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Our Team

Trauma Education & Outreach Team Truck

Surgeons

Mark Gestring, M.D., Division Chief
Paul E. Bankey, M.D., Ph.D.
Julius Cheng, M.D., M.P.H.
Michael J. Nabozny, M.D.
Yanjie Qi, M.D.
Michael Rotondo, M.D., Chief Executive Officer, UR Medical Faculty Group
Ayodele T. Sangosanya, M.D.
Nicole A. Stassen, M.D.
Michael Vella, MD, MBA, Trauma Medical Director

Trauma Team

Derek Wakeman, M.D., Pediatric Trauma Medical Director
Kate Dellonte, R.N., B.S.N., M.B.A., Trauma Performance Improvement Coordinator
Frank Manzo, M.S.N., A.C.N.P., E.M.T.-P. , Trauma Program Manager
Lauren Wittman, R.N., B.S.N., CCRN-CMC, TCRN, Pediatric Trauma Program Manager
Adam Oplinger, B.S., R.N., C.E.N., Trauma Injury Prevention/Outreach Coordinator
Becky Chatt, R.N., M.S., Trauma Program Educator
Brooke Streiff, M.H.A., Trauma Program Administrator

Advanced Practice Providers

Ondrea Carpentieri, N.P.
Nichole Coleman, N.P.
Leah Green, N.P.
Andrea Masiello, N.P.
Caitlin Randall, N.P.
Jake Privitera, P.A.
Zach Woughter, P.A.

Trauma Registrars

Stacie Gell, CAISS
Abby Rothwell
Margaret Vercruysse, L.P.N.
Rachael Podsiadlo, R.N.

Multidisciplinary Team Approach

The Kessler Trauma Center has one of the largest and most comprehensive, multidisciplinary trauma care teams in Western New York. As a tertiary referral center, patients at the Trauma Center receive immediate access to specialists from a wide range of disciplines, including: