Welcome
AzCEP Annual Membership Meeting
with elections, Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Congratulations to the newly elected officers and board members... see the Leadership tab for the list.
During this meeting, in addition to electing our new officers, we presented Steven J. Lipsky, MD, FACEP with the W. James Bursey Award. This award had not been given out in quite some time and to refresh your memories, here is the background of the award:
In 1982 the Board of Directors of the Arizona Chapter, American College of Emergency Physicians, authorized the establishment of the W. James Bursey Award to be presented periodically to Arizona emergency physicians deemed to have made an outstanding contribution to emergency medicine in Arizona. W. James Bursey, M.D. was named as the first recipient of this award. It is entirely fitting that this special recognition award is named after its first recipient. Dr. Bursey is widely considered to be the father of emergency medicine in Arizona, and the extent of his commitment and contribution to the growth of this important specialty in the State of Arizona is virtually immeasurable. At the same time, Dr. Bursey has achieved a widespread reputation for impeccable intellectual honesty and moral integrity. It is in the hopes that other emergency physicians will choose to emulate the example of this outstanding physician and human being that this award is established.
Past recipients of this award are as follows:
W. James Bursey, MD
Michael J. Krentz, MD, FACEP
John H. Raife, Jr., MD, FACEP
Thomas C. Patterson, MD
Patrick N. Connell, MD, FACEP
Todd B. Taylor, MD, FACEP
Steve J. Lipsky, MD, FACEP
Congratulations to Dr. Lipsky…as well as the 2012-2013 AzCEP Executive and Board Members!
Next up.... AzCEP’s 40 Anniversary Celebration with a talk by Dr. Meislin!
AzCEP’s 40th Anniversary celebration will be held June 6-7, 2012, at the Arizona Inn , Tucson, AZ. Specific details will be sent soon, but the event will begin in the afternoon of Wednesday, June 6 with a 2012 LLSA review and a talk by Dr. Harvey Meislin, before the anniversary reception and a dinner on the grounds of the Arizona Inn. A room block has been secured with a rate of $139 and reservations can be made by calling: 520-325-1541. All past AzCEP Presidents will be sent an official invite and their room will be comped by the chapter if they would like. On Thursday, June 7, the AzCEP board/membership meeting will be held.
News & Upcoming Events
Emergency Doc of the Day, February 1, 2012
was a success!
Thank you to all who participated!
AzCEP Resident Research Seed Grant:
2012 has also finally brought us the $1000 check presentation to the winners of the 2011-2012 AzCEP’s Resident Research Seed Grant. Drs. Stephen Charbonneau and Whitney Kiebel had the winning application on their study entitled: A Community Based Translation Research Study: The impact of a brief educational module on Emergency Physicians knowledge and understanding of common patterns of genital injury in childhood sexual assault.
AzCEP Board Member and seed grant review member, Dr. Scott Lowry, presented Dr. Charbonneau with the $1000 check. We would also like to thank the other review committee members for their assistant with this project.
Review Committee:
AzCEP Executive Members: Dr. Nick Vasquez & Dr. Paul Kozak
AzCEP Board of Directors Members: Dr. Scott Lowry & Dr. Kim Tranquada
Maricopa Medical Center Rep: Dr. Dan Quan
Kingman Regional Rep: Dr. Brian Scott
UofA COM Rep: Dr. Peter Chase
UofA-Kino Rep: Dr. Dan Beskind
ACEP has launched a campaign to educate policymakers, the news media and the public about the value of emergency medicine and that emergency care constitutes less than 2% of all health care spending. To hear some talk about rising health care costs, you’d think it was more like 50%! Because of the cost-cutting environment in Washington and in state legislatures, this campaign is designed to promote the high value of emergency care. The campaign launched with a Health Writers’ Conference in New York, featuring ACEP members from Arizona, Connecticut, New York, Texas, Oregon and Washington, DC, highlighting different aspects of emergency care. In addition, the results of a new poll of ACEP members was released showing increased stress on emergency departments. ACEP spokespersons in 10 top media markets are conducting media interviews to promote the poll results and reinforce the “Just 2%” messages. The campaign will continue with print and radio ads through ACEP’s Leadership & Advocacy Conference this month in Washington.
More information about the campaign can be found here.
Help support the campaign! THANK YOU!!
ACEP's 2012 Leadership & Advocacy Conference; May 20-23
Registration for the Leadership and Advocacy Conference is now open. Many exciting workshops have been planned and there will be several sessions on chapter leadership, including: Chapter Leadership Orientation, Chapter Officers Forum and the breakfast sessions for large chapters and small/medium chapters.
Many sessions will be offered regarding advocacy, public policy, public relations and also visits with key legislators on the Hill. Several receptions have been planned including the opening reception and the Congressional Reception on Tuesday evening. This year a maximum of 8.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM can be earned at the meeting.
Our featured speakers this year are Dan Morhaim MD, FACEP, Deputy Majority Leader, Maryland Hose of Delegates; John A. Barrasso, MD, US Senator (R-WY); Joseph R. Pitts, US Representative (R-PA); and Marilyn Tavenner, Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
For a list of all sessions and activities, you can go to ACEP’s website and view the conference brochure and registration information. Hotel information can also be found on our website.