State University of New York, Buffalo

Division of Infectious Diseases
3495 Bailey Avenue
VAMC 151
Buffalo, NY 14215

Phone: 716 862 7874
Fax: 716 862 6526
Website: http://medicine.buffalo.edu/departments/medicine/divisions/infectious-disease.html
Email: berenson@acsu.buffalo.edu

Training Program Director

Charles Berenson MD Assoc. Prof.

Research Interests: Immunologic roles of macrophage glycosphingolipids; immunologic basis of COPD

Participating Hospitals

Erie County Medical Center : 300
Buffalo VA Medical Center : 200
Buffalo General Hospital : 400
Roswell Park Cancer Institute : 150

Program Training Offerings

How does this program meet the ABIM requirements for training in clinical microbiology?

Didactic Lectures
Hands-on Experience

The Program provides training in hospital epidemiology through:

Didactic Lectures
Continuity Clinic

The Program provides clinical experience for fellows in the following:

Infections in marrow transplant
Infections in solid organ transplant patients
Infections in travelers and tropical medicine
Infections in children

This Program provides training in STD management through:

Didactic Lectures
Attendance at STD Clinic

The Program has a didactic lecture course for fellows:

Yes

If yes, what is the average number of lectures provided over a two-year period?

Training is for:

Are there citizenship requirements?

Yes

Citizenship Requirements:

U.S. Preferred

Types of visas accepted:

Number of fellows accepted each year:

Duration of the Fellowship (years):

The Program has a training grant (T32):

Average number of infectious diseases consults per trainee per year:

400

Number of Fellows completing the Program in the last 5 years:

Additional Training/Faculty Resources (optional):

Applications accepted via Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS®)?

Timeframe when applications are accepted:

Timeframe when interviews are done

Prof.

Timothy F. Murphy , MD , Prof.

Research Interests: Haemophilus influenzae, branhamella catarrhalis, microbial pathogenesis and vaccine development

Faculty

Anthony Campagnari , PhD , Assoc. Prof.

Research Interests: Microbial pathogenesis and haemophilus ducreyi and branhamella catarrhalis and monoclonal antibody development

John Crane , MD, PhD , Asst. Prof.

Research Interests: Enterotoxigenic E. coli and cell signalling

Chiu Bin Hsiao , MD , Asst. Prof.

Research Interests: AIDS clinical trials and clinical epidemiology

Alan J. Lesse , MD , Assoc. Prof.

Research Interests: Brazilian purpuric fever, microbial pathogenesis, outer membrane protein structure and antimicrobial agents

Joseph M. Mylotte , MD , Assoc. Prof.

Research Interests: S. aureus bacteremia, infections, resistant organisms and antibiotic use in long-term care; nursing

Thomas A. Russo , MD , Asst. Prof.

Research Interests: Vaccine development, neutrophil-E. coli interactions, gram-negative pneumonia

Brahm Segal , MD , Asst. Prof.

Research Interests: Clinical trials, infections in immunocompromised hosts

John A. Sellick, Jr. , DO , Assoc. Prof.

Research Interests: Infection control and clinical epidemiology

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