The ACEP Council held its leadership elections Oct. 26, 2019, at its annual meeting in Denver.

Mark S. Rosenberg, DO, MBA, FACEP, was selected as the new President-Elect.

Ohio resident Gary R. Katz, MD, MBA, FACEP, (pictured on the right) was unopposed in his bid for the Council Speaker position, and Kelly Gray-Eurom, MD, MMM, FACEP, of Florida (pictured on the left) was chosen as Vice Speaker.

“Emergency physicians are at the center of some of the biggest challenges in health care today, with respect to both clinical practice and public policy,” said Dr. Rosenberg. “I look forward to working with emergency physicians and health stakeholders nationwide to address the opioid epidemic and improve our approach to mental health care in this country. As sentinels of America’s health care safety net, emergency physicians have a duty to protect access to emergency care for the millions of people we treat each year.”

Dr. Rosenberg is chair of emergency medicine at St. Joseph’s Health in Patterson, New Jersey. He also serves as the hospital’s chief innovation officer and led the development of the nation’s first Alternative to Opioids program.

Dr. Rosenberg was first elected to the ACEP Board in 2015. He also serves on the board of directors of the Emergency Medicine Foundation and on the national Pain Management Task Force of the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services.

Dr. Rosenberg

He earned his medical degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and is certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine and the American Board of Emergency Medicine in emergency medicine and hospice and palliative care.