Our Team

Trauma Program

Trauma Program Director

• Mark Gestring, M.D.

Trauma Program Manager

• William Hallinan, R.N., M.S.

Trauma Performance Improvement Coordinator

• Gina Ryan, RN, BSN

Trauma Registrars

• Stacie Baker
• Beverly Overacker
• Michelle East

Trauma Injury Prevention/Outreach Coordinator

• Francis Manzo

Physicians

• Paul E. Bankey, M.D., Ph.D.
• Julius Cheng, M.D., M.P.H.
• Mark Gestring, M.D.
• Peter Papadakos, M.D.
• Yan Qi, M.D.
• Ayodele T. Sangosanya, M.D.
• Nicole A. Stassen, M.D.

Advanced Practice Nurses

• Maria Chennell, R.N., F.N.P.
• Sabrina Fisher, R.N., A.N.P.
• Susan Frederick, R.N., F.N.P.
• Crystal Regis, R.N., F.N.P.

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:

• Trauma and emergency surgery
• Burn surgery
• Emergency medicine
• Orthopaedic surgery
• Neurosurgery
• Pharmacy
• Spine surgery
• Vascular surgery
• Interventional radiology
• Comprehensive rehabilitation