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

Current Professional Position: Director of Service and Operational Excellence, CEP America Emergency Physician Partners; Medical Director, Studer Group.

Medical Degree: M.D., Harvard Medical School, 1975.

Internship and Residency: Family Medicine Residency, University of California, Davis, Sacramento Medical Center, 1975-1978; Teaching Fellowship, University of California, Davis, Sacramento Medical Center, 1978-1979.

Rebecca Bollinger Parker, M.D., FACEP

Current Professional Position: Chair, Site Medical

Director, and Attending Physician at Advocate Trinity Hospital for EmCare, Chicago, Ill.; Regional Medical Director, EmCare Central Region; President, Team Parker LLC, consulting group coding, billing, and compliance; Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas.

Medical Degree: M.D., Northwestern University Medical School, 1995.

Internship and Residency: Emergency Medicine Residency, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas, 1995-1998.

Alex M. Rosenau, D.O., FACEP (incumbent)

Current Professional Position: Vice Chair, Dept. Emergency Medicine, Lehigh Valley Health Network; Medical Director, Eastern EMS Council; Lehigh Valley Physician’s Group Assistant Medical Director.

Medical Degree: D.O., Philadelphia College of ­Osteopathic Medicine, 1981.

Internship and Residency: Rotating Internship, St. Luke’s Hospital Allentown (formerly Allentown Osteopathic Hospital), Allentown, Pa., 1982; Emergency Medicine Residency, Botsford General Hospital, Farmington Hills, Mich., 1987. (Intervening years: National Health Service Corps, rural health, Laporte, Pa.)

Robert M. Roth, D.O., FACEP

Current Professional Position: Senior Attending Emergency Physician, Summit Medical Center, Hermitage, Tenn.

Medical Degree: D.O., Des Moines College of Osteopathic Medicine, 1976.

Internship and Residency: Rotating Internship, Scott Air Force Base, Belleville, Ill., 1976-1977; Residency: Emergency Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, 1983-86.

Robert C. Solomon, M.D., FACEP (incumbent)

Current Professional Position: Attending Emergency Physician, Trinity Health System, Steubenville, Ohio.Medical Degree: M.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1982.

Internship and Residency: Internal Medicine Residency, The Western Pennsylvania Hospital, 1982-1984.

Council Officers

The ACEP Council Speaker and Vice Speaker lead the annual Council meeting and represent the Council in Board discussions and deliberations. Council officers serve 2-year terms.

Council Vice Speaker

Marco Coppola, D.O., FACEP

Current Professional Position: Attending Physician and Adjunct Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, Plaza Medical Center/University of North Texas, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Fort Worth, Texas; Regional Director of Medical Education, Questcare Partners, Dallas, Texas.

Medical Degree: D.O., Des Moines University (formerly University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences), Des Moines, Iowa, 1989.

Residency: Emergency Medicine Residency, Darnall Army Community Hospital, Fort Hood, Texas, 1992.

Charles Henrichs, M.D., FACEP

Current Professional Position: Deputy Director, Emergency Department, Margaret Pardee Memorial Hospital, Hendersonville, N.C.; Hendersonville Emergency Consultants, PC, Cofounder and Secretary-Treasurer.

Medical Degree: M.D., Loma Linda University.

Internship and Residency: Family Practice Residency, Florida Hospital, Orlando, Fla.

Council Speaker (unopposed)

Arlo Weltge, M.D., M.P.H., FACEP

Current Professional Position: Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Texas Houston Medical School; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Acute & Continuing Care, UT Houston School of Nursing; Medical Director, Houston Community College Program in EMS; Medical Director, AMR Ambulance, Houston Operations.

Medical Degree: M.D., University of Texas Medical School Houston, 1978.

Internship and Residency: Residency, Baylor College of Medicine Affiliated Hospitals, 1979.