Andrew I. Bern, MD, FACEP

Current Professional Position: Attending Emergency Physician, Delray Medical Center, Delray Beach, Florida

Residency: Emergency Medicine Residency, The Affiliated Hospitals of the University of Louisville, Kentucky (1979-1981); Internal Medicine Residency, State University of New York at Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York (1976-1979)

Year Elected to Board: 2007, 2010

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Bio: Dr. Bern, of Coral Springs, Fla., is an attending physician at Delray Medical Center in Delray Beach. He was elected to the board in 2007.

Over the course of his 29-year membership with ACEP, Dr. Bern has served as a councilor, alternate councilor and member of the steering committee in ACEP's council. He has also served the Florida chapter of ACEP as board member, committee chair and treasurer. He has chaired or been a member of national committees in six critical areas including finance, membership, education, communications, advocacy and leadership. He is the founder of the disaster medicine section and spearheaded the initiatives that established membership sections and the college grant center program. He has written and lectured extensively on disaster topics.

Dr. Bern earned his medical degree at State University of New York at Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn. He completed his emergency medicine residency at the Affiliated Hospitals of the University of Louisville, Ky., and internal medicine residency at State University of New York at Downstate Medical Center.