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the operations of individual institutions are consistent with the
overall mission of the group of institutions.
In 1983, the Schools and the affiliated teaching hospitals
responded to the new accreditation standards by entering into a
contract entitled “The Graduate Medical and Dental Education
Consortium of Buffalo” (the Consortium Agreement). The
Consortium Agreement created a membership organization (the
Consortium) comprising the Schools and several affiliated
teaching hospitals.
Through the Consortium Agreement, decision-making related to
the conduct of clinical training programs was centralized, and
the Consortium became the sole sponsoring institution with
ultimate responsibility for all clinical training programs
conducted at any of the hospitals. The Consortium Agreement
states:
The Graduate Medical Dental Education Consortium of
Buffalo * * *, established in 1983, is a membership
organization designed to coordinate and manage the
graduate medical and dental education programs * * *
approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate
Medical Education (ACGME) and the American Dental
Association (ADA) throughout the affiliated teaching
institutions in Western New York. * * * [The
Consortium] is the sponsoring institution of record for
graduate medical and dental education programs in
Western New York in compliance with the requirements of
the ACGME and ADA. * * * [The Consortium] provides
overall management and assumes final responsibility for
that graduate medical and dental education.
All decisions relating to program operations, resource
allocations, residents' grievances, disciplinary actions, and
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