Paul S. Auerbach, MD, MS, FACEP, FAWM
Clinical Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, CA
A graduate of Duke University School of Medicine, Dr. Paul Auerbach is a leader in the fields of wilderness medicine and emergency medicine, and has worked tirelessly to promote their development and interaction. He has brought academic devotion to the field of wilderness medicine, including textbook and journal editorship, formation of the Wilderness Medical Society, and other activities that have added tremendous depth to the practice, teaching and research of emergency medicine.
In all of his efforts, Dr. Auerbach has demonstrated strong leadership — a particular mark of distinction in the earliest years of wilderness medicine and the emergency medicine specialty — and he’s been an inspiration to those around him. He continually delights in creating opportunities for others and supporting "the next generation." A former chief of emergency medicine at Vanderbilt and Stanford, he is board-certified in emergency medicine and has been appointed at Stanford for nearly two decades.
Larry A. Bedard, MD, FACEP
Marin General Hospital
San Rafael, California
Dr. Bedard’s passion and commitment to emergency medicine has made him a respected leader at both the national and state level. He has been a member of ACEP since 1975 and served as president from 1996-1997. He also served as chair of ACEP’s International Emergency Medicine Task Force from 2000-2001. Dr. Bedard’s professional affiliations include membership in the California Medical Association where he was a board of trustee from 1996-1999, and membership in the Marin Medical Society.
He also served on the Marin Hospital District Board where he was director from 1992-1996. Dr. Bedard was also president of the Marin Heart Association in 1983. Dr. Bedard has received numerous awards, including the prestigious John G. Wiegenstein Leadership Award in 1999 for his outstanding contribution to ACEP and local awards from the California Chapter for his distinguished service and work on legislative issues.
Diane M. Birnbaumer, MD, FACEP
Associate Program Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA
Professor of Clinical Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Delivering care as an emergency physician, as well as teaching emergency medicine, has been a tremendously rewarding experience for Dr. Diane M. Birnbaumer. She is chair of ACEP’s ICEM 2008 Organizing Committee. She is a long-standing member of ACEP’s Education Committee and previously chaired the committee. She also served as a member of ACEP’s Finance Committee and is a past board and executive committee member in California ACEP.
Dr. Birnbaumer has been recognized for her work with ACEP’s "Outstanding Contribution to Education Award," as well as California ACEP’s "Outstanding Contribution to Education Award." She has also been ACEP’s "Outstanding Speaker of the Year" and is a Fellow in the International Federation for Emergency Medicine.
Michael Jay Bresler, MD, FACEP
Attending Physician, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA
Clinical Professor, Division of Emergency Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mills-Peninsula Health System, Burlingame and San Mateo, CA
Dr. Michael Jay Bresler has been active in many health care arenas relating to emergency medicine. He has written both California and federal health care legislation and has testified frequently on health care issues being considered by both the California state legislature and the United States Congress. Among his legislative accomplishments are a surcharge on California vehicular fines that raises more than $200 million annually to support emergency care of indigent patients, a state law preventing the "dumping" of medically unstable indigent patients from one hospital to another and portions of the federal anti-dumping law that provide whistleblower protection.
Dr. Bresler previously served as speaker of the National ACEP Council and as president of California ACEP. He has won the College’s highest awards for leadership at both the state and national levels, and has been designated as an ACEP Honorary Member and Life Fellow.
Michael D. Burg, MD, FACEP
Assistant Clinical Professor, University of California San Francisco – Fresno, Medical Education Program, Fresno, CA
Dr. Michael D. Burg has participated in the development of emergency medicine in the Netherlands since 2003 — first as the education/residency director of the earlier formal emergency medicine training program in the country, and now as an ACEP ambassador. He also founded the Medical Humanities
Section of ACEP at a time when many ACEP members were seeking a creative outlet for their humanistic interests, and is immediate past chair of ACEP’s Medical Humanities Section. He also served as conference chair of the 2007 California ACEP Scientific Assembly.
