If crowding and boarding are issues you are faced with in your ED, you will want to join this section. Observation medicine, founded by emergency physicians, is one way of addressing patient flow. This section provides information on how to set-up an observation unit and even provides protocols for you to use. Joining this section will provide you with a great opportunity to network with nationally known leaders in this area.

2009-10 Section Officers:

Chair - Carol L. Clark, MD, MBA, FACEP   
Chair-elect - Bret Nicks, MD, FACEP
Secretary-Newsletter Editor - Pawan Suri, MD
Councillor - Alexander T. Limkakeng, MD, FACEP
Alternate Councillor - Joanna C. Gardner, MD 

Board Liaison - Sandra M. Schneider, MD, FACEP
Staff Liaison - Marilyn Bromley, RN

For inquiries, questions, or comments about the section, please send an e-mail to the staff liaison.

Observation Medicine Section members may send an e-mail to all members of this section via the section e-list at  obsmed-section@elist.acep.org

Society of Chest Pain Centers
The Society promotes protocol based medicine, often delivered through a Chest Pain Center model to address the diagnosis and treatment of acute coronary syndromes, heart failure, and to promote the adoption of process improvement science by healthcare providers.