Save on Fees with New Payment Option for ACEP Membership

ACH transfers, or electronic checks, are now available for new and renewing ACEP members, allowing a secure bank-to-bank money transfer that eliminates processing fees. Members on an installment plan or auto-renew can easily update their payment information at any time by accessing the “Payment Methods” section of My Account on ACEP’s website.

GEDA Program Accredits 500 EDs Worldwide

ACEP’s Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation (GEDA) program ensures that our older patients receive well-coordinated, quality care at the appropriate level at every ED encounter. Last month, GEDA accredited its 500th emergency department worldwide. The concept of a geriatric ED has developed in the past decade as hospitals recognize that one-size ED care does not fit all. Older people in the ED have presentations, needs, dispositions, and outcomes that are quite specific to them. Learn more about GEDA at acep.org/geda.

President-Elect, Board Candidates Announced

ACEP’s Nominating Committee has selected the slate of candidates for 2024’s elections for the ACEP President-Elect and four positions on the ACEP Board of Directors. Councilors will select the leaders during an election at the ACEP Council meeting in Las Vegas on Saturday, September 28, in conjunction with ACEP24.

President-Elect Candidates

• L. Anthony Cirillo, MD, FACEP
• Jeffrey M. Goodloe, MD, FACEP
• Ryan A. Stanton, MD, FACEP

Board of Directors Candidates (four positions to be filled)

• Jennifer J. Casaletto, MD, FACEP (NC)
• Steven B. Kailes, MD, MPH, FACEP (FL)
• C. Ryan Keay, MD, FACEP (WA)
• Heidi C. Knowles, MD, FACEP (incumbent—TX)
• Diana B. Nordlund, DO, JD, FACEP (MI)
• Bing S. Pao, MD, FACEP (CA)

Series Shows Life of Rural ED

A new docuseries takes international audiences inside a rural Texas emergency department. “Desert Doc” centers on longtime ACEP member Sudip Bose, MD, FACEP, and Medical Center Hospital, the highest level trauma center in 38,0000 square miles. The emergency department cares for patients in 22 counties, roughly the size of the state of Maine. The series had access to film in the ED over the several months, illustrating many of rural ED’s challenges and opportunities, and crews were on site when a gunman shot and killed seven people in Midland–Odessa and captured the physician’s care response. “Desert Doc” is available now on Amazon Prime Video.