Ohio ACEP Residents’ Assembly & Annual Meeting
The Ohio ACEP Residents’ Assembly and Annual Member Meeting were held June 9, 2010 at the Hilton at Easton in Columbus, Ohio. The full-day event was filled with many networking and education opportunities.
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: Thomas Carter, DO, Mark Gebhart, MD, Gary Katz, MD, MBA, FACEP, Kevin Klauer, DO, FACEP and Daniel Martin, MD, FACEP, Thom Mayer, MD, FACEP, FAAP Sandra Schneider, MD, FACEP and Jeff Smith, JD.
At the Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon ACEP President-Elect Sandra Schneider, MD, FACEP gave a National ACEP Update. The annual meeting also featured a chapter update by Executive Director Laura Tiberi, CAE.
The Annual meeting included the election of the Ohio ACEP Board of Directors and Councillors. During the luncheon Catherine Marco, MD, FACEP was presented with the Bill Hall Award for service for making a significant contribution to Emergency Medicine and the Ohio Chapter ACEP and for leading the government affairs advocacy activity in support of Senate Bill 86 - Access to Emergency Care.
The late Carol S. Rivers, 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.
Ohio ACEP was also proud to announce the establishment of the Carol S. Rivers, MD, Emergency Medicine Foundation for the advancement of EM Resident education.
The following three individuals were elected to the Board of Directors at the Annual Meeting:
- James Horn, MD, FACEP
- Michael Nauss, MD
- Thomas Tallman, DO, FACEP
William Saunders, III, MHA, 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: Gary Katz, MD, FACEP (President); Michael D. Smith, MD (Secretary); Robert Broida, MD, FACEP (Treasurer), Thomas Lukens, MD, PhD, FACEP (President-Elect), Eileen Baker, MD, FACEP (Immediate Past-President); Jason Cheatham, DO, FACEP; Paul Culler, MD FACEP; Christian Chisholm (C.C.) Halloran, MD, FACEP, Nicholas Jouriles, MD, FACEP, John Lyman, MD, FACEP, Catherine Marco, MD, FACEP and John Russ, III, MD, RDMS, FACEP.
Councillors were also elected at the meeting. Newly and re-elected individuals included: Baker, Carter, Halloran, Hancock, Katz, Klauer, Lukens, Lyman, Marco, Martin, Smith and Tallman as the Ohio Chapter ACEP Council delegation for 2010.
Throughout the event the exhibit hall was crowded with exhibitors and attendees were encouraged to spend time with them throughout the breaks, luncheon and reception. The conference would not have been possible without the support of the exhibitors and Ohio ACEP appreciates their involvement.
Planning will begin soon for next year’s events!
Save the date for the 2011 Residents' Assembly & Annual Meeting - June 7, 2011!
