Dr. Heine is an internal medicine physician who practices emergency medicine and hematology oncology in Pennsylvania. She is clinical assistant professor in the Drexel University College of Medicine department of medicine and in the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine department of emergency medicine. Born and raised in New Jersey, she attended Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, prior to receiving her MD degree at Rutgers/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in Piscataway, New Jersey, and completing a residency and fellowship between Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia.

Dr. Heine is a member of the AMA Council on Legislation and previously served on the Board of Directors for AMPAC, the American Medical Association’s political action committee, where she chaired the AMPAC Committee on Political Education and Communication. She is a member of the Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED) delegation to the AMA House of Delegates. Prior to her presidency of PAMED, Dr. Heine chaired PAMED’s Executive Council on Political Advocacy and the PAMPAC Board of Directors.

Dr. Heine has held many prominent positions with ACEP, including Chair of the Federal Government Affairs Committee, is a member of PAMED’s Specialty Leadership Cabinet, and Past President of the Bucks County Medical Society. She is also active in the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

Dr. Heine has received many honors that include the ACEP Council Meritorious Service Award, Hero of Emergency Medicine Award, Dr. Benjamin Rush Award, PACEP Meritorious Service Award, US Senate Certificate of Distinguished Service, ACEP 911 Legislative Network Member of the Year, and the Bucks County YWCA’s award for Women Who Make a Difference. She was the inaugural recipient of PAMPAC’s R. William Alexander, MD, Award “for contributions to the medical profession through grassroots political involvement and advocacy.”

Dr. Heine is married to Arlin Silberman, DO, an addiction psychiatrist. They reside in Dresher, Pennsylvania, and share a mutual enjoyment of gardening, cooking, and music.

Council Meritorious Service Award

Col. Marco Coppola, DO, FACEP

Dr. Coppola is a Past ACEP Council Speaker. He is presently the chief medical officer and VP for Medical Affairs for Family ER + Urgent and adjunct clinical professor of emergency medicine at the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth. He is formerly the program director of three emergency medicine residencies, and past chair of three departments of emergency medicine. He is the recipient of numerous teaching awards and is the author of many textbook chapters and peer-reviewed articles. Col. Coppola is the deputy surgeon and chief of emergency medical services for the Texas Medical Brigade of the Texas State Guard. He served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and was the longest running commander (47 months) of the Texas Medical Command, Texas Army National Guard. He is one of only a handful of Army emergency physicians holding the Surgeon General’s “A” Proficiency Designator in Emergency Medicine, and is a member of the Order of Military Medical Merit. His decorations include the Legion of Merit, the Meritorious Service Medal, six Army Commendation Medals, the Air Force Commendation Medal, and the Texas Lonestar Distinguished Service Medal. He and his wife Stacy have two sons, Antonio and Luca, two sassy shih tzus named Mia and Leelu, and a gallant boxer named Goose.

Disaster Medical Sciences Award

Andrew I. Bern, MD, FACEP