Contact Us
Welcome to Upstate University Hospital! Medical Staff Services is open from 8 AM to 4 PM weekdays.
Our department primarily telecommutes, but also has on-site offices at:
- 750 East Adams Street, Suite 1100, UH
- 4900 Broad Road, POB North, Suite 4L.
Please get in touch with us if you have any questions before, during, or after you join us!
Main Phone Line: 315-464-5733
Fax: 315-464-8524
Medical Staff Services Team Members

Beth Erwin, CPCS, CPMSM
Director, Medical Staff Services & Quality Project Management
- Bylaws / Bylaws Committee
- Medical Staff Policies
- Medical Executive Committee
- Quality / Medical Staff projects
Phone: 315-399-9200
Office Phone: 315-464-8521

Nicole Cormier, CPCS
Manager
- Credentials Committee
- Antibiotic Stewardship Committee
- Medical Operations Committee
- Credentialing and privileging process
Phone: 315-254-6914
Office Phone: 315-492-5553

Candace Yackel
Administrative Assistant
- Affiliation Verification requests
- Email Medical Staff Services
- Observers
- Rotating PA, NP, CRNA, & Midwifery students (external)
- Proctoring
Office Phone: 315-464-5733
Michelle Endresz
Senior Credentialing Specialist- Department of Medicine (Hospitalists & Internal Medicine)
- Department of Orthopedics
- Department of Neurology
- Find-A-Doc
- Electronic Death Registry System
- Website maintenance
Phone: 315-420-5896
Office Phone: 315-492-5732
Credentialing Coordinator
- Department of Geriatrics
- Department of Urology
- Department of Medicine subspecialty divisions
Phone:
Office Phone: 315-492-5713
Andrea Silva
Credentialing Coordinator (currently in training)
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Department of Radiology
- Department of Family Medicine Practice
Phone: 315-420-1782
Office Phone: 315-492-3684
Colleen Collver
Credentialing Coordinator (currently in training)
- Telemedicine document sharing
- Department of Ophthalmology
- Department of Psychiatry
- Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Office Phone: 315-492-5102
TBD
Credentialing Coordinator
- Department of Anesthesiology
- Department of Emergency Medicine
- Department of Neurosurgery
- Department of Otolaryngology
Phone:
TBD
Credentialing Coordinator
- Department of Surgery
Phone:
TBD
Credentialing Coordinator
- Department of Dental Surgery
- Department of Pediatrics
- Department of Pathology
- Department of Radiation Oncology
Phone: