestern Memorial Hospital/VA

Urology

Northwestern University Feinberg SchoolChicago, IL

Alexander A . KleinmannEmergency Medicine

Thomas Jefferson UniversityPhiladelphia, PA

Victoria KoganSurgery-Prelim

Lenox Hill Hospital

Anesthesiology

St. Lukes-RooseveltNew York, NY

Scott Jason KutscherMedicine-Prelim


Neurology


Russell Matthew LaFranceOrthopaedic Surgery


Gareth Mark Czamara LemaTransitional

University of Pennsylvania Health System/Presbyterian HospitalPhiladelphia, PA

Ophthalmology


Robin T. Li Anesthesiology

Northwestern McGaw/Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago, IL

David Andrew LiebnerMedicine


Bethany M. LipaMedicine-Prelim, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Medicine

UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical SchoolNewark, NJ

Grace LiuMedicine-Prelim


Ophthalmology

Albert Einstein College of MedicineBronx, NY

Lesley Campbell LossMedicine-Prelim


Dermatology


Kate LowenthalMedicine-Prelim


Melissa A . LukoseTransitional

Mary Imogene BassettCooperstown, NY

Anesthesiology


Katie J. MacalusoSurgery-Prelim, Ophthalmology

Medical University of South CarolinaCharleston, SC

Joel D. MackPsychiatry

Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore, MD

Jean A . MahlerMedicine-Prelim

SUNY Upstate Medical UniversitySyracuse, NY

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Medicine

New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical CenterNew York, NY

John Angelus Maloney Transitional

Colorado Health FoundationDenver, CO


University of Colorado, School of MedicineDenver, CO

Peter Scott MartinPsychiatry


Sasha Dinah MassachiPsychiatry

Mt. Sinai HospitalNew York, NY

Emily Anne McCourtMedicine-Prelim

Exempla St. Joseph HospitalDenver, CO

Ophthalmology

University of ColoradoBoulder, CO

Norman H.S. McCullogh Jr.Undecided

Nadia Anne McFarlanePsychiatry

Hospital of the University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA

Jacqueline Sheree McLaughlinObstetrics/Gynecology

Orlando Regional HealthcareOrlando, FL

Amy B. MepaniMedicine


Na-Yon Nam celebrates news she will train

in anesthesiology at Northwestern McGaw/

Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

Erica Douglass, BELOW, has daughter

Makayla in a Colorado sweatshirt

for good luck. And good luck it

was—Erica will train in emergency

medicine at Denver Medical Center.

Abdullah Sallaj, ABOVE, is all grins after

finding out he received his number-one

choice, the University of Chicago.

BELOW, Afshin Zadfar learns he’ll train

in anesthesiology at the University of

California at San Francisco.


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Stephen James ScullEmergency Medicine


