Dr. Mattu is the editor and host of “EMCast,” EmedHome’s monthly podcast, and creator of a weekly EKG video series with subscribers in more than 150 countries around the world. He is a frequent speaker at educational conferences nationwide and in 18 other countries.

Dr. Mattu and his wife, Sejal, live outside Annapolis, Md., with their three children: Nikhil, Kamran, and Eleena. He enjoys traveling with his wife, teaching his kids electrocardiography and quoting “The Princess Bride.”

Jeffrey Tabas, M.D., FACEP

Outstanding Contribution in Education Award

ACEP presents the Outstanding Contribution in Education Award to a member who has made a significant contribution to the educational aspects of emergency medicine.

Dr. Jeffrey Tabas is professor of emergency medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and practices at San Francisco General Hospital. He

currently serves as a director in the UCSF Office of Continuing Medical Education and has taught emergency medicine, advanced procedural skills training and electro- cardiography to a generation of students and residents.

Born in Philadelphia, Dr. Tabas earned his undergraduate degree from Brown University and his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He completed an internal medicine residency at University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center and an emergency medicine residency at the UCLA-Olive View program.

His areas of educational and research focus are cardiovascular emergencies and procedural skill training. He has been an active lecturer, book chapter and review article author, editor of a textbook on emergency electrocardiography, and course chair for several popular emergency medicine conferences. For JAMA Internal Medicine, Dr. Tabas serves as editor of the continuing medical education section and a clinical electrocardiography series.

Dr. Tabas has shown his dedication to ACEP in innovative ways, including the creation of a groundbreaking cadaver-based life-saving procedures lab. He has served as a member of the ACEP Education Committee and Scientific Assembly Planning Committee for more than a decade and was chair of the ACEP 2011 Scientific Assembly.

Dr. Tabas and his wife, pediatrician Michiko Shibata, live in San Francisco with their three children, Kenzo, Kai, and Maya. When he’s not pursuing academic and clinical interests or spending time with his family, he enjoys throwing hip checks and honing his ever-improving ice hockey skills.

Brian J. O’Neil, M.D., FACEP

Outstanding Contribution in Research Award

ACEP presents the Outstanding Contribution in Research Award to a member who has made a significant contribution to research in emergency medicine.