ACEP was founded on Aug. 16, 1968, by John G. Wiegenstein, MD, John A. Rupke, MD, and six other physicians in Lansing, Michigan, who wanted to meet the needs of career emergency physicians.
Around the same time, and with no knowledge of the Michigan activities, Reinald L. Leidelmeyer, MD, of Fairfax, Virginia, led a physician group that practiced emergency medicine full-time, in addition to those in the Alexandria Plan, the original full-time emergency medicine staffing concept led by James D. Mills Jr., MD.
Looking to form a national organization, these founders gathered together in November 1968 at the Marriott Twin Bridges Motel in Arlington, Virginia. In all, 32 physicians from 18 states attended this meeting.
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