Dr. Burg received the ACEP Section on International Emergency Medicine Award for "Individual Achievement in Emergency Medicine Development" in 2004. He was also recognized with ACEP Certificates of Appreciation in 2005 and 2007. Dr. Burg looks forward to continued involvement in his two passions — international emergency medicine and medical humanities.
Michael Callaham, MD, FACEP
Editor-in-Chief, Annals of Emergency Medicine
Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine, Professor of Emergency Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Dr. Michael Callaham has been a pioneer, leader, role model and mentor in emergency medicine. As one of the first physicians to pursue an emergency medicine residency and later board certification, he helped establish two emergency medicine residencies and advanced life support services and training in California. His research led to considerable improvements in pre-hospital and emergency medical care and helped set the standard for rigorous research in emergency medicine. A leader in cardiac arrest research, he demonstrated that widely used and population interventions for cardiac arrest were ineffective. His findings have led to revision of ACLS protocols.
Dr. Callaham is editor-in-chief of the Annals of Emergency Medicine and president of the World Association of Medical Editors, and he was recently elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Callaham has always been an inspiring and supportive mentor, offering sound advice and opportunities to many faculty members and residents.
Richard Carvolth, MD, MMM, FACEP
CEO, TeamHealth West
Pleasanton, CA
Dr. Richard Carvolth is one of the early leaders in the development of the emergency medicine specialty. He has served as medical director for small, large, rural and urban emergency departments, and as regional medical director for local, regional and national physician groups. He also served as medical director for multiple EMS systems, leading the development of regionalized trauma services and publishing early research in out-of-hospital resuscitation. Dr. Carvolth has served in many leadership roles for hospital medical staffs while continuing to work actively as a clinician.
Dr. Carvolth has developed numerous conceptual and operational innovations in emergency medicine, including standardized EMS protocols, SANE/SART programs, skills labs, "call back" centers, scribe systems, leadership training and mentoring forums, patient and provider satisfaction teams, data capture and quality management systems, and efficiency design systems. He is a member of numerous professional and honorary societies and is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians.
Kathleen J. Clem, MD, FACEP
Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Loma Linda, CA
Dr. Kathleen J. Clem’s professional passions include emergency medicine practice, both in the U.S. and internationally. Under her leadership as chief of the division of emergency medicine at Duke University Medical Center, a new emergency medicine residency and a research center thrived, and a new emergency department was constructed. She established an international emergency medicine fellowship at Loma Linda University in 1996, and as a result of her mentoring, a new fellowship in international emergency medicine was established at Duke University.
Dr. Clem has organized medical teams and taken emergency medicine residents to establish clinics, teach emergency medicine principles and concepts, and provide medical care in various countries, including Tanzania, Kenya and Vietnam. She often uses her vacation time to work in third-world countries where health care resources are often scarce or non-existent. Dr. Clem has also has chaired or served on multiple ACEP committees and as an ACEP councillor.
Marianne Gausche-Hill, MD, FACEP
EMS Director and Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Director
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Torrance, CA
Dr. Marianne Gausche-Hill is the first emergency physician to complete a fellowship in pediatric emergency medicine in the U.S. and is a recognized leader in the field. She has published important research that has set the standard for pediatric airway management in the pre-hospital setting, and has served as editor for APLS: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Resource, as well as seven other textbooks in emergency medicine and pre-hospital care.
Dr. Gausche-Hill has received numerous awards and recognitions for her work, including the "ACEP Outstanding Contributions to Education Award" in 2004, the "Martha Bushore-Fallis APLS Award" from the American Academy of Pediatrics in 2005 and the "Emergency Medical Services for Children Heroes Award for Lifetime Achievement" in 2007.
William M. Green, MD, FACEP
Director, Sexual Assault Forensic Medical Education Program, California Clinical Forensic Medical Training Center at the University of California, Davis Health System
Clinical Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Davis Health System
Sacramento, CA
Early in his emergency medicine career, Dr. William M. Green was dismayed by the deficiencies and fragmented response to sexual assault. In 1988 he wrote and published the first textbook dedicated to the evaluation and management of sexual assault victims. He later helped build his organization’s local Sexual Assault Forensic Examination (SAFE) Team and a community Sexual Assault Response Team (SART), and serves as medical director for both.
