Dr. Charles Hershey
Medicine
Erie County Medical Center

Phone: 898-4800


OFFICE LOCATIONS

Erie County Medical Center
462 Grider Street
Buffalo NY, 14215

Phone: 716-898-3152
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Insurance Accepted
Better Health Plan, Inc. (HMO)
Community Blue (HMO)
Empire
Fidelis
GHI
Independent Health Association (HMO)
United Healthcare
Univera Health Care (HMO)


SPECIALTIES

Internal Medicine


EDUCATION

1977 MD, Medicine
Washington University Medical School
1969 Bachelor of Arts, Physics and Chemistry
Depauw University


PUBLICATIONS

Freer JP, Eubanks M, Parker B, Hershey CO; Advance directives: ambulatory patientsā€˜ knowledge and perspectives.; Am J Med; 2006 Dec; 119(12); 1088-1088
Hershey CO, Grant BJ; Controlled trial of a patient-completed history questionnaire: effects on qualityof documentation and patient and physician satisfaction; American Journal of Medical Quality; 2002 Jul; 17(4); 126-135
Khan NM, Hershey CO; Update on screening for type 2 diabetes. The why, who, how, and what of testing and diagnosing.; Postgrad Med; 2001 Feb; 109(2); 27-34
Hershey CO, Reed PD, James P, Rosenthal T; Experience with community academic practice: strategies for the ambulatory education of residents.; Am J Med; 1995 Nov; 99(5); 530-536
Karuza J, Calkins E, Feather J, Hershey CO, Katz L, Majeroni B; Enhancing physician adoption of practice guidelines. Dissemination of influenza vaccination guideline using a small-group consensus process.; Arch Intern Med; 1995 Mar; 155(6); 625-632
Hershey CO, Lanham RJ, Colligan NR, Fudyma JR, Policastro DJ, Tapolyai M, Farlow PM, Poss J; Medicaid caps. Implications for ambulatory services in academic medical centers.; Med Care; 1995 Jan; 33(1); 119-125
Bertram DA, Opila DA, Brown JL, Gallagher SJ, Schifeling RW, Snow IS, Hershey CO; Measuring physician mental workload: reliability and validity assessment of a brief instrument.; Med Care; 1992 Feb; 30(2); 95-104
Hershey CO; Postmortem management of patient affairs: the resident's perspective.; Am J Med; 1992 Jan; 92(1); 82-84
Bertram DA, Hershey CO, Opila DA, Quirin O; A measure of physician mental work load in internal medicine ambulatory care clinics.; Med Care; 1990 May; 28(5); 458-467
Hershey CO, McAloon MH, Bertram DA; The new medical practice environment. Internists' view of the future.; Arch Intern Med; 1989 Aug; 149(8); 1745-1749
Hershey CO, McAloon MH, Bertram DA; The new medical practice environment: Preceptions of physicians in Western New York; Archives of Internal Medicine; 1989 Aug; 149;
Hershey CO, Zizzi JA; Assessing clinical experience in a residency training program.; Am J Med Sci; 1988 Dec; 296(6); 371-376
Hershey CO, Panaro V; Round pneumonia in adults.; Arch Intern Med; 1988 May; 148(5); 1155-1157
Hershey CO, Goldberg HI, Cohen DI; The effect of computerized feedback coupled with a newsletter upon outpatient prescribing charges. A randomized controlled trial.; Med Care; 1988 Jan; 26(1); 88-94
Cohen DI, Breslau D, Porter DK, Goldberg HI, Hershey CO, Lee JC, McLaren CE; Academic group practice. The physicians' view.; Med Care; 1987 Aug; 25(8); 686-694
Goldberg HI, Cohen DI, Hershey CO, Hsiue IL, Porter DK, McLaren CE; A randomized controlled trial of academic group practice. Improving the operation of the medicine clinic.; JAMA; 1987 Apr; 257(15); 2051-2055
Hershey CO, Dawson NV, McLaren CE, Siciliano CJ, Cohen DI; Resident knowledge of charges: are we asking the right questions?; Am J Med Sci; 1987 Mar; 293(3); 182-186
Hershey CO, Cohen DI, Goldberg HI, McLaren CE, Dawson NV, Siciliano C, Porter DK, Breslau D; Effect of an academic group practice on patient show rates: a randomized controlled trial.; Med Care; 1987 Jan; 25(1); 72-77
