Each October at ACEP’s annual conference, the ACEP Council elects new leaders for the College. The Council, which represents all 53 Chapters, 32 Sections of Membership, EMRA, CORD, SAEM, and the Association of Academic Chairs in Emergency Medicine, will elect four members to the ACEP Board of Directors and the College’s President-elect.
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ACEP News: Vol 32 – No 09 – September 2013President-Elect
The following Board members are candidates for the office of President-elect.
Andrew I. Bern, MD, FACEP
Current Professional Position: Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Team Health SE travel team, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Internships and Residency: The Affiliated Hospitals of the University of Louisville/University Hospital. Internal Medicine Residency and Internship: State University of New York at Downstate Medical Center.
Medical Degree: State University of New York at Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. (1976)
Rebecca B. Parker, MD, FACEP
Current Professional Position: Executive Vice President, EmCare North Division; Staff Physician, Provena Covenant, Urbana, Ill., and Centegra Health System, McHenry and Woodstock, Ill., President, Team Parker LLC, Consulting Group Coding, Billing, and Compliance, Clinical Assistant Professor, Texas Tech El Paso Department of Emergency Medicine.
Internships and Residency: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center-El Paso.
Medical Degree: Northwestern University (1995)
Michael Gerardi, MD, FACEP
Current Professional Position: Attending and Faculty for Emergency Medicine, Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, N.J.; Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Goryeb Children’s Hospital, Morristown, N.J., Senior Vice President, Emergency Medical Associates.
Internships and Residency: Residencies in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.
Medical Degree: Georgetown School of Medicine and Pediatrics (1985)
Board of Directors
The ACEP Board of Directors provides a day-to-day management and direction of the College. These members of the College have been nominated by the ACEP Board Nominating Committee to fill 3-year positions on the ACEP Board of Directors.
James Augustine, MD, FACEP
Current Professional Position: Director of Clinical Operations, EMP, Canton, Ohio; Executive Editor, ED Management; Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio; Vice President, Emergency Department Benchmarking Alliance.
Internships and Residency: Emergency Medicine, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio
Medical Degree: Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio (1983)
Paul Kivela, MD, FACEP (Incumbent)
Current Professional Position: Managing Partner, Napa Valley Emergency Medical Group, Napa, Calif. (single hospital medical group with full partnership structure)
Internships and Residency: Emergency Medicine Residency, UCLA
Medical Degree: University of Illinois (1990).
Robert O’Connor, MD, MPH, FACEP (Incumbent)
Current Professional Position: Professor, Chair, Physician-in-Chief, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Va.
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.
Internships and Residency: Residency, Summa Health System, Akron, Ohio
Medical Degree: University of Toledo, College of Medicine (1998)
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