At the ACEP25 Council meeting in Salt Lake City in September, ACEP ushered in its new leadership and voted for Council officers. Here’s a look at election winners, the new President, President-Elect, and Council leadership.

President, L. Anthony Cirillo, MD, FACEP, is a past chair of the ACEP Board of Directors and is now serving in his eighth year on the board. Dr. Cirillo is a past chair of ACEP’s Federal Government Affairs, State Legislative and Regulatory, and Membership Committees, and has served on numerous task forces. He served as board liaison to the ACEP Emergency Medicine Practice and Clinical Resource Review Committees, as well as the Medical Directors, Cruise Ship Medicine, and Emergency Medicine Practice Management and Health Policy Sections. Dr. Cirillo previously served on the National Emergency Medicine PAC (NEMPAC) Board of Trustees and as an ACEP representative on the ACEP/EDPMA surprise medical billing implementation task force steering committee. Dr. Cirillo is the 2018 recipient of ACEP’s Colin C. Rorrie, Jr., PhD Award for Excellence in Health Policy. Dr. Cirillo practices clinically and serves as the Director of Government Affairs for US Acute Care Solutions. Dr. Cirillo earned his medical degree at the University of Vermont College of Medicine in Burlington,  and completed his residency in emergency medicine at UMASS Medical Center in Worcester, Mass., where he served as Chief Resident.

ACEP 2025-26 Board and Council Members (L-R): Dr. Henry Pitzele; Council Vice Speaker Dr. Larisa M. Traill; Dr. Heidi Knowles; Dr. Jamie Shoemaker; Dr. Daniel Freess; EMRA Representative Dr. Kelsey Morgan; Dr. Jennifer Casaletto; Dr. Kristin McCabe-Kline; Dr. Tony Cirillo; Dr. C. Ryan Keay; Dr. Ryan Stanton; Dr. Steven Kailes; Dr. Bing Pao; Dr. Abhi Mehrotra; Council Speaker Dr. Michael McCrea; and Dr. Chadd Kraus. (Click to enlarge.)

President-Elect, Ryan Stanton, MD, FACEP, is an emergency physician and president of Central Emergency Physicians in Kentucky. Dr. Stanton is the EMS medical director for Lexington-Fayette Urban County, and medical director for the AMR/NASCAR safety team and other EMS agencies. Dr. Stanton is a chief medical contributor for Fox 56 News and creator/host of the “ACEP Frontline” podcast. He is a past president of the Kentucky chapter of ACEP. Dr. Stanton has a medical degree from James H. Quillen College of Medicine and completed his residency in emergency medicine at the University of Kentucky.

Immediate Past President, Alison J. Haddock, MD, FACEP, currently serves as regional dean for the Everett campus of the Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine. Dr. Haddock is past chair of the board of directors of ACEP, past chair of the ACEP State Legislative Committee and a past board member for the Emergency Medicine Residents Association and Texas College of Emergency Physicians. She attended medical school at Weill Medical College of Cornell University and completed her emergency medicine residency at the University of Michigan.