At its annual meeting in October, 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 October 13 and 14 at the Hilton San Francisco.

Read the candidates’ complete bios and accomplishments at www.ACEP.org. Click on the “About Us” link near the top of the page, and then choose the “Leadership” 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.

Alex M. Rosenau, D.O., CPE, FACEP

Current Professional Position: Senior Vice Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Lehigh Valley Health Network; Assistant Medical Director, Lehigh Valley Physician Group.

Internship and Residency: Emergency Medicine, Botsford General Hospital, Farmington Hills, Mich.; Rotating Internship, St. Luke’s Hospital, Allentown, Pa.

Elected to Board: 2006, 2009

Andrew E. Sama, M.D., FACEP

Current Professional Position: Senior Vice President, Emergency Medicine Service Line, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Manhasset, N.Y.; Chair and Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, North Shore University Hospital at Manhasset; Chair and Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center; Chair, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System Medical Group.

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

Elected to Board: 2007, 2010

Robert C. Solomon, M.D., FACEP

Current Professional Position: Attending Physician (Academic) and Core Faculty, Emergency Medicine Residency, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Internship and Residency: Internal Medicine, The Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa. (1982-1984).

Elected to Board: 2006, 2009

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.

Michael J. Gerardi, M.D., FACEP (incumbent)

Current Professional Position: Attending Physician and Faculty Member, Department of Emergency Medicine, Morristown Memorial Hospital, Morristown, N.J.; Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Goryeb Children’s Hospital, Morristown, N.J.

Medical Degree: Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington (1985).

Internship and Residency: Residencies in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga. (1989-1993).

Hans House, M.D., FACEP

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

Medical Degree: University of Southern California, Los Angeles (1997).

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

William Jaquis, M.D., FACEP

Current Professional Position: System Chief of Emergency Medicine, LifeBridge Health, Baltimore, Md.; Chief of Emergency Medicine and Attending Physician, Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, Md.; Regional Medical Director, EmCare North region.

Medical Degree: Medical College of Ohio, Toledo (1989).

Internship and Residency: Emergency Medicine Residency, Case Western–Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio (1989-1992).

David P. John, M.D., FACEP

Current Professional Position: Chief of Emergency Medicine at Carney Hospital, Boston, Mass.

Medical Degree: Boston University School of Medicine (1988).

Internship and Residency: Emergency Medicine, Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, Bronx, N.Y. (1995-1998); Surgery (Intern) and Neurosurgery at Yale–New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Conn. (1988-1991).

Mark L. Mackey, M.D., MBA, FACEP

Current Professional Position: Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Medicine; Associate Medical Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Swedish American Belvidere, Belvidere, Ill.

Medical Degree: Creighton University, Omaha, Neb. (1982).

Internship and Residency: Pediatric Internship, Milwaukee Children’s Hospital; Emergency Medicine Residency, University of Florida, Jacksonville, Fla. (1985-1987).

David J. Mendelson, M.D., MS, FACEP

Current Professional Position: Medical Director, Baylor Medical Center (Frisco and Trophy Club Campus), Frisco and Trophy Club, Tex.

Medical Degree: Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland (1990).

Internship and Residency: Emergency Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Medical Center,

Philadelphia, Pa. (1993).

John J. Rogers, M.D., FACEP

Current Professional Position: Associate ED Medical Director, Chief of Department of Medicine, Chief of Staff Elect, and Emergency Physician at Coliseum Northside Hospital, Macon, Ga.; Associate ED Medical Director and Emergency Physician, Coliseum Medical Center, Macon, Ga.; Associate ED Medical Director, Fairview Park Hospital, Dublin, Ga.; and Emergency Physician at Monroe County Hospital, Forsyth, Ga.

Medical Degree: University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City (1978).

Internship and Residency: Surgery, Medical Center of Central Georgia, Macon, Ga. (1983).

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 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).