Canisius College

Health Science Advisory and Recommendation Committee

2007 Outcomes Report (Adobe Acrobat .pdf)

Medical Advisory Board

Mark J. Lema MD, PhD ’71, chair
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Dr. George E. Schreiner Pre-Med Center
Professor and Chair of Anesthesiology

Marguerite D. Kermis, PhD ‘72, program director

Jeffrey L. Amodeo Sr, MD '96 Surgeon Frontier Surgical Associates Incorporated		Dr. Gregory A. Jobes '96 Internal Medicine  Buffalo Medical Group PC
Christopher J. Bartolone MD '85 Gastroenterologist Gastroenterology Associates LLP		Dr. Ann Marie Jobes '97 Pediatrician  Wheatfield Pediatrics
Owen G. Bossman MD '98 Physician Buffalo Medical Group PC		Marguerite D. Kermis PhD '72 Professor of psychology and Director of Pre-Med program Canisius College
James L. Budny MD '70 Neurosurgeon Millard Fillmore Hospital		Peter F. Kowalski MD '82 Physician  Louis Lazar Family Medical Center
Dr. Andrew Cappuccino '00 Orthopedic Surgeon of the Spine Buffalo Spine Surgery		Dr. Steven J. Lana '00 Pediatrician  Delaware Pediatric Associates
Dr. Helen Cappuccino '00 Assistant Clincal Professor Roswell Park Cancer Institute		Mark J. Lema MD, PhD '71 Professor  SUNY Buffalo
Gregory J. Castiglia MD '00 Neurological Surgeon Buffalo Neurosurgery PC		Kathleen A. Lillis MD '82 Clinical Associate Professor  Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo
Dominic A. Cimato MD '84 Physician of Osteopathic Medicine/Program Director Buffalo Medical Group PC		Martin C. Mahoney MD, PhD '83 Chairman/Department of Clinical Prevention  Roswell Park Cancer Institute
James T. Conway MD '76 Assistant Professor of Medicine  University at Buffalo		Paul C. Nasca MD '78 Podiatrist Office of Paul C Nasca DPM
John C. Corbelli MD '75 Cardiology  Buffalo Cardiology and Pulmonary Association		Norma Nowak PhD '79 Director of Scientific Planning  University at Buffalo
Bruce Cusenz MD '00 Physician/Plastic Surgeon  Office of Dr Bruce Cusenz		Margaret W. Paroski MD '76 Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Kaleida Health System
Gerald E. Daigler MD '64 Chief/Pediatric Medical Education (Retired)  Women’s & Children’s Hospital of Buffalo		Richard M. Peer MD '65 President/Medical Society  State of New York
Amy P. Early MD '00 Oncologist  Buffalo Medical Group PC		Ethelyn A. Rusnak MD '81 Anesthesiologist  Veterans Administration Medical Center
Margaret M. Eberl MD '95 Clinical Instructor/National Research Services Award Fellow SUNY Department of Family Medicine		Daniel P. Schaefer MD '75 Ophthalmologist and Oculoplastic Surgery  Daniel P Schaefer MD PC
Thomas J. Foels MD '77 Physician/Medical Director  Independent Health		Lynn M. Steinbrenner MD '76 Chief of Hematology and Ocology  Veterans Administration Medical Center
Andrew P. Giacobbe MD '82 Plastic Surgeon  Medical Office of Andrew P. Giacobbe		Jeffrey P. Steinig MD '84 Surgeon/General and Vascular Surgery  South Towns Surgical Associates
Richard N. Gilbert Jr, MD '84 Urologic Surgeon  WNY Urology Associates, LLC		Mary L. Turkiewicz MD '80 Dept of Radiology Chairman St Joseph Hospital President SRA Southtowns Radiology Associates
James M. Hassett Jr, MD '66 Department of Surgery/Faculty  University at Buffalo		Anthony T. Vetrano MD '81 Pediatrician Century Airport Pediatrics
Laura L. Heimback-Graham MD '77 Pediatrician  Women’s & Children’s Hospital of Buffalo		Paul C. Holmwood MD '82 Ophthalmologist  Eye Care And Vision Associates LLP

Dianna Civello
College Relations (ex officio)
Canisius College  

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

• James C. Lauffenburger, PhD, chair and professor of physics
• Richard H. Escobales Jr., PhD, professor of mathematics
• David J. Greenman, professor of English
• Mary C. O'Sullivan, PhD, professor of organic chemistry
• Susan Aronica, PhD, associate professor of biology
• Jessica Childs-Disney, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry
• Marguerite D. Kermis, PhD, director, Pre-Med program; chair, HSARC; professor of psychology

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.