2011 Annual Report - United Memorial Medical Center

Physician Recruitment
aving access to primary and specialty physician
services is an important component of
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creating quality healthcare right at home. As the
region’s healthcare resource, United Memorial
owns and manages a number of physician practices,
as well as assists in the recruitment of experienced
healthcare providers to our area.
In 2011, United Memorial provided primary care
services at Batavia Family Care, Byron Family
Care, and Tountas Family Care in LeRoy. Services
at the Tonawanda Seneca Nation are managed by
UMMC through a contractual agreement with
New York State. United Memorial provides convenient
leased office space to a number of physician
specialists and
The completion of the expansion project in 2010
created one of Western New York’s most advanced
surgical centers and assisted in attracting new,
highly experienced general surgeons to United
Memorial. In 2011, Dr. Anthony DiBenedetto and
Dr. Rabie Stephan joined Dr. Anthony Froix in the
Surgical Associates practice as general surgeons.
By working collaboratively with the larger medical
center, Rochester General, United Memorial was
able to provide the residents of our region with
skilled surgeons with broad clinical expertise.
In July, Medina Memorial Hospital in Orleans
County announced that they would no longer provide
maternity services. Through a unique agreement
between the hospitals, United Memorial assumed
management of Women’s Health Services.
Obstetrician and Gynecologists, Dr. Courtenay
Diehl and Dr. Michele Odrobina, and Certified
Nurse Midwife Kim Danser, joined the UMMC
Medical Staff. By the end of the year, Women’s
Health in Medina and United Memorial’s
Women’s Care Center fully merged into one practice
with offices in Batavia and Medina. Women in