NRMP Match Number: 3099320C0

Program Name: University at Buffalo Program in Pediatrics

Program Director: Lorna K. Fitzpatrick, M.D. (lfitzpatrick@upa.chob.edu)

Residency Program Coordinator: Celeste M. Farley (cfarley@upa.chob.edu)

Assistant Program Coordinator: Corey J. Pietrzak (cpietrzak@upa.chob.edu)

Start Date: June 22, 2009 (This begins the required orientation week for new house staff.)

First Day of Service: Monday, June 29, 2009

Length of Program: 3 years

Number of PL-1/PGY-1 positions: 15

Total Number of Residents in Our Program: 47

Application Process: Applications will be accepted only via ERAS; no paper applications will be considered for the 2007-2008 academic year.  All candidates must participate in the NRMP Match.  Interviews are held by invitation only from November 2008 through January 2009.

References Required: Dean’s Letter and transcript, three professional references (if possible, one should be from a pediatric chairman or from the head of a clinical service on which you recently served).

Application Deadline: November 1, 2008

The listing of an applicant by a program on its certified rank order list or of a program by an applicant on the applicant's certified rank order list establishes a binding commitment to offer or to accept an appointment if a match results. Each such appointment is subject to the official policies of the appointing institution in effect on the date the program submits its rank order list and is contingent upon the matching applicant meeting all eligibility requirements imposed by those policies.

Incoming residents are paid by University Medical Resident Services, P.C. (UMRS).  A sample copy of the contract is available online:

UMRS Medical Resident Employment Contract