Patient Safety Research Center

Introduction To The Center

Founded in 2001, the Patient Safety Research Center has been contributing towards reducing the huge national burden of medical errors through the creation of local cultures of safety through educational and research programs. These programs use innovative methodologies of collaborative multidisciplinary team-based safety measurement and enhancement. Several manuscripts have been published and numerous presentations have been given at national and international meetings, including an award-winning presentation in the Center’s first year of existence. We have made several invited presentations in Europe and the USA. Through these efforts, the Patient Safety Research Center has become internationally recognized for its research and development activities that are viewed as being the cutting edge. The Director and Associate Director have been invited to serve as Consultants to national and international task forces on medical errors in primary care. The center has been awarded research grants from various national foundations and training grants (at both Pre-Doc and Residency levels) from the Dept. of Health and Human Services. In addition, the Center is competing strongly and successfully for funding from Agency for Health Research and Quality (AHRQ) and National Institute of Health (NIH).

The Patient Safety Team (left to right): Ranjit Singh, Reva Fish, Renee Kee,
Gurdev Singh, Diana Anderson, Elizabeth McLean-Plunkett and Angela Wisniewski

(Photo by Doug Levere)

Patient Safety Matters
PowerPoint presentations on:

Why patient safety matters

How we deal with these matters
Patient Safety Training

Key Individuals in the Team of the Center

Ranjit Singh	MB BChir MA (Cantab) MBA	Associate Director, Patient Safety Research Center, Medical Director, SNF, Erie County Medical Center, Associate Professor of Clinical Family Medicine.

Diana Anderson	EdM	Program Manager, Primary Care Research Institute, Dept. of Family Medicine.

Elizabeth McLean-Plunkett	MA (Anthropology)	Practice Enhancement Associate, Primary Care Research Institute, Dept. of Family Medicine.

John Taylor	MBA	Executive Director Primary Care Research Institute

Bruce Naughton	MD	Director, Geriatric Center of Excellence, Head, Division of Geriatrics, Dept of Medicine

Swarna Gaddam	MBBS	Research Assistant, UB Patient Safety Research Center

Sameer Gunukula	BMMS	Research Assistant, UB Patient Safety Research Center

Chester Fox	MD	Medical Director, Gold Choice, Director, Upstate NY Practice-Based Research Network.

Angela Wisniewski	PharmD	Assistant Professor, School of Pharmacy.

Denise Pikuzinski	BA	Administrative Officer, Primary Care Research Institute, Dept. of Family Medicine.

Saburo Okazaki	MD	Research Assistant, Primary Care Research Institute, Dept. of Family Medicine.

Renee Cadzow	PhD	Research Assistant Professor, Primary Care Research Institute, Dept. of Family Medicine.

Sonjoy Singh	MB BChir, MA (Cantab) MRCGP	Partner Niagara Family Medicine Associates

Tim Servoss	MA	Research Associate (Statistics) Department of Family Medicine

Ashok Singh	MB BChir MA (Cantab)	Assoc Director, Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, Family Medicine Residency Program

Andrew Danzo		Director of Development, Department of Family Medicine, Associate Editor, Journal of Rural Health.

Thomas Rosenthal	MD	Professor and Chair, Dept. of Family Medicine, Director, NY State AHEC, Editor, Journal of Rural Health.

Gurdev Singh	MScEng PhD (Birm)	Director, Patient Safety Research Center, Dept of Family Medicine