Secretary-Treasurer, Abhi Mehrotra, MD, MBA, FACEP, is a clinical professor and vice chair of strategic initiatives and operations, University of North Carolina Department of Emergency Medicine. He has held numerous teaching positions with the University of North Carolina Department of Emergency Medicine and Kenan-Flagler Business School. He is a past president of the North Carolina chapter of ACEP and an extensively published author of book chapters and peer-reviewed publications on topics spanning emergency medicine. Dr. Mehrotra is an oral examiner and item writer for the American Board of Emergency Medicine, a member of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, and maintains an active role in numerous other medical societies. He earned a medical degree from The Ohio State University and completed an emergency medicine residency at the University of North Carolina Hospitals.

Newly Elected Board Members

Daniel Freess, MD, FACEP, is currently an emergency physician at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Conn.t, and serves as assistant professor, Department of Traumatology and Emergency Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine. He has held numerous national leadership roles with the ACEP, including chair of the Council Reference Committee, chair of the Clinical Resource Review Committee, and chair of the EM Practice Committee. He has served on several ACEP task forces and subcommittees focused on workforce issues, emergency department policy, and boarding. Dr. Freess completed his emergency medicine residency at the University of Connecticut and earned his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College.

Steven B. Kailes, MD, MPH, FACEP, is an emergency medicine physician and director of governmental relations with Emergency Resources Group  in Jacksonville, Fla. Dr. Kailes served on the ACEP Reimbursement Committee, State Legislative and Regulatory Committee, Clinical Resource Review Committee, and Emergency Department Practice Management Association Joint Task Force on Balance Billing. He was an inaugural fellow in ACEP’s Reimbursement Leadership Development Program. He is past president of the Florida College of Emergency Physicians and currently serves on the chapter’s Governmental Affairs and Medical Economics Committees. Dr. Kailes received his medical degree and a Master of Public Health from Tufts University School of Medicine. He completed an internship in basic surgery and his emergency medicine residency at Naval Medical Center in San Diego.

Bing S. Pao, MD, FACEP, is senior director of provider relations for Vituity and a practicing emergency physician at Moreno Valley Hospital in Riverside County, Calif.. He is an assistant clinical professor at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and on the teaching faculty for the University of California in Riverside. He is a past president of the California Emergency Medicine Residency Association, past chair of the Emergency Department Practice Management Association (EDPMA), and past board member of the California chapter of ACEP and the San Diego County Medical Society. Dr. Pao also served as an officer and board member for Physicians for Fair Coverage. He actively supports emergency physicians at the state and national level through ACEP’s task forces on alternative payment models, group ownership, accreditation, balance billing, and the Reimbursement and Steering Committees. He received his medical degree from Duke University and completed his emergency medicine residency at the UC SD.