University at Buffalo Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a small, longstanding (established 1981) academic Med-Peds program in Buffalo, NY that selects only four residents per year, producing a low resident-to-faculty ratio and an explicitly individualized, mentorship-driven training model. Clinical training spans urban academic hospitals, community clinics, a specialty cancer research center, and a VA facility, exposing residents to socioeconomically diverse adult and pediatric populations from the outset, with residents serving as principal continuity providers beginning in PGY-1. A four-year mentored, longitudinal research project (with a structured national research curriculum culminating in PGY-4 presentation) and continuity-clinic-based QI projects are required of all residents, reflecting a scholarly expectation layered onto a primary-care-dominant training identity. The program states that most graduates enter primary care practice, with a subset pursuing subspecialty fellowships, and it emphasizes an open, supportive faculty culture over volume-driven subspecialty pipeline production.