NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Kaleida Health

An acute care hospital in Buffalo, New York, with an emergency department. CMS rates it 3 of 5 overall. 193 clinicians list an affiliation with it in the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file.

CMS Hospital General Information, downloaded May 19, 2026; CMS Doctors and Clinicians file · method · Hospital data on CMS.gov →

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CMS overall star rating 3 of 5 Average

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Facility details

  • CMS Certification Number330005
  • LocationBuffalo, New York
  • TypeAcute Care Hospitals
  • OwnershipVoluntary non-profit - Private
  • Emergency servicesYes
  • Affiliated clinicians193 in 47 specialties

This page uses 5,432 CMS Hospital Care Compare records, with NPPES affiliation context where available. Every figure is traceable in the methodology.

Family Nurse Practitioner is the largest affiliated group

  1. Family Nurse Practitioner20
  2. Adult Health Nurse Practitioner16
  3. Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician16
  4. Surgery Physician14
  5. Diagnostic Radiology Physician13
  6. Internal Medicine Physician11
  7. Pulmonary Disease Physician8
  8. Physician Assistant7
  9. Psychiatry Physician7
  10. Neurology Physician7

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, clinicians by primary specialty.

Clinicians affiliated with Kaleida Health

  1. Nicholas SalernoFoot & Ankle Surgery PodiatristMIPS 100
  2. Thomas Zervos, M.D.Neurological Surgery PhysicianMIPS 100
  3. Lars-Kristofer Peterson, MDCritical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) PhysicianMIPS 99
  4. George Radich, MDDiagnostic Radiology PhysicianMIPS 97
  5. Daniel Woo, MDNeurology PhysicianMIPS 96
  6. Carina Alfaro-Franco, MS MD FACCCardiovascular Disease PhysicianMIPS 94
  7. Steven Awner, MDOphthalmology PhysicianMIPS 94
  8. Melissa Azaula, MDPediatric Rehabilitation Medicine PhysicianMIPS 94
  9. Yogesh Bakhai, MDPsychiatry PhysicianMIPS 94
  10. Sarah Barclay, FNP-BCFamily Nurse PractitionerMIPS 94
  11. Manav Batra, MBBSEndocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism PhysicianMIPS 94
  12. Cynthia Beatty, MDNeurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology PhysicianMIPS 94
  13. Sarah Berga, M.D.Reproductive Endocrinology PhysicianMIPS 94
  14. Alan Bolnick, MDMaternal & Fetal Medicine PhysicianMIPS 94
  15. Jay Bolnick, MDMaternal & Fetal Medicine PhysicianMIPS 94
  16. Thomas Brewer, D.O.Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) PhysicianMIPS 94
  17. John Butsch, M.D.Surgery PhysicianMIPS 94
  18. Lucy Campbell, MDCritical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) PhysicianMIPS 94
  19. Maria Cartagena, M.D.Psychiatry PhysicianMIPS 94
  20. Ajay Chaudhuri, MDEndocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism PhysicianMIPS 94
  21. Chia-Hui Chen, FNPFamily Nurse PractitionerMIPS 94
  22. Harris Chengazi, M.D.Vascular & Interventional Radiology PhysicianMIPS 94
  23. Marilou Ching, MDNeurology PhysicianMIPS 94
  24. Selvakumar Chockalingam, M.D.Cardiovascular Disease PhysicianMIPS 94
  25. Omar Chohan, D.O.Vascular & Interventional Radiology PhysicianMIPS 94
  26. Kristopher Clark, M.D.Pulmonary Disease PhysicianMIPS 94
  27. Gerald Colern, N.P.Adult Health Nurse PractitionerMIPS 94
  28. Nicole Converso, PA-CPhysician AssistantMIPS 94
  29. Renee Creamer, NURSE PRACTITIONERNurse PractitionerMIPS 94
  30. Nicholas Cromwell, MDGynecology PhysicianMIPS 94

Up to 30, those with a Medicare MIPS score first. Open a record for the full profile.

What this data shows

The profile above reads Kaleida Health entirely through federal records, so it is worth knowing what each figure can and cannot tell you. The CMS Hospital Overall Rating shown here as 3 of 5 stars is a composite that blends mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, and timely and effective care measures into a single number, which means two hospitals with the same star count can differ sharply on the measures a particular patient cares about most, such as surgical complication rates or how a unit handles a specific condition. The ownership type, facility category, and emergency services flag describe the operating model rather than the quality of any single department, and the 193 affiliated clinicians listed are providers who report a Medicare billing relationship with this CCN, not a guarantee that a given doctor practices here today. For care decisions, treat these numbers as a starting map, then confirm specifics with the facility, your insurer, and your own physician. See CMS Care Compare for measure-level detail and the methodology behind the star rating at CMS, and verify any individual clinician through the CMS NPI Registry.

Data sources

  • CMS Hospital General Information: identity, type, ownership, rating, emergency services, downloaded May 19, 2026 (data.cms.gov)
  • CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File: clinician affiliations (data.cms.gov)
  • CMS NPI Registry (NPPES): clinician identity (npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov)
  • CMS Quality Payment Program (MIPS): clinician quality scores (data.cms.gov)

A directory of public government data, not medical advice or a recommendation. A CMS rating here does not imply one. Ask your own physician and contact the hospital directly.

Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 19, 2026.