Dr. Green has been active in developing protocols, systems and public policy related to the sexual assault forensic process since the early 1980s. His work is based in California but has included input for national projects with the Department of Justice and ACEP. In the mid 1990s he worked with colleagues to create the California Clinical Forensic Medical Training Center, which trains medical and criminal justice professionals about the effects of interpersonal violence and abuse. Most recently, he helped found and serve as co-chair of ACEP’s new Forensic Medicine Section.
Robert S. Hockberger, MD, FACEP
Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Torrance, CA
Dr. Robert Hockberger’s greatest accomplishment has been attracting outstanding faculty, fellows and residents committed to providing high-quality health care to the underserved public hospital population while contributing to the development of emergency medicine as an academic discipline. He is an active ACEP member, serving on the Public Relations and Academic Affairs Committees, as well as being a member of the National Spokespersons’ Bureau.
Dr. Hockberger is a past president of the American Board of Emergency Medicine. He served as chair of the task force that developed the Model of the Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine and is a senior editor for the textbook Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. He has received numerous awards for his contributions to emergency medicine, including the "Outstanding Contributions to Education Award" from California ACEP in 1992 and from National ACEP in 1995. He also received the "Political Leadership Award" from California ACEP in 2004.
Kristi L. Koenig, MD, FACEP
Professor of Emergency Medicine; Director of Public Health Preparedness;
Co-Director, EMS and Disaster Medical Sciences Fellowship
University of California, Irvine
Orange, CA
Dr. Kristi L. Koenig is an internationally recognized expert in the fields of homeland security, disaster and emergency medicine, emergency management, and emergency medical services. She has published extensively on these topics and is often sought out as a consultant and public speaker. Today she travels the world, sharing her knowledge and expertise.
Dr. Koenig’s interest in emergency medicine began long before 9/11, when she was attending New York’s Mount Sinai School of Medicine and regularly rode on paramedic ambulances through the streets of Harlem on Saturday nights. At the UC Irvine School of Medicine, Dr. Koenig trains emergency physicians to ensure that patient assessments will be quick, accurate and effective in times of crisis. She is a devoted teacher and mentor, and a true hero of emergency medicine.
Edward A. Panacek, MD, MPH, FACEP
Professor of Emergency Medicine and Professor of Medicine
Director of Clinical Trials, Department of Emergency Medicine
UC Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, CA
Dr. Edward Panacek’s contributions to emergency medicine are numerous and remarkable. He founded and shaped the residency training program at UC Davis, which is now nationally recognized. He has authored over 150 papers and chapters that have contributed significantly to the foundation of knowledge within the emergency medicine field, and he has fostered the careers of numerous young emergency practitioners and remains an active educator on both the national and international levels.
Dr. Panacek is keenly interested in developing and educating future researchers within emergency medicine. In this role, he initiated, developed and implemented ACEP’s highly respected Emergency Medicine Basic Research Skills (EMBRS) program, which has helped train a new generation of researchers.
Peter Rosen, MD
Residency Director Emeritus
Emergency Medicine Residency Program
University of California San Diego
San Diego, CA
Dr. Peter Rosen is a pioneer of the emergency medicine specialty and has had a distinguished emergency medicine career, having served in official capacities for many academic societies and committees. Dynamic, powerful and multi-talented, he served on ABEM’s board of directors, and was president of the Colorado ACEP Chapter. He was a founding member of the American Trauma Society and won the American College of Emergency Physicians' award for outstanding contributions and leadership in 1977 and again in 1984.
In 1990, he was honored with the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine’s Leadership Award for outstanding contribution to academic emergency medicine. He has written many articles, and was the founding editor-in-chief of the Journal of Emergency Medicine and founding editor of Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. He created and fought for the boundaries of the territory and figured significantly into the education of the second wave of leaders in emergency medicine through his pedagogical skill and his example. He believes that humanity and kindness are as important as knowledge, and his favorite rule is: "When in doubt, think!"
