Office Hours

Office hours differ among our physicians, and many of them offer early morning or evening appointments for your convenience.

Buffalo Gastroenterology Associates physician office are closed on the following holidays:

• New Year’s Day
• President’s Day
• Memorial Day
• Independence Day
• Labor Day
• Thanksgiving Day
• Friday after Thanksgiving Day
• Christmas Day

During severe winter weather conditions, Buffalo Gastroenterology Associates, LLP uses the following radio and television stations to announce the closing of any of its offices: WBEN-AM, WWKB-AMWGRZ-TV, WKBW-TV and WIVB-TV. Please listen to or view weather-related messages on these stations before attempting to travel to a BGA location.

Our 24-hour telephone number is (716) 677-6501. Telephone calls received after hours are handled by our Answering Service. An operator will direct your call to the covering physician(s) and your call will be returned as soon as possible. We have physicians on call at all times.

Refilling Prescriptions

Requests for prescription refills should be made during office hours. Please have
your pharmacy’s name and telephone number available when calling the office.
The proper spelling of the medication, dosage, and frequency of doses, as well as the amount of refills you are requesting, will help expedite your request.

Emergency Situations

In the event of an emergency or life-threatening situation, please call 911 immediately.

For an urgent problem after office hours, please call our switchboard at (716) 677-6501 and your physician or the covering physician will be paged to return your call.

For non-emergency situations, please call during office hours, Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. Please remember that your doctor may be with another patient when you call, and therefore, he or she may be delayed in returning your call.