Hershey CO, Bertram DA, McAloon MH; Service physicians in ambulatory clinics: Is the concept viable?; Clinical Research; 1987; 35(744A);
Cohen DI, Breslau D, Porter DK, Hershey CO, Goldberg HI, Dawson NV, Lee JC, McLaren CE; Academic group practice. The patient's perspective.; Med Care; 1986 Nov; 24(11); 990-998
Lakshmanan MC, Hershey CO, Breslau D; Hospital admissions caused by iatrogenic disease.; Arch Intern Med; 1986 Oct; 146(10); 1931-1934
Hershey CO, Porter DK, Breslau D, Cohen DI; Influence of simple computerized feedback on prescription charges in an ambulatory clinic. A randomized clinical trial.; Med Care; 1986 Jun; 24(6); 472-481
Cohen DI, Breslau D, Porter DK, Goldberg HI, Dawson NV, Hershey CO, Lee JC, McLaren CE, Breslau N; The cost implications of academic group practice. A randomized controlled trial.; N Engl J Med; 1986 Jun; 314(24); 1553-1557
Hershey CO, Brown A, Porter DK; Reduction of anti-inflammatory drug costs with newer aspirin formulations.; Med Care; 1985 Aug; 23(8); 998-1002
Hershey LA, Hershey CO, Varnes AW; CSF silicon in dementia: a prospective study.; Neurology; 1984 Sep; 34(9); 1197-1201
Hershey CO, Tomford JW, McLaren CE, Porter DK, Cohen DI; The natural history of intravenous catheter-associated phlebitis.; Arch Intern Med; 1984 Jul; 144(7); 1373-1375
Tomford JW, Hershey CO, McLaren CE, Porter DK, Cohen DI; Intravenous therapy team and peripheral venous catheter-associated complications. A prospective controlled study.; Arch Intern Med; 1984 Jun; 144(6); 1191-1194
Hershey CO, Hershey LA, Varnes A, Vibhakar SD, Lavin P, Strain WH; Cerebrospinal fluid trace element content in dementia: clinical, radiologic, and pathologic correlations.; Neurology; 1983 Oct; 33(10); 1350-1353
Hershey CO, Ricanati ES, Hershey LA, Varnes AW, Lavin PJ, Strain WH; Silicon as a potential uremic neurotoxin: trace element analysis in patients with renal failure.; Neurology; 1983 Jun; 33(6); 786-789
Hershey CO, Miller S; Solvent abuse: a shift to adults.; Int J Addict; 1982 Aug; 17(6); 1085-1089
Hershey CO, Fisher L; Why outcome of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in general wards is poor.; Lancet; 1982 Jan; 1(8262); 31-34
Hershey CO, McVeigh RC, Miller RP; Transient superior vena cava syndrome due to propylthiouracil therapy in intrathoracic goiter.; Chest; 1981 Mar; 79(3); 356-357
Charles Hershey, Brydon Grant;
Hershey CO, Karuza J, Szumigala J; Assessment of delivery of preventive health services.; Am J Med Qual; 11(2); 81-86
Hershey CO, Karuza J; Assessment of preventive health care: design considerations.; Prev Med; 26(1); 59-67
Dalewitz J, Khan N, Hershey CO; Barriers to control of blood glucose in diabetes mellitus.; Am J Med Qual; 15(1); 16-25
Hershey CO; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in general hospital wards. Time to reevaluate.; Int J Cardiol; 1(5-6); 454-458
Hershey CO, Karuza J; Delivery of vaccines to adults: correlations with physician knowledge and patient variables.; Am J Med Qual; 12(3); 143-150
Wongmongkolrit T, Wyszynski R, Hershey CO, Varnes AW; Evidence of subclinical extrapyramidal hemosiderosis in cystic fibrosis.; Acta Neuropathol (Berl); 65(3-4); 265-269
Hershey CO, Varnes AW, Hershey LA, Strain WH; Multiple element analysis of human cerebrospinal fluid and other tissues by inductively coupled argon plasma emission spectrometry.; Neurotoxicology; 4(3); 157-160
Bharwani IL, Hershey CO; The elderly psychiatric patient with positive syphilis serology: the problem of neurosyphilis.; Int J Psychiatry Med; 28(3); 333-339
Tomford JW, Hershey CO; The i.v. therapy team: impact on patient care and costs of hospitalization.; NITA; 8(5); 387-389


GRANTS

July 2001 to June 2004
Faculty Developement in Primary Care
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Carlos Jaen MD Linda Duffy PhD