Dear friends and colleagues,
Opportunity often finds you when you’re ready, but not, necessarily, when you’re looking for it.
On June 1, 2019, I will begin a new role as the Chief Executive Officer of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA). I cannot begin to express my excitement and enthusiasm to serve in this new role and my gratitude and appreciation to the AOA Board of Trustees for selecting me. I will serve the AOA and the osteopathic profession and community with the same passion, effort, and dedication with which I have so willingly committed to ACEP, our specialty, and our members for so many years. However, this new role will require my full commitment and attention, prompting my decision to step away from my ACEP roles.
The AOA Board of Trustees and my fellow ACEP Board members support me in completing my term on the ACEP Board, which culminates this October. However, I will not be available to serve beyond October and will not run for a second term, which is the usual course for ACEP Board members. Serving you as one of your ACEP Board members has truly been an honor and a distinction, which I will remain thankful for throughout my life and career.
In addition, I have resigned my position as ACEP Now’s Medical Editor in Chief. My six years of service to ACEP in this capacity have truly been a labor of love. I have enjoyed and celebrated the success the publication has achieved in winning APEX awards for journalistic excellence every year since our transition from the former name, ACEP News, and format. The outstanding ACEP staff and our publishing partner, John Wiley and Sons, have been instrumental in building this publication and establishing ACEP Now as “The Official Voice of Emergency Medicine.”
Our recent ACEP membership survey results reflect that ACEP members value this publication, among the top-rated membership resources, and thus, our commitment to the members and our readership must and will continue.
New beginnings should not be overshadowed by the finality of transitions, but reflect the opportunity for new ideas, new leadership and others to contribute and achieve new organizational heights, built on the foundations created by our predecessors.
To that end, I am committed to working with our staff, membership, and readership to help identify my successor. I am also committed to mentoring and onboarding the new Medical Editor in Chief to ensure their success and an ever-brighter future for ACEP Now.
I am in your debt and that of ACEP for the wonderful opportunities afforded me by this incredible organization. You are my friends, my colleagues, and my family. You have done far more for me than I could ever hope to repay.
Please accept my humble thanks and deeply felt gratitude.
Sincerely,
Kevin
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3 Responses to “Farewell from ACEP Now’s Medical Editor in Chief”
April 29, 2019
Kim LandryCongratulations Kevin. It is always a pleasure following your never ending journeys and accomplishments. Will always remember how impressed I was with your interview in New Orleans at the EM Residency Program at Charity Hospital all those many years ago.
Kim Landry, M.D., FACEP, FAAEM
Chief Medical Officer
Lifeguard Ambulance Service
Associate Prof of Clinical Medicine
FSU College of Medicine
President/CEO
Excalibur Telemedical Services
May 19, 2019
Leslie MukauMany thanks for a stellar performance and congratulations on your new job.
We will miss you. May your future endeavors meet your expectations.
Leslie Mukau MD FACEP
May 27, 2019
Richard BukataKevin,
I’ve met more than my share of exceptional people over the years, however, I have to say that I have met few with your extraordinarily capabilities. As my partner in producing the National EM Board Review you always did more than your share of the work. You went to law school while carrying a full load — clinical shifts, teaching, administration, family. You eat right, you go to the gym, you do everything that you’re are supposed to — and you do everything exceptionally well. ACEP is in your debt. ACEP Now is must-read every month and you have worked diligently representing us on the board. We are going miss you terribly. The AOA is going to be an extraordinary challenge and we all know that you will exceed their expectations.
Rick Bukata