Council Speaker (unopposed)
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, Tex.; Regional Director of Medical Education, Questcare Partners, Dallas, Tex.

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

Internship and Residency: Emergency Medicine, Darnall Army Community Hospital, Fort Hood, Tex. (1992).

Council Vice Speaker
James M. Cusick, M.D., FACEP

Current Professional Position: Emergency Physician/Part-Time Faculty, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, Colo.

Medical Degree: Nassau County Medical Center/SUNY Stony Brook, N.Y. (1983).

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

Kevin M. Klauer, D.O., EJD, FACEP

Current Professional Position: Chief Medical Officer, Emergency Medicine Physicians, Ltd.; Director, Center for Emergency Medical Education; Assistant Clinical Professor, Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, East Lansing, Mich.

Medical Degree: University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences (now Des Moines University), Des Moines, Iowa (1992).

Internship and Residency: Emergency Medicine, LSU Charity Hospital New Orleans (1992-1996).

William J. Meggs, M.D., PhD, FACEP, FACMT

Current Professional Position: Professor of Emergency Medicine, Senior Vice Chair for Academic Affairs, Chief of the Division of Toxicology, Emergency Physician, Pitt County Memorial Hospital and Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, N.C.

Medical Degree: University of Miami School of Medicine (1979).

Internship and Residency: Internal Medicine Residency, Rochester General Hospital (1979-1982); Clinical Research Fellowship, NIH (1982-1985); Medical Toxicology Fellowship, Bellevue Hospital and New York City Poison Center (1992-1996).