Mark your calendar! In 2012, Ohio ACEP will be celebrating its 40th Anniversary. In honor of this milestone, Ohio ACEP has transformed the event formerly known as the Residents’ Assembly and All Member Annual Meeting into the:
All Ohio Emergency Medicine Assembly
June 5, 2012
Embassy Suites Dublin
This dynamic event will have something for everyone! Medical students, residents, attendings, academics, administrators and clinicians alike will benefit from this program which will include both career and clinical topics.
Program Highlights:
- Back by popular demand! The Life After Residency Practice Options Panel
- EM Hot Topic Workshops including: Bouncebacks! Medical and Legal
- Meet with over 25 industry exhibitors offering career opportunities
2012 Ohio ACEP Award Nominations:
The 2012 Emergency Physician of the Year Award and the Bill Hall for Service to Ohio Chapter ACEP will be presented at the All Ohio Emergency Medicine Assembly, to be held on June 5that the Embassy Suites in Dublin, Ohio.
EM Physician of the Year Nomination Criteria
Bill Hall Award Nomination Criteria
To make a nomination, please review the criteria found above and send a letter specifying the individual and the award to: Ohio Chapter ACEP, 3510 Snouffer Road, Suite 100, Columbus, Ohio 43235. The deadline for submission of nominations is April 16, 2012. Nominees will be reviewed and selected by the Ohio Chapter ACEP Awards Committee with the approval of the Board of Directors.
Check back in March for the All Ohio Emergency Medicine Assembly Registration Information!
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2011 Residents' Assembly & Annual Meeting Recap
The Residents’ Assembly program gave emergency medicine residents an opportunity to meet with experienced regional and national experts. Residents also had the opportunity to meet with a number of physicians and representatives from various areas of the state and country that had positions available. Ohio ACEP would like to thank the following Residents’ Assembly panelists and speakers: James Augustine, MD, FACEP; Paul Austin, MD, FACEP; Thomas Carter, DO, FACEP; Gary Katz, MD, MBA, FACEP; Kevin Klauer, DO, EJD, FACEP; Michael Nauss, MD; David Seaberg, MD, CPE, FACEP; Steven Stack, MD, FACEP and Thomas Syzek, MD, FACEP.
During the Annual Meeting program the ACEP President-Elect David Seaberg, MD, CPE, FACEP gave a National ACEP Update. Steven Stack, MD, FACEP, Secretary, American Medical Association presented Advocacy and the EM Physician; Leadership in Organized Medicine.
The Annual meeting and Awards luncheon included the election of the Ohio ACEP Board of Directors and Councillors, a chapter update by Executive Director Laura Tiberi, CAE and a reading of Something for the Pain; Compassion and Burn Out in the ED by physician and author Paul Austin, MD, FACEP. During the luncheon Michelle M. Blanda, MD, FACEP was honored as Emergency Physician of the Year in recognition of her commitment to the ideals of emergency medicine and dedication to the education of emergency physicians. Thomas A. Tallman, DO, FACEP was presented with the Bill Hall Award for service for making significant contributions to Emergency Medicine and the Ohio Chapter ACEP.
The following six individuals were elected to the Board of Directors at the Annual Meeting:
- Paul R. Culler, MD, FACEP
- Christian Chisholm (C.C.) Halloran, MD, FACEP
- John L. Lyman, MD, FACEP
- Michael J. McCrea, MD (Secretary);
- John R. Queen, MD, FACEP
- Michael D. Smith, MD, FACEP (President-Elect);
Mary M. Werick, MD was also elected as the emergency medicine resident representative on the Ohio ACEP Board of Directors.
The new and re-elected Board members join the following Board members and Officers in service on the chapter Board of Directors: Thomas W. Lukens, MD, PhD, FACEP (President); Robert I. Broida, MD, FACEP (Treasurer); Gary R. Katz, MD, MBA, FACEP (Immediate Past-President); Eileen F. Baker, MD, FACEP; James M. Horn, MD, FACEP; Catherine A. Marco, MD, FACEP; John A. Russ, III, MD, RDMS, FACEP; and Thomas A. Tallman, DO, FACEP.
Councillors were also elected at the meeting. Newly and re-elected individuals on the 2011 Ohio ACEP Council delegation included: Eileen F. Baker, MD, FACEP (Bowling Green); Thomas E. Carter, DO, FACEP (Portsmouth); Christian Chisholm (C.C.) Halloran, MD, FACEP (Cleveland); Mary Hancock, MD, FACEP (Elyria); Gary R. Katz, MD, MBA, FACEP (Dublin); Kevin M. Klauer, DO, EJD, FACEP (Canton); Sara Laskey, MD (Shaker Heights); Thomas W. Lukens, MD, PhD, FACEP (Cleveland); John L. Lyman, MD, FACEP (Dayton); Catherine A. Marco, MD, FACEP (Toledo); Daniel R. Martin, MD, FACEP (Westerville); Michael D. Smith, MD, FACEP (Brecksville); and Thomas A. Tallman, DO, FACEP (Shaker Heights).
All the members of the 2011 Leadership Development Academy Class were named as Alternate Councillors to the 2011 delegation: Purva Grover, MD; Venkatesh Kambhampati, MD; Gerald Maloney, Jr., DO, FACEP; Michael McCrea, Mohamad Moussa, MD; MD; Michael Nauss, MD; Sarah Orlousky, MD; and Matthew Sanders, DO.
Throughout the event the exhibit hall was crowded with exhibitors and attendees were encouraged to spend time with them throughout the day. The conference would not have been possible without the support of the exhibitors and Ohio ACEP appreciates their involvement.
The 2011 Bill Hall Award and the Emergency Physician of the Year Award were presented at the Ohio Chapter ACEP Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon
Ohio ACEP proudly recognized Thomas A. Tallman, DO, FACEP with the Bill Hall Award for Service to the Chapter. Dr. Thomas Tallman was honored for his selfless giving of time and enthusiasm for patient care. As an Ohio ACEP Board member, he has made chapter involvement and leadership a priority. He has served as faculty on the joint Michigan-Ohio Chapters’ Midwest Winter Symposium. He also participated as the Ohio ACEP representative to the Ohio Medical Coordination Committee. Congratulations Dr. Tallman!
Ohio ACEP proudly recognized Michelle M. Blanda, MD, FACEP with the EM Physician of the Year Award. Dr. Blanda was honored as a transformative leader that leads by example, has a tenacious drive, is receptive to the input of her colleagues, and celebrates the success of those under her tutelage. She demonstrates an exemplary pattern of administrative and clinical excellence. Congratulations Dr. Blanda!


