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The Jefferson Family Medicine Center opened in November 2005 and
is our newest residency site. This track of our residency program
serving Buffalo's East Side neighborhoods has moved twice since it's
inception Vinod Patel, M.D., Medical Director Family Medicine residents in the Buffalo General Hospital System
are always treated with a high level of respect. Subspecialty rounds
are taught by cardiology, pulmonary, neurology, radiology, clinical
pharmacy, psychiatry, gastroenterology and hospice.
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as our first UB Family Medicine residency training site
in 1969. The center’s staff is committed to providing comprehensive
health care to the surrounding community of mostly low-income African-American
families. This community based ambulatory facility has thirteen
examination rooms and one procedure room. This busy practice exposes
residents to the full spectrum of urban health problems, with a particular
focus on the health consequences of the medically 
underserved. A
number of procedures are performed on site, including flexible sigmoidoscopy,
colposcopy, cryotherapy, non-stress testing and minor surgery. An
attending gastroenterologist does weekly GI consults and trains residents
in flex-sig.
All information © 2005, UB Department of Family Medicine unless otherwise noted.