University at Buffalo: 4 Clinical faculty resigned

[randrand33]

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This morning, four faculty provided letters of resignation to the University, leaving no full time clinical faculty to provide teaching in a clinical environment as of 10/31/12. This represents approximately 90% of the clinical experience.

As the program director was one of the resigning faculty, and the program administrator resigned as well, the logical contact person to direct questions to would be the office of the Chair of Dermatology.

As of now, there is no clear plan how the roll these clinical faculty provided will be fulfilled.

 

[doc MD]

This morning, four faculty provided letters of resignation to the University, leaving no full time clinical faculty to provide teaching in a clinical environment as of 10/31/12. This represents approximately 90% of the clinical experience.

As the program director was one of the resigning faculty, and the program administrator resigned as well, the logical contact person to direct questions to would be the office of the Chair of Dermatology.

As of now, there is no clear plan how the roll these clinical faculty provided will be fulfilled.

wow....

 

[Poetic Silence]

Why did they resign?

 

[Hoser]

Woah. I interviewed there and there weren't many full time faculty to begin with. Very curious about what prompted the mass resignations. Crazy.

 

[dermathalon]

Very unfortunate and I really feel for the current residents and incoming residents. Are they going to be moved to other programs to help them complete their training?

 

[pupster]

Very unfortunate and I really feel for the current residents and incoming residents. Are they going to be moved to other programs to help them complete their training?

One of the private practice physicians affiliated w/ the program is going to see what he can do to help save it.

 

[Rational]

Any update on what's happening at Buffalo? I hope it has been resolved.

 

[Anonymous99]

Any word on the future of the program?

 

[yourstruly]

Any word on the future of the program?

Bump.

Anybody know anything about this...?

 

[WaylonS]

It looks like the program withdrew accreditation

https://www.acgme.org/ads/Public/Re...ntYear=2013&SpecialtyId=8&AcademicYearId=2012

 

[DermViser]

Thought this was an interesting find. I wonder if they were every able to replace the faculty that did all the teaching.
http://www.buffalonews.com/city-reg...ency-programs-slapped-with-probation-20130810

Dermatologists resign

In the dermatology program, four physicians – with affiliations at Roswell Park, Veterans Hospital and Women & Children’s Hospital – resigned last year after a new director arrived and made changes.

The four did much of the teaching.

“There was a new chairman, and he desired to move in a new direction. The core group that was there disagreed with how he was governing the department,” said Dr. Victor Filadora, chief of Roswell Park’s Department of Perioperative Medicine and associate dean of graduate medical education at UB.

Efforts are under way to recruit new teaching physicians and regain accreditation in time for a new class of residents next year, Berger said.

Among other issues, the program that had been run with Roswell Park lacked enough research in general dermatology, UB officials said. There also were differences of opinion on how to manage the program with nine residents.

UB has submitted an application for a restructured program that is under review.

The loss of the program caused problems elsewhere, including Veterans Hospital.

Two dermatologists there left to set up a private practice, forcing the facility to find alternative services for patients until new doctors can be recruited. Without residents to teach, the job in the hospital was not as meaningful and the workload was bigger, officials said.

“For doctors, the residency made the experience of working here more interesting,” said Evangeline Conley, the hospital spokeswoman.