B. Joshua Rubin, MD, FACEP
President, Western Region
EMP Management Group, Ltd.
Roseville, California
Dr. Josh Rubin has dedicated his 30-year career to education, practice support and political action. As a leader for EPMG, he has helped grow this democratic medical group on the West Coast. Dr. Rubin is a founder of High Risk Emergency Medicine, an ACEP-sponsored course now in its 20th year. Additionally, he was a founder of the ACEP-sponsored National Emergency Medicine Board Review, now in its 12th year. Dr. Rubin has been a frequent presenter at Scientific Assembly.
As a member and former chairman of ACEP’s Coding and Nomenclature Advisory Committee, Dr. Rubin was one of the founders of ACEP’s Web site Reimbursement FAQs. He has also served ACEP as faculty for Advanced Procedure Coding for Emergency Medicine. For more than 20 years, Dr. Rubin and other CAL/ACEP leaders have addressed government regulations having a direct impact on the well-being of California’s emergency physicians.
Richard L. Stennes, MD, FACEP
La Jolla, California
Dr. Richard L. Stennes enjoyed a 30-year career in emergency medicine and medical politics in San Diego. Now in semi-retirement, he remains medically busy by practicing as a cruise ship physician, doing emergency house calls, and working in his Minnesota home town emergency department.. Dr. Stennes previously served as president of ACEP and two terms as a director of the American Board of Emergency Medicine. He also represented emergency medicine as ACEP's delegate to the American Medical Association. Dr. Stennes led ACEP's efforts to establish a strong presence on Capitol Hill through the creation of the National Emergency Medicine Political Action Committee. At the state level, he spearheaded California ACEP's advocacy efforts and established EM/PAC, one of the most successful political action committees in California. Dr. Stennes is the recipient of numerous awards, including in 2006, ACEP’s highest recognition, the Weigenstein Award.
Dr. Stennes graduated from the Ensign 1915 Program of the Annapolis Naval Academy and served as a battalion surgeon with the first marine division in Viet Nam and as general medical officer at the U.S. Naval Regional Medical Center in San Diego.
Ellen H. Taliaferro, MD, FACEP
Medical Director, Keller Center for Family Violence Intervention and Prevention, San Mateo Medical Center
San Mateo, CA
Former Professor of Surgery, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas
Dr. Ellen H. Taliaferro, a charter member of ACEP, practiced emergency medicine for more than 30 years. Her emergency medicine practice opened her eyes to the tremendous health cost and health care consequences of violence and set the stage for her current endeavor — serving as medical director for the Keller Center. She has written three books about the health consequences of violence and speaks often on this topic.
Dr. Taliaferro has also been an active ACEP member, having chaired the Membership and Hospital Practice Committees. She served on ACEP’s board of directors from 1986 to 1992 and during that time served one year as the College’s secretary-treasurer and one year as vice president of the College. She has received numerous awards and recognitions. Dr. Taliaferro delivered the commencement address to the University of Texas School of Public Health in 2001.
Tamara L. Thomas, MD, FACEP
Associate Dean for Faculty Development, Loma Linda University, School of Medicine
Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Loma Linda University
Loma Linda, CADr. Tamara L. Thomas’ professional endeavors have focused on education and training in emergency medicine. As director of an international emergency medicine fellowship for the past 10 years, she has focused on emergency medicine systems development in many parts of the world, as well as education and training for specific emergency medicine programs. Her research areas of interest include disaster medicine, faculty development and international emergency medicine system development.
Dr. Thomas is past chair of ACEP’s International Emergency Medicine Section. She is also a member of the Emergency Medical Care Committee for San Bernardino County, CA, a Disaster Medical Assistance Team member and San Bernardino County vice-president for Emergency International, Inc. She is also a 2006 fellow of the International Federation of Emergency Medicine.
