2022-2023 Branch Officers
President: Mark Hicar, M.D., Ph.D.
Attending Physician, Division of Infectious Disease, Oishei Children’s Hospital
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY
President Elect: Patricia Diaz-Moreno, DDS, Ph.D.
Professor, University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine
Department of Oral Biology
Immediate Past President: Oscar Gomez, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Oishei Children’s Hospital
Associate Professor Department of Pediatrics
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Secretary-Treasurer: Lynn Connors, B.S, MT (ASCP)
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnical and Clinical Laboratory Science,
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY
Councilor and ASM COMS Representative: Elaine Haase, Ph.D., MT(ASCP)
Research Associate Professor, University at Buffalo
School of Dental Medicine, Division of Oral Biology
Planning Committee: Oscar Gomez, Mark Hicar, Lynn Connors, Elaine Haase, Diane Dryja, John Crane, Peter Trabold, Kelly Cycon, Jean Myers, Cara Clementi, Patricia Diaz-Moreno
Webmaster: Jean Myers, B.A., I(ASCP)