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Dr. Thomas Russo of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Scien
Dr. Thomas Russo is a SUNY Distinguished Professor and chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at UB’s Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences. <\p> In a time where rumor and misinformation spreads quickly, Dr. Russo is out front providing trusted, data-driven and expert advice on rapidly changing infectious disease issues. <\p>
Nikki O'Dierno of Nova Healthcare
Nikki O’Dierno is the program manager of Clinical Processes and Training at Nova Healthcare, an affiliate company of Independent Health. <\p> She was promoted to her role in January. She previous worked as a case management nurse. <\p>
Michael Mineo of Kaleida Health
Dr. Michael Mineo is the chief medical officer and Executive VP of Kaleida Health. <\p> Dr. Mineo is a board-certified emergency medicine physician and an assistant clinical professor of Emergency Medicine at UB’s medical school. <\p>
Brigid Maloney of Lippes Mathias
Brigid Maloney co-leads the Lippes Mathias health care team, with nine health care law-focused attorneys across 14 offices. <\p> She is about as closely involved with the health care field as one can be without actually practicing medicine. <\p>
Michael Landi of Invision Health
Dr. Michael Landi is the founder, president and CEO of Invision Health. <\p> Dr. Landi has grown the company into a comprehensive health care delivery system that provides the type of care and coordination typically seen in larger hospital settings, but through a private practice environment. <\p>
Michelle Kraus of the McGuire Group
Michelle Kraus is administrator of the McGuire Group’s Autumn View Health Care Facility. <\p> While her titles may have changed over the years, her mission has remained steadfast: to treat others as she'd like to be treated by ensuring the best possible living and working environments. <\p>
Elizabeth Kapral of Erie County Medical Center
Dr. Elizabeth Kapral is the director of special needs sentistry at Erie County Medical Center and an attending dentist in ECMC’s Department of Dentistry, Division of Oral Oncology and Maxillofacial Prosthetics. <\p> Her specialties include oral cancer issues, restorative dentistry and care of patients with developmental disabilities. <\p>
Wesley Hicks Jr. of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Dr. Wesley Hicks Jr. is chairman of Head and Neck Surgery/Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. <\p> He is a leading surgical oncologist who has been practicing medicine for 45 years. <\p>
Elizabeth Harding of Jericho Road Community Health Center
Dr. Elizabeth Harding is a Physician at Jericho Road Community Health Center. <\p> As a family medicine doctor, Harding mostly sees patients from marginalized and underserved communities, many of them refugees or new immigrants who do not speak English. <\p>
Francesca Goodwin-Gidney of Buffalo Clinical Lab Testing Corp.
Francesca Goodwin-Gidney is the executive director of Buffalo Clinical Lab Testing Corp. <\p> After a clinic closure left Lackawanna without a health care option for those who didn’t want to — or couldn’t — travel to Buffalo, Goodwin-Gidney stepped in. <\p>
Kelley Clem of Hospice and Palliative Care Buffalo
Kelley Clem is vice president of clinical education and patient advocacy at Hospice and Palliative Care Buffalo. <\p> Clem got her start in the health care field quite young as a candy striper at Children’s Hospital at age 14. <\p>
Robert Cannata of Spectrum Health & Human Services
Robert Cannata is senior vice president of business development and crisis response services at Spectrum Health & Human Services. <\p> He oversees all emergency services for the agency, including Spectrum Health CARES, a 24/7 response program for youth and families in crisis. <\p>
John Beyer of Catholic Health’s LIFE
John Beyer is president and CEO of Catholic Health’s LIFE program. <\p> As the population continues to age, the work of people like Beyer to help seniors live comfortably in their own homes is more critical than ever. <\p>
Jill Bernstein of Hearing Evaluation Services of Buffalo
Jill Bernstein is the assistant director and a clinical audiologist at Hearing Evaluation Services of Buffalo. <\p> She works to keep the Hearing Evaluation Services offices on the cutting edge of diagnostic audiology procedures. <\p>
Karen Battaglia of People Inc.
Karen Battaglia is a principal psychologist at People Inc. <\p> Her career in the intellectual/developmental disabilities field has spanned 25 years. In her current role she focuses on her true passion — the behavioral and mental health needs of this vulnerable population. <\p>
Amherst company unveils $40 million in plant upgrades
When Wesley Alves started as CEO of Armor-IIMAK in Amherst in 2022, he promised to invest in the local plant. <\p> In the nearly two years since, the company has spent $40 million on robots, automation, equipment, LED lighting and new floors for the facility, which employs about 310. <\p>
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