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ACEP Now: Vol 33 – No 04 – April 2014Dr. McMurray and colleagues during their September 2013 trip to Ukriane. Pictured, from left to right, are Dr. Gudma, the host in Ternopil; Dr. Shannon Langston of Vanderbilt EM; Dr. McMurray; Dr. Vitaliy Krylyuk of Kyiv; Dr. Sergei Bolyukh of Vinnitsa; Dr. Michelle Sergel of Cook County, Chicago; and Dr. Mark McLean of Maury Regional EM and Team Health, Tenn.
ACEP International
The roughly 10-year-old ACEP International Ambassador program is a wonderful opportunity to serve in international emergency medicine, whether it is in Ukraine or in numerous other countries around the world. The program was launched in 2004 as a means of organizing and further developing and coordinating many efforts already taking place among ACEP members in international emergency medicine. The field of international emergency medicine has since grown greatly in scope, with dozens of international emergency medicine fellowships now existing in the United States and abroad. ACEP’s international Emergency Medicine Section provides all forms of networking and leadership to deepen the work of collaboration worldwide. In this coming year, we will see the development of the international liaison physician program within our ambassador program. This will facilitate ACEP membership by EM physician leaders from other countries served by the ACEP Ambassador program.
I encourage all ACEP members to become members of the International Section and to find their niche. Look at our blog at www.ukrainemedicalmission.com to gain more insight on outreach to Ukraine. We anticipate our next trip to occur in September 2014. You might want to participate.
A friend of mine once told me that, in going to Ukraine to help others, he had learned the difference between success and significance. I encourage you to find out that difference firsthand for yourself.
Dr. McMurray is medical director of the Wayne Medical Center Emergency Department in Waynesboro, Tenn., and medical director of First Stop Urgent Care in Columbia, Tenn. He is the ACEP International Ambassador to Ukraine. Since 1996, he and his wife, Catherine, and their three daughters all have been to Ukraine, initially on trips focused on helping orphanages.
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