L. Anthony Cirillo, MD, FACEP, was chosen as ACEP’s new President-Elect by the Council at its meeting in Las Vegas during ACEP24. Dr. Cirillo will serve one year as President-Elect before becoming ACEP President during ACEP25 in Salt Lake City.

Dr. Cirillo is a past Chair of the ACEP Board of Directors. He also served as the Board Liaison to the ACEP Emergency Medicine Practice Committee, as well as the Medical Directors, Cruise Ship Medicine, and Emergency Medicine Practice Management and Health Policy Sections of Membership. Additionally, Dr. Cirillo is a Past Chair of ACEP’s Federal Government Affairs, State Legislative/Regulatory, and Membership Committees.

Dr. Cirillo

Dr. Cirillo previously served on the National Emergency Medicine PAC (NEMPAC) Board of Trustees. He is an ACEP representative on the ACEP/EDPMA Surprise Medical Billing Implementation Task Force Steering Committee.

In 2018, Dr. Cirillo received ACEP’s Colin C. Rorrie, Jr., PhD Award for Excellence in Health Policy. He earned his medical degree at the University of Vermont College of Medicine in Burlington, Vt., and completed his residency in emergency medicine at UMASS Medical Center in Worcester, Mass.

Currently, Dr. Cirillo is the director of government affairs for US Acute Care Solutions and practices clinically in Advent Health system emergency departments in Colorado.

Newly elected ACEP Board members (L-R): Drs. Heidi Knowles (incumbent, Texas); Diana Nordlund (Michigan); Jennifer Casaletto (North Carolina), and Ryan Keay (Washington). (Click to enlarge.)

At the meeting, ACEP’s Council also elected four members to the ACEP Board of Directors: Jennifer J. Casaletto, MD, FACEP, of North Carolina; C. Ryan Keay, MD, FACEP, of Washington; Heidi C. Knowles, MD, FACEP, (incumbent) of Texas; and Diana B. Nordlund, DO, JD, FACEP, of Michigan.

Nominated candidates are presented to the ACEP Council, a deliberative body made up of members representing ACEP’s 53 chartered chapters, its 39 Sections of Membership, the Association of Academic Chairs of Emergency Medicine (AACEM), the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD), the Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association (EMRA), and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM).

ACEP24 had the largest number of attendees in years, with a reimagined Exhibit Hall and lots of networking opportunities.

Each Chapter is represented by at least one councillor, and an additional councillor is allowed for each 100 members in the Chapter. Sections and other component bodies each have one voting councillor, except for EMRA, which has eight voting councillors. Each Chapter has its own process for how it elects or appoints its councillors.