Statement from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences regarding medical resident salaries

“The Jacobs School supports salary increases and improvements to the educational and working conditions for our medical residents, and we will continue to advocate for these shared objectives, just as we have effectively done over the past several years,” said Gregory S. Cherr, MD, senior associate dean for graduate medical education at the Jacobs School. 

“Although neither UB nor the Jacobs School are the legal entity responsible for negotiations with the medical residents, we remain hopeful that these negotiations will progress to ensure that our medical residents continue to benefit from a first-class learning environment and are compensated fairly and competitively. 

“As this situation resolves, we can assure our medical residents that the Jacobs School is committed to providing them with outstanding educational opportunities, training, and experiences. We also will continue to offer exceptional medical residency and fellowship programs that attract the most talented and humanistic medical residents nationwide to the Jacobs School and Western New York.”

For clarification, residents and fellows are not employed by UB or the Jacobs School. Medical residents and fellows in UB-sponsored residency training programs are employed by University Medical Resident Services, P.C. (UMRS).  The National Labor Relations Board identified UMRS as the employer and negotiator of record. Accordingly, UB and its hospital partners are not parties to the negotiations. UMRS has retained outside legal counsel to assist in the negotiations.