ACEP saved me personally, saved my career, improved me both as a person and a physician, taught me great lessons, and through my activities on a state and national level, allowed me to make a very small difference to my fellow emergency physicians and to the specialty. That was an opportunity I never thought I would have. ACEP and my state chapter leadership saw things in me that I did not. A personal thank you goes to my former MCEP chapter executive, the late Diane Bollman. I am sincerely grateful to all of my colleagues, the state and national staff, the leaders of this great specialty organization, and so many others I cannot begin to name. With this 50th anniversary, I would like to thank them from the bottom of my heart. I hope my activities within the chapter have in a small way repaid some of the huge debt I owe to ACEP and MCEP.
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ACEP Now: Vol 37 – No 12 – December 2018– Bradford L. Walters, MD, FACEP
Royal Oak, Michigan
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One Response to “Dr. Bradford Walters Salutes ACEP’s 50 Years of Contributions to EM”
December 20, 2018
Kevin Monfette MD, FACEPDr Walters, thank you for your service. Many do not realize this is a man that has never sought recognition but has always been available when ever asked to help his speciality. I remember as a naive resident I worked with him briefly on the violence in the emergency department. He was giving without taking over. This is a man with great humility and self deprivation, like we all are who live in the fish bowl of medicine. We are so easily critiqued and rarely complimented. So please let me compliment a great mentor from MCEP Brad Walters, and every other emergency physician that struggles our struggles daily. Thank you ACEP, MCEP and every other ED orginazation that recognizes our up hill battles for support. Many times speaking with hospital staff I ask how often the cath lab or OR goes unstaffed, and when they do they shut down. Not us we dig our heals in and provide great care to anyone and everyone. I’m proud to say Brad is a mentor of mine and that I am an Emergency Physician!
Kevin Monfette, MD, FACEP