About General Internal Medicine

General Internal Medicine at the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences is a division of the Department of Medicine. It consists of full time, geographic full time, and volunteer faculty at a number of academic medical institutions in the Buffalo area. The division plays a major role in the Internal Medicine Residency Programs affiliated with the University

Historically, internal medicine has been the choice of physicians who enjoy the cognitive aspects of medicine. Internists are medicine's detectives; symptoms and histories are their clues in solving the crimes of disease. To unravel the mysteries of illness, internists need to be familiar with just about every aspect of medicine, and to be able to use that knowledge daily in both intervention and prevention tasks. Your training will lead to an artful mastery of many areas in medicine and to an understanding of the psychosocial processes that affect the course of disease.

While you can count on your career being intellectually stimulating, internal medicine is also personally rewarding. You will get to know your patients well as you guide them through diagnosis, treatment, and convalescence. And you will experience the fulfillment that comes from helping others learn about themselves, and enjoy the gratitude people express to you when they get well.

The unique intellectual and social aspects of internal medicine make it a rewarding and enjoyable career. Welcome!

Charles O. Hershey, MD
General Internal Medicine

Contact:
P: (716) 898-5561
F: (716) 898-3119
E: hershey@buffalo.edu