At its annual meeting in September, the ACEP Council will elect new leaders for the College. The Council, which represents all 53 chapters, 30 Sections of Membership, EMRA, and the Association of Academic Chairs in Emergency Medicine, will elect four members to the ACEP Board of Directors and the College’s President-elect.
The Council meeting will take place September 26-27 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas.

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. Additional information about these candidates and their answers to three written questions can be found online.

Kathleen M. Cowling, D.O., FACEP

Current Professional Position: Attending Emergency Physician, Covenant HealthCare, Emergency Care Center, Saginaw, Mich.; Assistant Clinical Professor, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine; Core Faculty Synergy Medical Education Alliance emergency medicine residency program.

Internship and Residency: Internship, Michigan State University Ingham Medical Center (1991-92); Emergency Medicine Residency, Michigan State University Sparrow-Ingham Affiliated (1992-95), Chief Resident (1994-95).

Elected to Board: 2005, 2008.

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 (1979-80); Pediatric Residency, UCLA (1980-82); Emergency Medicine Residency, UCLA (1982-85), Chief Resident (1984-85).

Elected to Board: 2004, 2007.

David C. Seaberg, M.D., FACEP

Current Professional Position: Dean, University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Professor, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga; Emergency Physician, Erlanger Health System, Chattanooga, Tenn.

Internship and Residency: Emergency Medicine Residency, University of Pittsburgh (1987-90).

Elected to Board: 2005, 2008.

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.

Andrew I. Bern, M.D., FACEP (incumbent)

Current Professional Position: Attending Emergency Physician, Delray Medical Center, Delray Beach, Florida

Medical Degree: M.D., State University of New York at Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. (1976).

Internship and Residency: Emergency Medicine Residency, The Affiliated Hospitals of the University of Louisville, Kentucky (1979-81); Internal Medicine Residency, State University of New York at Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. (1976-79).

James M. Cusick, M.D., FACEP

Current Professional Position: 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: Internal Medicine Internship, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Youngstown, Ohio (1983-84); Emergency Medicine Residency, Kern Medical Center, Bakersfield, Calif. (1984-86); Emergency Medicine/Research Fellowship, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colo. (1986-87).

Jon Mark Hirshon, M.D., FACEP

Current Professional Position: Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine and

Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md.

Medical Degree: M.D., University of Southern California (1990).

Internship and Residency: Emergency Medicine Residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital (1990-93); Preventive Medicine Residency at Johns Hopkins University (1993-95).

Hans R. House, M.D., FACEP

Current Professional Position: Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Associate Chair for Education, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa; Residency Program Director, University of Iowa Emergency Medicine Residency.

Medical Degree: M.D., University of Southern California (1997).

Internship and Residency: Combined Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine Residency, UCLA–Olive View Residency Program (1997-2002).

Paul D. Kivela, M.D., FACEP

Current Professional Position: Managing Partner, Napa Valley Emergency Medical Group, Napa, Calif.; Medical Director, Medic Ambulance, Vallejo, Calif.

Medical Degree: M.D., University of Illinois (1990).

Internship and Residency: Emergency Medicine Residency, UCLA (1990-93).

Robert E. O’Connor, M.D., FACEP

Current Professional Position: Professor, Chair, Physician-in-Chief, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Va.; Emergency Physician, Culpeper Regional Hospital, Culpeper, Va.

Medical Degree: M.D., Medical College of Pennsylvania (1982).

Internship and Residency: Emergency Medicine Residency, Medical Center of Delaware (1982-85).

Andrew E. Sama, M.D., FACEP (incumbent)

Current Professional Position: Senior Vice President, Emergency Services, North Shore–Long Island Jewish Health System, Manhasset, N.Y.; Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine, North Shore University Hospital at Manhasset, N.Y.

Medical Degree: M.D., Cornell University Medical College (1981).

Internship and Residency: Internal Medicine, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, N.Y. (1981-84); Assistant Chief Resident of Internal Medicine, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, N.Y. (Spring 1984).