Annual Meeting Recap

On August 4, the Florida College of Emergency Physicians held its annual Board meeting at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point. This meeting features the transition of the guard for FCEP leadership, along with the conferring of awards.

FCEP Officers Installed:

• President: Damian Caraballo, MD, FACEP
• President-Elect: Jordan Celeste, MD, FACEP
• Vice President: Todd Slesinger, MD, FACEP
• Secretary-Treasurer: Saundra Jackson, MD, FACEP
• Immediate Past-President: Sanjay Pattani, MD, FACEP

New FCEP Board Members Elected:

• Rajiv Bahl, MD (incumbent)
• Jesse Glueck, MD (incumbent)
• Shayne Gue, MD (incumbent)
• Tom Bentley
• David Lebowitz
• Diana Mora
• Josef Thundiyil
• Christine Van Dillen, MD, FACEP
• Natalie Diers, MD, PGY-2 (elected during the EMRAF Meeting on August 6)
• Kristin McCabe-Kline, MD, FACEP (elected to the ACEP Board of Directors at 2022 Council and appointed to FCEP’s Board as the ACEP Representative in October)

Outgoing Board Members:

• Erich Heine, DO
• Gary Lai, DO
• Russell Radtke, MD
• Elizabeth Calhoun, MD
• Aaron Wohl, MD, FACEP

FCEP also recognized the following award recipients:

Champion of Change Award (formerly the Martin J. Gottlieb Advocacy Award) Recipient: Blake Buchanan, MD, FACEP

The Champion of Change Award for Outstanding Advocacy in Emergency Medicine was created in honor of Marty Gottlieb and recognizes a leading FCEP advocate who has mae a significant contribution to the advancement of emergency medicine issues and advocacy in Florida over the past year.

William T. Haeck Member of the Year Award Recipient: Stephen Viel, MD, FACEP

The Bill Haeck Member of the Year Award is named after our first president and recognizes an individual who has performed a significant level of service that spans years and has positively impacted the field of emergency medicine over that time, noted or unsung.

Finally, congratulations to our 2021-2022 Leadership Academy Graduates:

• Dr. Andrew Martin
• Dr. Camilo Mohar
• Dr. Zack Terwilliger
• Dr. Geoffrey Wade

Residency Program Competitions 

Case Presentation Competition (CPC):

In FCEP’s annual Case Presentation Competition, EM residents from selected programs deliver discussions of the initial approach, differential diagnosis and final impression of an unknown ED case from one of the other programs. The program that submitted the case then completes the case conclusion with the actual patient outcome.

Best Presenter, Best Discussant & Best Overall Presentation:
Vladislav Mordach, DO
AdventHealth East Orlando

Best Overall Program:
AdventHealth East Orlando

All Participating Programs:

• Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami
• USF/Tampa General Hospital
• AdventHealth East Orlando
• UCF/HCA Greater Orlando
• FSU at Sarasota Memorial Hospital
• Orlando Health
• UCF/HCA North Florida

Thank You, Planning Committee & Judges:

Competition Chair: Jennifer Jackson, MD, FACEP

Judges:

• Leila Posaw, MD, FACEP
• Eliot Goldner, MD
• Erich Heine, DO
• Stephen Viel, MD, FACEP
• Diana Mora, MD

EM Resident QuizBowl (new!)

The inaugural EM Resident QuizBowl Competition began with a “trivia night” speed round in which all but four teams were eliminated. The final four teams then participated in a two-round, debate-style competition that led to one final round of debate between the two remaining teams.

First Place:
Orlando Health

Second Place:
HCA Florida Kendall Hospital

All Participating Programs:

• FSU Sarasota Emergency
• Medicine Residency Program
• USF Emergency Medicine
• Orlando Health
• HCA North Florida
• AdventHealth East Orlando
• UCF/HCA Greater Orlando
• HCA Florida Kendall Hospital

Thank You, Competition Chairs:

• Erich Heine, DO
• Sara Baker, MD

EM Research Competition

Click here to read the abstracts submitted to this year’s competition.

Thank You Faculty

David McKenzie, CAE
Yiraima Medina-Blassini, MD, FACEP
Lary Mellick, MS, MD, FAAP, FACEP
John Misdary, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, FAAP
Caroline Molins, MD
Diana Mora, MD, FACEP, FPD-AEMUS
Arino Neto, MD
Vanessa Perez, MD, FAAP
Randy Pilgrim, MD, FACEP
Townsend Reeves, MD
Gillian Schmitz, MD, FACEP
Joseph Shiber, MD, FACEP, FCCM, FNCS
Jamie Shoemaker, MD, FACEP
Tricia Swan, MD, MEd, FACEP, FAAP
Ali Syed, MD
Chrissy Van Dillen, MD, FACEP, FAAEM
Ariel Vera, MD, FACEP
William Waite, DO, MS
Jason Wilson, MD, FACEP, FAAEM
Todd Wylie, MD
Cristina Zeretzke-Bien, MD, FAAP, FAAEM, FACEP

Thank You, Planning Committee

Co-Chairs:
Shayne Gue, MD, FACEP, FAAEM
Shiva Kalidindi, MD, FACEP

Committee Members:
Sara Baker, MD
Erich Heine, DO
Maureen France
Michael Lozano, MD, FACEP
René Mack, MD, FACEP

If you are interested in joining this committee, please reach out to a committee member or FCEP staff at dbennett@emlrc.org.