John P. SfakianosUrology

SUNY Downstate Medical SchoolBrooklyn, NY

Farah Nafees SiddiquiTransitional

Mary Imogene BassettCooperstown, NY

Eric James Sigler Medicine-Prelim

Winthrop University HospitalMineola, NY

Ophthalmology

Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT

Kristen Lynn SmyersObstetrics/Gynecology


Stephanie Lynn SoehnleinMedicine-Prelim



Rochester General HospitalRochester, NY

Lauren Gruber SolanPediatrics

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical CenterCincinnati, OH

Patrick Donovan SolanSurgery

University Hospital/University of CincinnatiCincinnati, OH

Adithya SureshSurgery

University of FloridaHealth Sciences CenterJacksonville, FL

Jennifer Miye TakesakaMedicine-Prelim


Neurology

Emory University School of MedicineAtlanta, GA

Rebecca Gail TaxierPediatrics

Yale–New Haven HospitalNew Haven, CT

Heather Marie TerritoPediatrics


Christopher W. TjoaPsychiatry

Hospital of the University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA

Vy Thao Thi TranTransitional

Lemuel Shattuck HospitalJamaica Plain, MA


Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose, CA

Thomas Walter TrimarcoEmergency Medicine

University Hospital/University of CincinnatiCincinnati, OH

Adrienne VargoMedicine-Prelim



Western Pennsylvania HospitalPittsburgh, PA

My-Charllins VilsaintMedicine

SUNY Health Sciences CenterBrooklyn, NY

Amber Marie WarmsleyResearch

Amanda A . Werthmann-EhrenreichEmergency Medicine


Megan Suzanne WhittakerObstetrics/Gynecology


Carolyn Anne WiechEmergency Medicine

University of North Carolina HospitalsChapel Hill, NC

Ryan D. WilkinsOrthopaedic Surgery


Thomas WychowskiNeurology


Jeffrey Paul YaegerPediatrics

University of Wisconsin Hospital and ClinicsMadison, WI

Paul R . YoungSurgery-Prelim


Afshin Aaron ZadfarMedicine-Prelim

University of California at IrvineOrange, CA

Anesthesiology

University of California at San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA

Michael Clark ZangPediatrics


Dae Kim, RIGHT, receives

his number-one choice

to train in surgery and

urology at Northwestern.

PIctured with him are his

wife, Regina, and their

daughter, Leanna, age 4.

Kristen Amann, R I G H T , celebrates

receiving her first choice to train

in medicine and pediatrics at

the University of North Carolina,

Chapel Hill. PIctured with her are

her father, George, a UB dental

school alum; and mother, Ann. ““Public Health

C O R E C U R R I C U L U M

By Lois Baker

Students in the five departments and multiple degree

programs in the UB School of Public Health and Health

Professions (SPHHP) will benefit from a common core

curriculum to be developed under a two-year, $257,000

grant from the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation.

he new curriculum, being developed around the common theme of prevention, population health and wellness, is expected to serve as a model for other colleges and universities. “This approach will ensure a

common understanding and focus among students in our undergraduate, graduate and professional programs,” says Maurizio Trevisan, MD, dean of the school. “A core curriculum will provide opportunities for these students to train together and to be aware of the societal forces that shape the health and well-being of individuals and communities.” “The grant is particularly gratifying,” he adds, “because it provides recognition and support for one of the key elements of the mission of our newly established school. It’s confirma-tion that we are leading the way in our efforts to transform the education of health professionals.” Dale Fish, PhD, associate professor of rehabilitation sci-ence and associate dean for academic and student affairs at the school, is principal investigator on the grant. “The core curriculum will fulfill our vision for the school—to train health professionals in a public health environ-ment,” says Fish. “By providing common academic experiences that integrate our

various degree-granting programs, we will create a shared base of knowledge among our students and enable the UB School of Public Health and Health Professions to be more than the mere sum of its aca-demic programs.” The core curriculum will be built around three focus areas: “professional-ism and communication,” “evidence-based practice” and “population health, wellness and disability.” Of the three focus areas, “population health, wellness, and disability” is perhaps the most obvious in its capacity to breathe life into the academic mission of the school, Fish notes.

“This area will assure that students understand and value health and health care concepts as applied to the public, as well as to individuals. Essential aspects of exer-cise, diet, health behaviors and health-care delivery and policies will be considered in a broad context in which wellness is advanced for healthy persons, as well as those with chronic disabilities or acute injuries.”

“Professionalism and communication” will cover professional and interpersonal skills, values and ethics in health care, cultural competence and multidisciplinary team-building and group processes, Fish says. Evidence-based practice will focus on basic statistics, accessing and appraising the professional literature and applying that literature in making clinical decisions. The grant includes funds to hire a senior faculty member with curriculum develop-ment experience and a media specialist to develop teaching resources.

The full core curricu-lum is scheduled to be in place by 2010, although some elements will be introduced sooner, says Fish. “The core will be required of all SPHHP students, so extreme care must be taken to assure its

quality before it is instituted.” The Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation is a privately endowed philanthropy located in New York City. The foundation supports programs designed to improve the educa-tion of health professionals in the interest of the health of the public and to enhance the representation of minorities in the health profession. BP

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“The grant is particularly gratifying,” he adds, “because it provides

recognition and support for one of the key elements of the mission of

our newly established school. It’s confirmation that we are leading the

way in our efforts to transform the education of health professionals.”

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