At its annual meeting in October, the 318 Councillors who make up the ACEP Council and represent all 53 chapters, 30 Sections of Membership, and EMRA, will elect new ACEP leaders. The Council will elect four members to the ACEP Board of Directors, a new ACEP President-elect, and a new Council Speaker and Vice Speaker.

The Council meeting will take place Oct. 3-4 at the Boston Marriott Copley Place Hotel in Boston, Mass. The election will take place on the afternoon of Oct. 4, and members are encouraged to attend.

Read the candidates’ complete bios and accomplishments at www.ACEP.org. Click on “ACEP Leadership” in the “About Us” tab.

President-elect

The following Board members are candidates for the office of president-elect.

Ramon W. Johnson, M.D., FACEP

Current Professional Position: Associate Director, Emergency Department, Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center, Mission Viejo, Calif.

Internship and Residency: Internship in Pediatrics, UCLA, Los Angeles, Calif., 1979-1980; Residency in Pediatrics, UCLA, Los Angeles, Calif., 1980-1982; Residency in Emergency Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, Calif., 1982-1984; Chief Resident in Emergency Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, Calif., 1984-1985.

Elected to Board: 2004, 2007.

Sandra M. Schneider, M.D., FACEP

Current Professional Position: Professor and Chair Emeritus, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y.; Attending Physician, Strong Memorial Hospital.

Internship and Residency: Internal Medicine Residency, Hospitals of the University of Pittsburgh, 1975-1978.

Elected to Board: 2004, 2007.

Board of Directors

The ACEP Board of Directors provides day-to-day management and direction of the College. These members of the College have been nominated by the ACEP Board Nominating Committee to fill 3-year positions on the ACEP Board of Directors. Four positions will be filled.

James M. Cusick, M.D., FACEP

Current Professional Position: Worldwide Clinical Medical Director, Vidacare Corporation, San Antonio, Texas; Emergency Physician/Part-time Faculty, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, Colo.

Medical Degree: M.D., Nassau County Medical Center/SUNY Stony Brook, N.Y., 1983.

Internship and Residency: Internship: Internal Medicine, St Elizabeth’s Hospital Medical Center, Youngstown, Ohio, 1983-1984; Residency: Emergency Medicine, Kern County Medical Center, Bakersfield, Calif., 1984-1986; Fellowship: Emergency Medicine/Research, University of Colorado HSC, Denver, Colo., 1986-1987.

Jon Mark Hirshon, M.D., FACEP

Current Professional Position: Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md.

Medical Degree: M.D., University of Southern California School of Medicine, 1990.

Internship and Residency: Emergency Medicine Residency, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1990-1993; Preventive Medicine Residency, Johns Hopkins University, 1993-1995.

Jay Kaplan, M.D., FACEP