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, MBA, 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
- 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 (Initial Applications)
- Department of Medicine (Hospitalists & Internal Medicine)
- Department of Orthopedics
- Department of Neurology
- Division of Dental Surgery
- Department of Family Medicine Practice
- Find-A-Doc
- Electronic Death Registry System
- Website maintenance
Phone: 315-420-5896
Office Phone: 315-492-5732
Data Coordinator
- Practitioner Data Committee
- Tableau Data Review
- Medical Staff Data
Office Phone: TBD

Credentialing Coordinator (Re-applications)
- Department of Anesthesiology
- Department of Emergency Medicine
- Department of Geriatrics
- Department of Medicine
Phone: 315-416-0717
Office Phone: 315-492-5713
Andrea Silva
Credentialing Coordinator (Re-applications)
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Department of Radiology
- Department of Family Medicine Practice
- Department of Psychiatry
- Department of Surgery
Phone: 315-420-1782
Office Phone: 315-492-3684
Sam Rakowski
Credentialing Coordinator (Initial Applications)
- Department of Neurosurgery
- Department of Ophthalmology
- Department of Psychiatry
- Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Department of Emergency Medicine
Office Phone: 315-480-4545
Credentialing Coordinator (Initial Applications)
- Department of Urology
- Department of Medicine (other than Hospitalists and Internal Medicine)
- Department of Geriatrics
- Department of Otolaryngology
- Department of Pathology
- Department of Pediatrics
- Department of Radiation Oncology
Office Phone: 315-492-5646
Zoey Gorzynski
Credentialing Coordinator (Initial Applications)
- Department of Surgery
- Department of Radiology
- Department of Anesthesiology
Phone: 315-436-2292
Office Phone: 315-492-5102
Credentialing Coordinator (Re-Applications)
- Division of Dental Surgery
- Department of Pediatrics
- Department of Pathology
- Department of Radiation Oncology
- Department of Neurology
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery
- Department of Otolaryngology
- Department of Urology
- Department of Ophthalmology
- Department of Neurosurgery
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Phone: 786-387-8006