Internships and Residency: Emergency Medicine Residency, Medical Center of Delaware

Medical Degree: Medical College of Pennsylvania (1982).

Debra G. Perina, MD, FACEP

Current Professional Position: Emergency Medicine Faculty, Professor with tenure, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville.

Internships and Residency: Richland Memorial Hospital/ University of South Carolina School of Medicine

Medical Degree: West Virginia Unversity School of Medicine (1983)

David Ross, DO, FACEP

Current Professional Position: Penrose St. Francis Health Services and Front Range Emergency Specialists, PC., Colorado Springs, Colo.; Medical Director of 50 EMS agencies and fire departments in Colorado Springs, Eastern and Central Colorado; Adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor, Rocky Vista University School of Osteopathic Medicine, Parker, Colo.

Internships and Residency: Emergency Medicine, LSU School of Medicine, Charity Hospital, New Orleans (1988 – 1991); Internship, Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine

Medical Degree: College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of the Health Sciences

Pomona, Calif. (1982)

Tracy G. Sanson MD, FACEP

Current Professional Position: Leadership Development Educator, TeamHealth Medical Directors Patient Safety Office, Emergency Physician, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Fla., Director, USF Division of Global Emergency Medicine Sciences, USF, Tampa, Fla., Education Director, Emergency Medicine Residency, USF, Tampa, Fla.

Internships and Residency: Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago, Ill.

Medical Degree: University of Illinois, Chicago, Ill. (1987)

Council Officers

The ACEP Council Speaker and Vice Speaker lead the annual Council meeting and represent the Council in Board discussions and deliberations. Council officers serve two-year terms.

Speaker (unopposed)

Kevin Klauer, DO, EJF, FACEP (Current Vice Speaker)

Current Professional Position: Chief Medical Officer, Emergency Medicine Physicians, Ltd.; Director, Center for Emergency Medical Education; Assistant Clinical Professor, Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, East Lansing, Mich.; Director, EMP Patient Safety Organization.

Internships and Residency: University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences (now Des Moines University), Des Moines, Iowa

Medical Degree: LSU Charity Hospital, New Orleans (1996)

Vice Speaker

James Cusick, MD, FACEP

Current Professional Position: Emergency Physician, Rio Grande Hospital, Del Norte, Colo.

Internships and Residency: Nassau County Medical Center/ SUNY Stony Brook, N.Y.; Internal Medicine Internship, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Youngstown, Ohio; Emergency Medicine Residency, Kern Medical Center, Bakersfield, Calif.; Emergency Medicine/Research Fellowship, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver.

Medical Degree: Fifth Pathway: Nassau County Medical Center/SUNY Stony Brook, N.Y. (1983)

Gary Katz, MD, MBA, FACEP

Current Professional Position: Medical Director, Emergency Services, Memorial Hospital Union County, Marysville, Ohio; Director, Patient Satisfaction, Quality, Premier Physician Services.