BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Western New York healthcare workers joined community leaders Friday in Niagara Square to protest Governor Kathy Hochul's proposed healthcare cuts. Governor Hochul's proposed budget contains millions of dollars in cuts to health services and...
Eighty-plus hour work weeks, no child care benefits or retirement plans and salaries that come out to below minimum wage are the conditions 831 University at Buffalo resident physicians say they’re working under, and they want things to change. "These people are the...
It was a noteworthy week for the more than 800 union-represented resident doctors and fellows at University at Buffalo. The group, represented by Union of American Physicians and Dentists, held a news conference Wednesday to "alert the community about UB and area...
Resident physicians at the University at Buffalo (UB), represented by the Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD), will hold a press conference on Wednesday, February 21, 2024, at 2 p.m. at the Wyndham Garden Buffalo Downtown (2nd floor conference room) to...
"Our goal is to make the general public aware," Armin Tadayyon, MD, MBA, an anesthesiology resident at UB and union member, told MedPage Today. "The general public thinks doctors are rich, but they have no idea what a resident physician is. We put it out there...
Dr. O'Sullivan is a resident and splits his time between Buffalo General, Oishei Children's Hospital and ECMC. He works overnights and sometimes around the clock. "I remember specifically one time I finished 24 hours in the trauma ICU at ECMC and I got the call 'hey...