URMC / Burn & Trauma Center / Trauma Center / Our Team Our Team Trauma Program Trauma Program Director Michael Vella, MD, MBA Trauma Program Manager Frank Manzo, MSN, ACNP, EMT-P Pediatric Trauma Medical Director Derek Wakeman, MD Pediatric Trauma Program Manager Lauren Wittman, RN, BSN, CCRN-CMC, TCRN Trauma Performance Improvement Coordinator Kate Dellonte, RN, BSN, MBA Trauma Program Educator Becky Chatt, RN, MS Trauma Injury Prevention/Outreach Coordinator Adam Oplinger, BS, RN, CEN Trauma Registrars Stacie Gell, CAISS Abby Rothwell Margaret Vercruysse, LPN Rachael Podsiadlo, RN Trauma Program Administrator Brooke Streiff, MHA Physicians Mark Gestring, M.D. Paul E. Bankey, M.D., Ph.D. Julius Cheng, M.D., M.P.H. Michael J. Nabozny, M.D. Peter Papadakos, M.D. Yanjie Qi, M.D. Ayodele T. Sangosanya, M.D. Nicole A. Stassen, M.D. Michael Vella, MD, MBA Michael Nabozny, M.D. Advanced Practice Providers Ondrea Carpentieri, NP Leah Green, NP Andrea Masiello, NP Caitlin Randall, NP Jake Privitera, PA Zach Woughter, PA 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