On Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021, in Boston, the ACEP Council conducted its annual elections.

ACEP President-Elect Christopher S. Kang, MD, FACEP.

Christopher S. Kang, MD, FACEP, from Washington is ACEP’s new President-Elect. Dr. Kang will serve one year as President-Elect before becoming ACEP President during ACEP22 in San Francisco. He was first elected to the ACEP Board of Directors in 2015 and takes on this role after serving as Board treasurer in 2019–2020 and the Chair of the Board in 2020–2021. Dr. Kang will become ACEP’s first Asian-American president.

ACEP Board of Directors members (from left) J.T. Finnell, II, MD, MSc, FACEP; Rami R. Khoury, MD, FACEP; Heidi C. Knowles, MD, FACEP; and L. Anthony Cirillo, MD, FACEP.

The ACEP Council also elected four members to the ACEP Board of Directors:

• L. Anthony Cirillo, MD, FACEP (incumbent), from Rhode Island
• J.T. Finnell II, MD, MSc, FACEP (incumbent), from Indiana
• Rami R. Khoury, MD, FACEP, from Michigan
• Heidi C. Knowles, MD, FACEP, from Texas

These Board members will serve three-year terms that expire in October 2024.

ACEP Council Vice-Speaker Melissa W. Costello, MD, MS, FACEP, FAEMS (left); and Council Speaker Kelly Gray-Eurom, MD, MMM, FACEP.

Kelly Gray-Eurom, MD, MMM, FACEP, from Florida is the new Council Speaker. She takes on this role after serving as Vice-Speaker since 2019. She will serve a two-year term.
ACEP Council elected Melissa W. Costello, MD, MS, FACEP, FAEMS, from Alabama as its new Vice Speaker. She will serve a two-year term.

It’s a historic moment for ACEP Council leadership. This marks the first time the Council has elected women to serve as its Speaker and Vice Speaker concurrently.

Council Conducts Hybrid Meeting; Considers Record Number of Practice, Clinical Issues

The 2021 ACEP Council considered 82 resolutions—the most ever—during its annual meeting Oct. 23–24, including proposals related to scope of practice, rural emergency medicine, clinical issues, and emergency medicine practice trends.

This year’s Council meeting was a hybrid experience, with some members of Council in person in Boston and others participating and voting online. The ACEP Council represents all 53 chapters, 40 sections of membership, the Association of Academic Chairs of Emergency Medicine, the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors, the Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association, and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.

The resolutions adopted by the Council are not official policy until approved by the ACEP Board of Directors.