Clinical And/Or Academic Appointments

• 2010-present -Associate Medical Director - The Center for Hospice & Palliative Care
• 2009- Clinical Instructor, Medicine- University at Buffalo School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
  

• 2008-present - Medical Director - St. John Baptist/ Hospice Buffalo House

• 2006-present - Attending Physician - Center for Hospice and Palliative Care

• 2005-2006 - Endocrinology Consultant - Buffalo Medical Group

• 1991-2005 - Endocrinology Consultant - Head of Endocrinology (2000-2005) - John M. Lore Jr., M.D. - Head and Neck Center of Sisters Hospital

• 1991-1995 - Medical Staff Physician - East Side Health Center, Buffalo, New York

• 1993-1999 - Attending Physician - Department of Medicine - Children’s Hospital of Buffalo

Professional Certification

• Board Certified 1996 - American Board of Internal Medicine
• Board Eligible - Hospice and Palliative Care Medicine
  

• Board Eligible - American Board of Endocrinology and Metabolism

Licensure

• New York

Abstracts

1. Thacore HR, Galindo J, Davis PJ, Davis FB, Farrell M, Kite JH, Schoenl M, Pollina C. Thyroid hormone increases calmodulin and CA2(+)-ATPase mRNA’s in avian skeletal  and cardiac muscle. Proceedings of the 70th Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society, New Orleans, June, 1988  Abstract #359
   

• 1978-1982 - Bachelor of Arts in Biology, D’Youville College, Buffalo, New York

• 1982-1986 - Doctorate in Medicine, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York

Postgraduate Training/Education

• 1986-1988 - Assistant Clinical Instructor Residency Training, Internal Medicine State University at New York at Buffalo Graduate, Medical/Dental Education Consortium

• 1988-1991 - Fellowship in Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Graduate Medical/Dental Education Consortium

• 1991-1992 - Fellowship in Pediatric Endocrinology, Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo, State University of New York at Buffalo, Graduate Medical/Dental Education Consortium
  

Undergraduate Education

• 1978-1982 - Dean’s List Student, Graduated Summa Cum Laude Medical Education
  

• 1984 - Ciba Geigy Award for Outstanding Community Service

• 1984-1985 - Letter of Commendation, Gibson Anatomical Society

• 1986 - Medical Alumni Association, Award (Co-Recipient)
  

Research Experience

• 1983 - SUNY at Buffalo, Department of Family Medicine, Clinical research project with investigating correlation between cardiovascular disease and different risk factors in an indigent, minority patient population.

• 1987 - SUNY at Buffalo, Department of Endocrinology investigation of the effect of thyroid hormone on calmodulin and calcium ATPase and mRNAs in avian skeletal and cardiac muscle.
• Development of a bioassay for the measurement of calmodulin.
  

Publications

1. Davis FB, Smith TJ, Davis PJ, Lawrence WD, Ryan AJ r., Farrell MO, Blas SD.  Sex- dependent inhibition by retinoic acid of thyroid-hormone action on rabbit reticulocyte  CA2(+) –ATPase activity. Biochem J 1991; 273:489-492
2. Lore’, John M. Jr., and Jesus Medina, ed. An Atlas of Head and Neck Surgery. 4th ed. St Louis: Elsevier, 2004. Contributing Author. Chapter 18, Endocrine Surgery.