Email this pageGreater Rochester Practice-Based Research Network (GR-PBRN)
The Greater Rochester Practice-Based Research Network (GR-PBRN) was established in 2007 to bring together primary 
care clinician and researchers in a collaborative model designed to improve patient care and outcomes.Our collective efforts include research initiatives with all populations, where science can translate to better care.
We currently have 75 practices in our network, including 40 pediatric practices, 14 family medicine practices, 17 internal medicine practices, and 4 med/peds practices. Our member practices represent more than 200,000 adults (about 30% of Monroe County) and 150,000 children (80% of Monroe County). Member practices can choose to participate or not participate in any project, based on the individual needs and interests of the practice.
What is a Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN)?
A Practice-Based Research Network is a group of separate practices that collaborate with each other and often with researchers to ask and answer clinical and organizational questions central to primary care.
If your practice is interested in joining the GR-PBRN, or you are a researcher interested in practice-based research, please contact the GR-PBRN.
Click here to view the PBRN Researcher, the newsletter of the Greater Rochester Practice-Based Research Network
Who we are
Executive Committee & Staff
Peter Szilagyi, MD MPH
Co-Director of GR-PBRN
Chief, Division of General Pediatrics
Kevin Fiscella, MD, MPH
Co-Director of GR-PBRN
Associate Professor of Family Medicine
Karen Gibson, MSEd, NCC
Network Coordinator, GR-PBRN
Thomas McInerny, MD
Associate Chair, Pediatrics
Thomas L. Campbell, MD
Chair, Dept. of Family Medicine
Carlos Swanger, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Steering Committee
Our Steering Committee is comprised of practicing community doctors in primary care, representing independent practices and multiple local health systems.
John Andolina, MD
Clinton Medical Associates
Philip Bonanni, MD
Assoc. Chair of Medicine, Unity Health
James L. Budd, MD
Twelve Corners Internal Medicine
John K. Chamberlain, MD
Ridgewood Med-Peds
John F. Cox III, MD
Clinton Medical Associates
Joseph A. DiPaola Jr., MD
Ridgeview Internal Medicine Group
Paul S. Frame, MD
Tri-County Family Medicine
Anne B. Francis, MD
Elmwood Pediatric Group
Raj B. Kachoria, MD
Kachoria Family Practice
Edward D. Lewis, MD
Lewis Pediatrics
Sanford J. Mayer, MD
Twelve Corners Pediatrics
Michael Nazar, MD
VP of Primary Care, Unity Health
Betty Rabinowitz, MD
Clinton Medical Associates
Heidi R. Zinkand, MD
Westside Health Services
Contact Us
If you are interested in joining the GR-PBRN, or if you’re a researcher interested in conducting practice-based research, please contact us.
Greater Rochester Practice-Based Research Network (GR-PBRN)
Center for Community Health
Karen Gibson, MSEd, NCC
Network Coordinator
46 Prince St
Rochester, NY 14607
(585) 224-3085 (phone)
(585) 442-7936 (fax)
karen_gibson@urmc.rochester.edu
