“As emergency physicians, we need to get in the habit of supporting our own agenda.”
—ANGELA GARDNER, MD, PAST ACEP BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBER, ON HER DECISION TO WRITE A CHECK TO NEMPAC THAT EQUALLED HER COMPENSATION FOR ONE SHIFT AND INSPIRE THE “GIVE-A-SHIFT” CAMPAIGN
1980–1989
January 1980
JACEP renamed Annals of Emergency Medicine
February 20, 1980
First ABEM board certification exam
May 1980
ACEP’s headquarters moved to Dallas
1980
National Emergency Medicine Political Action Committee (NEMPAC) formed
January 1982
ACEP News launched
ACEP hired second Executive Director, Colin C. Rorrie. Jr., PhD
September 1982
First 425 ACEP Fellows inducted
First woman, Pamela Bensen, MD, elected to ACEP Board of Directors
May 1983
ACEP’s headquarters moved to Irving, Texas
March 1985
ACEP opened Washington, D.C., office
April 1986
Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) passed
July 1989
ACEP approved first section, Disaster Medicine Section
September 22, 1989
ABMS approved ABEM for primary board status
1989
Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD) formed
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