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1968–1979

Above: ACEP Board of Directors, 1969–1970.

“A fellow came up to me and said, ‘I want to join right now. I want to fill out the application, and I want you to give me one of those cards.’ … Nobody was really a card-carrying member yet, and this guy insisted. … So I wrote ‘Robert Ersek, MD.’ Gave him one of these punch-out cards.”
—JOHN G. WIEGENSTEIN, MD

AUGUST 1968

ACEP incorporated

AUGUST 1968

NOVEMBER 1968

First national meeting of emergency physicians

1969

ACEP’s first headquarters opens in the offices of the Michigan State Medical Society

AUGUST 1969

First ACEP Chapter chartered (Massachusetts)

NOVEMBER 1969

First ACEP Scientific Assembly (Denver)

JULY 1970

First emergency residency program began University of Cincinnati)

AUGUST 1970

ACEP hired first Executive Director, Arthur (Art) Auer

JANUARY 1972

Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians (JACEP) launched

JANUARY 1972

JUNE 1972

Emergency Medicine Foundation established

JULY 1973

Emergency Medical Services Systems Act passed

NOVEMBER 1974

Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association (EMRA) founded

President Gerald Ford proclaimed National EMS Week

1975

Society for Teachers in
Emergency Medicine formed

1976

ACEP’s headquarters moved to a building near the Lansing airport

1976

JUNE 1976

American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) incorporated

SEPTEMBER 1979

Emergency medicine became 23rd recognized medical specialty

Profiles of the ACEP Founders

September 13, 2018 - ACEP Now - 0 Comment

On August 16, 1968, John G. Wiegenstein, MD, gathered seven other emergency physicians from Michigan in Lansing to…

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Words of Wisdom from ACEP’s Longest Tenured Member, Dr. Samuel Slimmer

September 13, 2018 - ACEP Now - 0 Comment

KK: I’m honored to be talking to someone who’s been a member for 50 years. You filed…

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History of the Emergency Medicine Foundation

September 13, 2018 - Brooks F. Bock, MD, FACEP; Jordan Celeste, MD, FACEP; and Jana Nelson - 0 Comment

Despite the maverick nature of the early adapters to emergency medicine, most had a clear sense of…

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Emergency Medicine Founders Discuss Origins of the Specialty, How It’s Changed, and What the Future Holds

December 12, 2016 - Kevin M. Klauer, DO, EJD, FACEP - 5 Comments

In light of ACEP’s approaching golden anniversary, ACEP Now took a look back at the last 50…

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