Arthur E. Orlick, MD

Dr. Orlick is the President of Lifetime Health Medical Group, one of the area's largest medical groups, with 10 health centers in Buffalo and Rochester. His expertise in medicine and business stems from 30 years in the field, including academia, private practice and managed care.

Prior to joining Lifetime, Dr. Orlick was vice president and chief medical officer for Buffalo General Hospital and physician director for cardiovascular services at Kaleida Health. He also founded the Cardiology Group of Western New York and served as medical director for Univera Healthcare, North AmeriCare and North American Health Plans, Inc. He has been the director of cardiac care units and a non-invasive cardiac laboratory, and has served as the chief of the section of cardiology at the Millard Fillmore Hospital in Buffalo. Dr. Orlick has held academic appointments at the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he is currently a clinical associate professor of medicine.

A native of New York City, Dr. Orlick earned his bachelor's degree in sociology from the State University of New York at Buffalo and graduated cum laude from Albany Medical College. He earned a Postdoctoral Fellow in Cardiology from Stanford University, Stanford, Calif. and a competitive three-year grant from the National American Heart Association following his graduation from Stanford.

He is a Fellow with the American College of Cardiology as well as the Council on Clinical Cardiology, American Heart Association. He is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha, past president of Western New York Cardiovascular Society, co-chair of the Medical Directors Forum, New York State HMO Conference and a member of the American College of Physician Executives.