Jonathan Daniels was the associate director of admissions for the University at Buffalo's Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. He was a combat medic with the United States Army Reserve during Operation Desert Storm and received his medical degree from the University at Buffalo in 1998. Daniels practiced medicine at Main Pediatrics before starting the pediatric clinic at Urban Family Practice in 2021. One of only two black pediatricians in the City of Buffalo, he was an advocate for expanding diversity among medical and health care students.