Our Team

Trauma Program

Trauma Program Director

• Mark Gestring, M.D.

Trauma Program Manager

• William Hallinan, RN, MSBA

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

• Nick VanStaalduinen, RN

Trauma Registrars

• Stacie Gell, CAISS
• Abby Rothwell
• Margaret Vercruysse, LPN

Trauma Program Administrative Assistant

• Brooke Streiff

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

Advanced Practice Providers

• Ondrea Carpentieri, NP
• Leah Green, NP
• Andrea Masiello, NP
• Frank Manzo, 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