Patient Care
The full-time faculty in the UB|MD Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition (UB|MD-GI) as a group provide comprehensive in- and outpatient services at four major University-affiliated (core) hospitals:
- The Erie County Medical Center (ECMC) is a 550-bed community and secondary and tertiary referral hospital.
- The Buffalo Veterans Administration Medical Center (VA) is a 400-bed acute care hospital.
- The Buffalo General Hospital is a 501-bed acute care hospital and tertiary referral hospital.
- The Roswell Park Cancer Institute is a 133-bed comprehensive cancer care center.
All faculty members of UB/MD-GI are board certified in the subspecialty of gastroenterology and all are on staff at the four core hospitals. They operate a unified call schedule, such that one attending is on-call at the hospitals at night and the weekend. The attending on call can always be contacted through the switchboard at any of the hospitals.
GI at each core hospital provides the full range of cognitive, diagnostic, and therapeutic endoscopic services for diseases within the subspecialty of gastroenterology; including those of the liver, biliary tract and pancreas. In addition, the faculty sees patients and performs some procedures at the UB/MD offices at Dent Tower.
Areas of special expertise of UB MD GI physicians include:
- Investigation and management of patients with liver disease, including hepatitis C and other viral hepatitides (Drs. Mahl, Novak, Burkard, Sitrin, and Rani)
- ERCP with stone removal, drainage and stenting, etc. and other advanced therapeutic endoscopic skills (Drs. Burkard, Rani, Bain, and Mehboob)
- Endoscopic ultrasound (Drs. Bain and Mehboob)
- Investigation of GI motility disturbances (Drs. Burkard and Mehboob)
- Management of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, - Drs. Novak and Sitrin)
- Care of patients with malabsorption and nutritional disorders and management of nutrition support (Drs. Sitrin and Keith)
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease and Barrett's esophagus (Drs. Rani and Burkard)
- Colon cancer screening and colonic polyps (All physicians)
- Women's GI health (Dr. Rani)
- Morbid Obesity and Bariatric Surgery Complications (Dr. Keith)
Contact Information
Primary hospital affiliates
Erie County Medical Center
462 Grider Street
Buffalo, NY 14215
Phone: (716) 898-3391
VA Western New York Healthcare System Home
3495 Bailey Ave.
Buffalo, NY 14215
Phone: (716) 862-6778
Buffalo General Hospital - A Kaleida Health Facility
100 High Street
Buffalo, NY 14203
716-859-1168
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Elm and Carlton Streets
Buffalo, NY 14263
716-845-5807
Secondary hospital affiliates
Women and Children Hospital
219 Bryant Street
Buffalo, NY 14222
716-878-7793
Sisters of Charity Hospital, St. Joseph Campus
2605 Harlem Road
Cheektowaga, NY 14225
(716) 895-4400
Clinics
Erie County Medical Center
462 Grider St
Buffalo, NY 14215
Phone: 716-898-3391
Contact: Tracy Brown
UB/MD Internal Medicine
3980 Sheridan Drive, 6th Floor
Amherst, NY 14226
Phone: 716-882-6544
Fax: 716-882-6833
Contact: Jill Balbuzoski
Buffalo General Hospital
The Comprehensive Weight Loss Center
100 High Street
Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: 716-859-1168
Contact: Diane Heim
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Elm and Carlton Streets
Buffalo, NY 14263
Phone: 716-845-5807
Contact: Gastroenterology Receptionist