Council Meritorious Service Award

Must be an active, life, or honorary member of ACEP and a past or current Councillor who has served for at least three years and must have contributed to the Council through Steering Committee membership, Reference Committee participation, participation on other Council committees, resolution development and debate, longevity as a Councillor, or service as a Council officer.

Award for Outstanding Contribution in Education

Must be a member of ACEP and must have made an outstanding contribution to academic emergency medicine through areas such as development of teaching tools and resident education.

Honorary Membership Award

Must be an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to ACEP by significantly helping to achieve one or more of the College’s purposes and objectives or must have served as a role model for ACEP members with personal attributes such as inspiration, innovation, and consensus building. Candidates for honorary membership cannot be eligible for other categories of College membership.

John A. Rupke Legacy Award

Must be a member of ACEP for more than 25 years with sustained contributions either in local, state, or national emergency medicine communities as a consensus builder, with humanitarianism, and as an advocate for the profession. The member must also have demonstrated exceptional commitment of time and dedication to emergency medicine and to improving the care of emergency patients. Previous recipients of the Wiegenstein or Mills awards are not eligible to receive this award.

Disaster Medical Sciences Award

Must have made outstanding contributions to the field of disaster medicine of national or international significance. This includes outstanding contributions to the development, promotion, maturation, education, or humanitarian mission of disaster medicine on a state, national, or international level. Individuals eligible for nomination may include non-members of ACEP and non-physicians. The award may be given posthumously.