Officers

President

Michael Terranova, MD, FAAP


Pediatrics

Lancaster Depew Pediatrics

Vice President

Natalka Stachiw, MD

Otolaryngology



President-Elect

Michael Merrill, MD, MS, MS, MBA


Internal Medicine



Treasurer

Richard Carlson Jr., MD


Geriatrics & Internal Medicine

Sheridan Medical Group

 

Immediate Past President

Iris R. Danziger, MD


Otolaryngology

Southgate Amherst ENT  





Secretary
Dr. Nora Meaney-Elman, MD

Concierge Medicine Specialist


Executive Board

 

Gale Burstein, MD, MPH,

Chair, Public Health


Pediatrics
Erie County Health Commissioner




Jennifer Carlson, LMSW, Co-Chair, Practice Management Committee 

Social Work


Richard Carlson Jr., MD, Chair, Practice Management Committee 

Geriatrics & Internal Medicine 


Julia Faller, DO, MS, Co-Chair, Health Equity Committee 

Anesthesiology 


John Fudyma, MD, MPH, FACP, Co-Chair, Bylaws Committee 

Internal Medicine 

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Renuka Iyer, MD, Chair, New Physicians Committee 

Oncology


Alan Klitzke, MD, FACNM, FACR, Co-Chair, Legislative Committee

Diagnostic Radiology 


John Kraus, Chair, Student Representative

University at Buffalo Medical Student


Lindsay Lipinski, MD, FAANS, FACS, Chair, Women's Physician Committee

Neurology 



Raymond V. Paolini Jr., MD 

Chair, Delegates to MSSNY

Past President 


Otolaryngology




John Gillespie, MD

Co-Chair, Nominating Committee


Cardiology



Robert Perry, MD, Chair, Ethics Committee 

Plastic Surgery 


Stacey Watt, MD, MBA, MHPE, FASA

8th District Councilor


Chief of Service for the Dept. of Anesthesiology

Kaleida Health



Matthew Rivera, MD, Co-Chair, Health Equity Committee 

Primary Care 



Past Presidents

Bylaws: Dr. Stacey Watt, Dr. John Fudyma (Co-Chairs)

Diversity and Equity: Dr. Matthew Rivera; Dr. Julia Faller (Co-Chairs)

Ethics: Dr. Robert Perry (Chair)

Health Law: Dr. Raymond Paolini (Chair)

Legislative: Dr. John Fudyma, Dr. Alan Klitzke (Co-Chairs)

New Physicians: Dr. Renuka Iyer (Chair)

Nominations (2025): Dr. Stacey Watt, Dr. Iris Danziger (Co-Chairs)

Public Health: Dr. Gale Burstein (Chair)

Practice Management: Dr. Richard Carlson (Chair)

Women Physicians: Dr. Lindsay Lipinski (Chair)

District 8 Liaison: Dr. John Gillespie (Chair)

Student Representative: John Kraus (Chair)


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