Each October at ACEP’s annual conference, the ACEP Council elects new leaders for the College. The Council, which represents all 53 Chapters, 33 Sections of Membership, the Association of Academic Chairs of Emergency Medicine, the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors, the Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association, and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, will elect four members to the ACEP Board of Directors and the College’s President-Elect.

President-Elect

The following Board members are candidates for the office of President-Elect.

Jay Kaplan, MD, FACEP (California)

Current Professional Position: Director of Service and Operational Excellence, CEP America; Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Marin General Hospital; Medical Director, Studer Group

Internships and Residency: Family Medicine Residency, University of California, Davis, Sacramento Medical Center, 1975-1978; Teaching Fellowship, University of California, Davis, Sacramento Medical Center (1978–1979)

Medical Degree: MD, Harvard Medical School (1975)

Years Elected to the Board: 2009, 2012

Robert O’Connor, MD, MPH, FACEP (Virginia)

Current Professional Position: Professor, Chair, Physician-in-Chief, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia; Emergency Physician, Culpeper Regional Hospital, Culpeper, Virginia

Internships and Residency: Emergency Medicine Residency, Medical Center of Delaware (1982–1985)

Medical Degree: MD, Medical College of Pennsylvania (1982)

Years Elected to Board: 2010, 2013

Rebecca B. Parker, MD, FACEP (Illinois)

Current Professional Position: Attending emergency physician, Centegra Health System, McHenry and Woodstock, Illinois and Presence Covenant Medical Center, Urbana, Illinois. Vice President, EmCare North Division. 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 at El Paso (1998)

Medical Degree: MD, Northwestern University (1995–1998)

Years Elected to the Board: 2009, 2012

Board of Directors

ACEP’s Board of Directors provides day-to-day management and direction of the College. The ACEP Board Nominating Committee nominates members to three-year terms.

Stephen Anderson, MD, FACEP (Washington)

Current Professional Position: Emergency Attending, MultiCare, Auburn Medical Center, MAMC Director of Emergency Medicine Student and Resident Rotations, ATSU; Chair and Director of Stroke Services at South King County MultiCare Health Foundation

Internships and Residency: General Surgical Internship/Residency, University of Michigan (1981–1983), University of Washington (1984–1986); Chief Resident, University of Michigan Emergency Department (1983–1984)

Medical Degree: MD, University of Michigan (1981)

Jon Mark Hirshon, MD, PhD, MPH, FACEP (Maryland)

Current Professional Position: Associate Professor, Departments of Emergency Medicine and of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine; Attending Physician at the University of Maryland Medical Center and Baltimore VA Medical Center; Senior Vice Chair, University of Maryland Baltimore Institutional Review Board