The deadline to submit nominations is March 12. Find each award’s description, criteria and nomination portal at acep.org/leadership-awards.

The 2024 ACEP Leadership Awards include:

• John G. Wiegenstein Leadership Award: Must be an active, life, or honorary member of ACEP and a past or current member of the Board of Directors or officer of the Council; must possess personal leadership attributes and serve as a role model for ACEP members; and must have made an outstanding contribution to ACEP by significantly helping to achieve ACEP’s purposes and objectives. Recipients of this award are ineligible to receive awards in other categories of the Awards Program.
• James D. Mills Outstanding Contribution to Emergency Medicine Award: Must be an active, life, or honorary member of ACEP and have made a significant contribution to emergency medicine through a variety of avenues, such as improved patient-care delivery modes, cost containment, quality-of-care improvements, disaster planning, improved EMS organization, public education, and ACEP committee service. Recipients of this award are ineligible to receive awards in other categories of the Awards Program.
• John A. Rupke Legacy Award: Must be a member of ACEP for more than 25 years with sustained contributions in the local, state, or national emergency-medicine communities as a consensus builder, with humanitarianism, and as an advocate for the profession. The member must have also demonstrated exceptional commitment of time and dedication to emergency medicine and to improving the care of emergency patients. Previous recipients of the Wiegenstein or Mills awards are not eligible to receive this award.
• Colin C. Rorrie, Jr., PhD Award for Excellence in Health Policy: Must be a person of distinction who has made an outstanding contribution to medical health policy or to the development or support of legislation and/or regulations that enhance access to emergency medicine, shown exemplary performance as an administrator in medicine and health care, or made outstanding contributions to organized medicine.
• Award for Outstanding Contribution in Research: Must be a member of ACEP and have made an outstanding contribution to research in emergency medicine as demonstrated in accomplishments such as outstanding research and publication of original research.
• Award for Outstanding Contribution in EMS: Must be a regular member of the College that has made an outstanding contribution of national significance in the area of EMS and/or an outstanding contribution to the development, promotion, maturation or education of EMS on a state or national level with related national significance or application.
• Council Meritorious Award: Must be an active, life, or honorary member of ACEP and a past or current Councillor who has served for at least 3 years, and have contributed to the Council through Steering Committee membership, Reference Committee participation, participation on other Council committees, resolution development and debate, longevity as a Councillor, or service as a Council officer.
• Judith E. Tintinalli Award for Outstanding Contribution in Education: Must be a member of ACEP and have made an outstanding contribution to academic emergency medicine through areas such as development of teaching tools and resident education.
• Honorary Membership Award: Individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to ACEP by significantly helping to achieve one or more of the College’s purposes and objectives, or who have served as a role model for ACEP members, with personal attributes such as inspiration.
  

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