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1980–1989

Above: ACEP members meeting with Sen. Daniel Moynihan’s (D-NY) staff.

“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

January 1980

JACEP renamed Annals of Emergency Medicine

January 1980

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

January 1982

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

May 1983

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

Finding Our Advocacy Voice: The History of NEMPAC

September 25, 2018 - Peter Jacoby, MD, FACEP - 0 Comment

As chairman of the National Emergency Medicine Political Action Committee (NEMPAC), I am proud of the work…

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Protecting Patient Access to the ED

September 25, 2018 - Ricardo Martinez, MD, FACEP - 0 Comment

The legal concept of a “reasonable person” or “prudent person” stems back to the early 1800s in…

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EMTALA: The Law That Forever Changed the Practice of EM

September 25, 2018 - Robert A. Bitterman, MD, JD, FACEP - 1 Comment

“The statutory definition renders irrelevant any medical definition.” —Judge, in the case of U.S. Dept. of HHS…

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