About Us
Section Officers & Staff

Richard Ybarra
MD
Chair

William Kranichfeld
MD
Chair-Elect

Lonnie Schwirtlich
MD, FACEP
Secretary

Leo Huynh
DO, FACEP
Councillor

Jose Llach
DO, FACEP
Alternate Councillor

Jon Beezley
DO, FACEP
Member At Large

Heidi Knowles
MD, FACEP
Board Liaison

Jessica Adams
Staff Liaison
Section Objectives
- Host a collaborative dialogue regarding pertinent FEC issues optimizing emergency medicine values as espoused by ACEP.
- Educate ACEP members, the medical community, and the public about what FECs are, what they do, and how they fit into the patient’s circle of healthcare providers.
- Collaborate with ACEP leadership in establishing a national set of standards for FECs that could be referred to as a unified national resource for legislatures, physicians, and the medical community
- Keep ACEP membership relevant to those who don’t practice in hospital EDs and to keep ACEP as a voice for all ED physicians, (whether they practice in hospital EDs or Freestanding ECs).