Innovative Change in Practice Management Award

Matthew Rill, MD, FACEP

Dr. Rill is an emergency physician, currently privileged to serve as the CEO of Emergency Resources Group (ERG) and Telescope Health.

Prior to elevation into the role of CEO, he served as medical director of several emergency departments. He also recently co-founded ERG’s newest clinical platform, Telescope Health, whose mission is to improve accessibility and health care connectedness through the use of telemedicine and other health services. Dr. Rill was recently recognized by Trust Across America as a Top Thought Leader in Trust for leadership during the pandemic.

Dr. Rill earned his MD from the University of Florida in Gainesville. In addition to his administrative duties, Dr. Rill still enjoys working as an attending emergency physician, seeing patients with his peers in the emergency departments and via telemedicine.

Outstanding Contribution in EMS Award

Craig A. Manifold, DO, FACEP (posthumous)

Dr. Manifold earned his DO at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed his emergency medicine residency at San Antonio’s Wilford Hall Medical Center. Dr. Manifold enlisted in the U.S. Air Force at age 18, and during his military career he served as associate residency director at Wilford Hall Medical Center, EMS initial education director, chief of professional services, and joint surgeon for the Texas National Guard.

He received many awards during his career, including the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Service Commendation, Michael Copass EMS Leadership Award, and the Humanitarian Service Medal. He passed away on Sept. 20, 2020.

Policy Pioneer Award

Jordan GR Celeste, MD, FACEP

Dr. Celeste is an emergency physician with Emergency Physicians of Central Florida. She earned her MD at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore and completed her emergency medicine residency at Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.

She is a member of the Florida College of Emergency Physicians’ Board of Directors. She previously served as ACEP representative and president of the Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association and chair of the Emergency Medicine Foundation Board of Trustees.

Community Emergency Medicine Excellence Award

Michael A. McGee, MD, MPH, FACEP

Dr. McGee is a full partner with Vituity Emergency Medicine in Gary and Merrillville, Indiana, as well as president and CEO of Premier Urgent Care and Occupational Health Center in Chicago’s Hyde Park. Dr. McGee has a master’s in public health in epidemiology and biostatistics from the University of Illinois in Chicago and an MD from Rush Medical College in Chicago. He completed his internship and residency in the department of emergency medicine at New York University/Bellevue Hospital Medical Center.

Dr. McGee worked as an assistant professor of emergency medicine at Emory/Grady Medical Center in Atlanta. In March 2008, he became the president and CEO of Northwest Emergency Associates (NEA), LLC. In 2019, NEA merged with Vituity Healthcare, where Dr. McGee is a full partner. He is the chair of the Firearm Violence and Injury Prevention Committee of the ACEP Diversity, Inclusion, and Health Equity Section. He is the founder of a violence prevention nonprofit organization called Project Outreach and Prevention, Inc.  Plus-circle