Who is CAL/ACEP?
BACKGROUND
The Organization
Founded in 1971, California Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians (CAL/ACEP) is a 501(c)(6) non-profit association representing California's emergency physicians. With more than 2,500 members or approximately 80% of board-certified emergency physicians in the state, CAL/ACEP is the largest state chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians,
a national medical specialty society founded in 1968, that claims more
than 27,000 emergency physician-members in all 50 states, plus chapters
representing emergency physicians in the armed forces and in Puerto
Rico.
CAL/ACEP members are board-certified emergency physicians
who practice in emergency departments as diverse as their patients.
Whether in academic or community hospitals, urban or rural, CAL/ACEP
members represent the spectrum of emergency physicians in California.
The Specialty
The medical specialty of emergency medicine was recognized as the 23rd medical specialty in 1979 by the American Board of Medical Specialties. Emergency physicians or ER doctors "[focus] on the immediate decision making and action necessary to
prevent death or any further disability both in the pre-hospital
setting by directing emergency medical technicians and in the emergency
department. The emergency physician provides immediate recognition,
evaluation, care, stabilization and disposition of a generally
diversified population of adult and pediatric patients in response to
acute illness and injury." (American Board of Emergency Medicine)
The Mission
CAL/ACEP's
mission is to support emergency physicians in providing the highest
quality of care to all patients and to their communities.
The Vision
CAL/ACEP's vision is that all people in California have timely access to high-quality emergency care, which is recognized as an essential public service within a comprehensive emergency medical services system, capable of coordinated response to disasters and health care crises, and in which the personal and practice rights, safety, education, wellness and longevity of emergency physicians are promoted and protected.
Revised and adopted by the Board of Directors, August 5, 2010
LEADERSHIP
Board of Directors
Elected by the membership to serve two-years terms, the CAL/ACEP Board of Directors serves the 2,600 chapter members through strategic planning, policy making and advocacy on behalf of emergency physicians and emergency care patients in California. The 15-19 member Board is led by a six member Executive Committee comprised of the President, President-Elect, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary and Immediate Past President, and includes a full-voting directorship for the California Emergency Medicine Residents' Association (CAL/EMRA), as well as one appointed or "At-Large" director.
The Board typically meets seven times per year, including once at the Scientific Assembly. A full schedule of Board meetings can be found here. Information on other CAL/ACEP conferences and events can be found here.
2010-11 Board of Directors
President
Andrea Brault, MD, MMM, FACEP
President-Elect
Peter Sokolove, MD, FACEP
Vice President
Andrew Fenton, MD, FACEP
Treasurer
Thomas Sugarman, MD, FACEP (At-Large)
Secretary
Paul Christensen, MD, FACEP
Immediate Past President
Robert Rosenbloom, MD, FACEP
Yasmina Boyd, DO
Doug Brosnan, MD, JD
David Feldman, MD, MBA
Mathew Foley, MD, MS
Gary Gechlik, MD, JD, MBA, FACEP
Sam Ko, MD (CAL/EMRA President)
Leslie Mukau, MD
Rusty Oshita, MD, FACEP
Michael Osmundson, MD, MBA, FACEP
Mark Notash, MD
Bing Pao, MD, FACEP
Andrea Wagner, MD, FACEP
Board Representatives
The CAL/ACEP Board also regularly invites representatives from the California Chapter of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (CAL/AAEM) and the California Emergency Nurses' Association (Cal/ENA), though they are non-voting positions. In addition, CAL/EMRA sends an additional, alternate representative (its President-Elect) to ensure continuity in resident representation on the CAL/ACEP Board; this position is also non-voting.
CAL/AAEM Representative
Steven Gabaeff, M.D., FAAEM
Cal/ENA Representative
Terri Sturgill, RN
CAL/EMRA Alternate Representative
Alfred Joshua, MD
CAL/ACEP President
Peter Sokolove, MD, FACEP, President
