“A movement for improvement in society has to have a leader, a bedrock to whom all others can relate, either supportive or argumentative. They all move forward. ACEP is that bedrock.”
—PETER M. FAHRNEY, MD, 50-YEAR ACEP MEMBER AND PAST ACEP COUNCIL SPEAKER
2000–2009
January 1, 2000
ACEP began requiring EM board certification and EM residency for membership
September 2000
ACEP hosted National Congress on Preserving America’s Health Care Safety Net
September 2001
Emergency physicians responded to the terrorists attacks of Sept. 11, which killed almost 3,000 people
Credit: Stacy Walsh Rosenstock/Alamy Stock Photo
May 2003
ACEP opened NASDAQ Stock Market to celebrate EMS week
March 2004
Harvey Meislin, MD, FACEP, became first emergency physician to Chair ABMS
2004
ACEP hired third Executive Director, Dean Wilkerson, JD, MBA, CAE
August 2005
ACEP members responded to Hurricane Katrina
Credit: Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA
September 2005
ACEP Rally at the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
January 2006
ACEP released First Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine
20 Years in the Evolution of ED Care of Chest Pain
Editor’s Note: Part 1 of this article covering 1968–1989 appeared in the May 2018 issue of ACEP…