Canisius College - Boards & Commitees

Health Science Advisory and Recommendation Committee

2008 Outcomes Report (Adobe Acrobat .pdf)

Medical Advisory Board

Mark J. Lema MD, PhD ’71, chair
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Chair, Dept. of Anesthesiology

Laura J. Hechtel, PhD, Director Dr. George E. Schreiner Pre-Med Center

Philip J. Aliotta, MD, MSHA '76 Surgeon/Medical Director/ Managing Partner Main Urology Associates PC		Joseph P. Leberer '77, MD Colon and Rectal Surgeon Buffalo Medical Group PC

Jeffrey L. Amodeo Sr, MD '96 Surgical Associates of SGI Chief of Surgery Bertrand Chaffee Hospital		Kathleen A. Lillis MD '82 Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo

Elizabeth A. Barlog, MD '78 Anesthesiologist Parkside Medical Anesthesia		Raquel Martin, DO, FACEP Chief of Emergency Medicine Kenmore Mercy Hospital

Edward K. Bartels MD '76 Obstetrician/Gynecologist Bartels, Powalski, Weissman		Robert Milch, MD Medical Director Emeritus Hospice & Palliative Care Group Inc.

Christopher J. Bartolone MD '85 Gastroenterologist Gastroenterology Associates LLP		Paul C. Nasca MD '78 Podiatrist Kaleida Health

Owen G. Bossman MD '98 Retired		Norma Nowak PhD '79 Director of Science & Technology NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences

James L. Budny MD '70 Associate Professor, Neurosurgery Millard Fillmore Hospital		Roseanne Oliverio '80, MD Silver Lake Medical Imaging, LLC

Grant Cardon, MD Medical Director, Human Health and Performance Lab & Adjunct Faculty, Canisius College		Margaret W. Paroski MD '76 Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Kaleida Health System

Gregory J. Castiglia MD '00 Neurological Surgeon Buffalo Neurosurgery PC		Richard M. Peer MD '65 Immediate Past President NYS Medical Society

Dianna Civello (ex-officio) Director of Development Canisius College		Thomas A. Raab MD '73 Chair, Department of Medicine Mercy Hospital

John C. Corbelli MD '75 Cardiology Buffalo Cardiology and Pulmonary Association		Mary Elizabeth Roehmholdt MD '71 Neurologist Medical Offices of Mary Elizabeth Roehmholdt MD

Margaret M. Eberl '95, MD, MPH Mosher Health Center		Ethelyn A. Rusnak MD '81 Anesthesiologist Veterans Administration Medical Center

Thomas J. Foels MD '77 Physician/Medical Director Independent Health		Daniel P. Schaefer MD '75 Ophthalmologist and Oculoplastic Surgery Daniel P Schaefer MD PC

Dr. James M. T. Foster, MBBS, MBA, FRCPC '05 Chief Medical Officer of Women's and Children's Hospital		Peter Shields '75, MD Orthopaedic Surgeon Excelsior Orthopaedics

Karen F. Giardino, MD Endocrinologist Meadowlands Endocrinology		Ralph C. Sperrazza '68, MD Infertility and Invitro Fertilization Medical Assn. of WNY

Richard N. Gilbert Jr, MD '84 Urologic Surgeon WNY Urology Associates, LLC		Lynn M. Steinbrenner MD '76 Chief of Hematology & Ocology Veterans Administration Medical Center

Kathleen T. Grimm MD '77 Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Quaker Medical Associates		Jeffrey P. Steinig MD '84 Surgeon/General and Vascular Surgery South Towns Surgical Associates

James M. Hassett Jr, MD '66 Department of Surgery/Faculty University at Buffalo		Keith C. Stube, MD Orthopedic Surgeon Knee Center Western New York

Paul C. Holmwood MD '82 Ophthalmologist Eye Care And Vision Associates LLP		Mary L. Turkiewicz MD '80 President Southtowns Radiology Associates

Dr. Ann Marie Jobes '97 Pediatrician Wheatfield Pediatrics		Anthony T. Vetrano MD '81 Pediatrician Century Airport Pediatrics

Dr. Gregory A. Jobes '96 Internal Medicine Buffalo Medical Group PC		Jean Wactawski-Wende '81, PhD School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences University at Buffalo

Peter F. Kowalski MD '82 Family Medicine UB Family Medicine		Paul B. Wirth '84, MD MOHS Micrographic Surgery Dermatology

Lisa C. Kozlowski '84, MD Cardiovascular Diseases Buffalo Cardiology & Pulmonary Associates

The Health Science Advisory and Recommendation Committee (HSARC)is composed of seven members:

Susan Aronica, PhD, associate professor of biology
Jessica Disney, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry
Richard H. Escobales Jr., PhD, professor of mathematics
Laura J. Hechtel, PhD, Director, Pre-Med/Pre-Health program; chair, HSARC; adjunct professor biology
Dr. Terry Mangione, Dean of Student Affairs
James C. Lauffenburger, PhD, chair and professor of physics
Mary C. O'Sullivan, PhD, professor of organic chemistry

Most members have taught and observed the candidates. Additional information is solicited from science and non-science faculty and committee members carefully examine the applicants’ permanent records in order to give as complete and as balanced a report as possible.

The Committee gives a detailed analysis of the factors which determine the category of recommendation offered for each of its candidates in its letters of recommendation. The categories used by the HRAC are:

Exceptional
Very Highly Recommended
Highly Recommended
Recommended
Recommended with Qualification
Not Recommended

The recommendation categories, while relying heavily on scholastic achievement in the undergraduate program, also take into consideration factors which are somewhat more difficult to measure, such as motivation, academic potential, leadership qualities, social adjustment and general character make-up. The committee offers favorable recommendations only for those candidates deemed academically and emotionally capable of succeeding in a health science professional school and ultimately being a credit to their chosen profession.

The recommendation category assigned a given applicant represents the best collective judgment of the committee. For many years, comparisons have been made of the outcomes of our health profession alumni with their recommendations upon leaving Canisius. As a result of these studies, the category, "Exceptional" is reserved for the student from whom we expect an exceptional performance in professional school. On the other hand, the category, "Recommended" means that the candidate is compared with other students from Canisius who have succeeded in graduating from professional school, but in some cases, with irregular progress.