Through interviews with those who were there at the beginning of our specialty, to those who have proved vital to our success since, and the newest leaders serving today, we will learn from our collective history and tell our story — the real story of emergency medicine in Florida.
In Celebration of FCEP’s 50th Anniversary Year:
Founded October 15, 1971
Original Debut: August 6, 2021 at Symposium by the Sea
Rajiv Bahl, MD, MBA, MS
Ashley Booth-Norse, MD, FACEP
Daniel Brennan, MD, FACEP
Elizabeth Calhoun, MD
Damian Caraballo, MD, FACEP
Jordan Celeste, MD, FACEP
Bill Davison, MD, FACEP
Arthur Diskin, MD, FACEP
Jay Edelberg, MD, FACEP
Caral Edelberg, CPC, CCS-P
Jay Falk, MD, FACEP
Kelly Gray-Eurom, MD, MMM, FACEP
Erich Heine, DO
Phyllis Hendry, MD, FACEP
Saundra Jackson, MD, FACEP
Steven Kailes, MD, FACEP
Wayne Lee, MD, FACEP
Michael Lozano, MD, FACEP
Kristin McCabe-Kline, MD, FACEP
Ernest Page, MD, FACEP
David Orban, MD, FACEP
Russ Radtke, MD, FACEP
John Stimler, DO, FACEP
Josef Thundiyil, MD, MPH, FACEP
Chrissy Van Dillen, MD, FACEP, FAEMS
David Vukich, MD, FACEP
Frederic Wurtzel, MD, FACEP
Interested in growing your emergency medicine career? Learn about FCEP’s Leadership Academy, a one-year long program designed around your career goals, from Academy graduates and current leaders.
Rajiv Bahl, MD, MBA, MS
Damian Caraballo, MD, FACEP
Vidor Friedman, MD, FACEP
Kristin McCabe-Kline, MD, FACEP
Ernest Page, MD, FACEP
Learn about the oldest ALS/BLS Competition in Florida, hosted at CLINCON every year, where paramedic teams compete in difficult simulations for the prestigious Eugene Nagel Trophy.
Ret. Chief Tom DiBernardo
Phyllis Hendry, MD, FACEP
Chrissy Van Dillen, MD, FACEP, FAEMS
Browse through our timeline of FCEP and emergency medicine’s development in the Sunshine State. This is only the tip of the iceberg of the hard work and accomplishments that shaped emergency medicine into what it is today.
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Ryan Bale, EMT-P
VIDEOGRAPHER
The Rescue Company 1
Samantha League, MA
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS
Florida College of Emergency Physicians
Jonathan Dolan, MA
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Florida College of Emergency Physicians
Introduction by Joe Stern Creative