Novateurs in EM
The one area that I think we have to remember and improve upon in emergency medicine is making people feel better. We focus on the critical patient. Those are easy - Peter Rosen MD
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Resources
Meet the Pioneering Women of Emergency Medicine
AWAEM interviewed 12 of the inspiring women who were the first to enter emergency medicine and take on leadership roles in our specialty, paving the way for current and future generations. Meet them and hear what they have to say here.
Emergency Medicine Founders Discuss Origins of the Specialty, How It’s Changed, and What the Future Holds
The group discussed the origins of emergency medicine, how it has grown and changed over the years, and what the future holds. Here are some highlights from that conversation.
Emergency Medicine Leaders Discuss Role of Democratic Groups in Future of EM
For decades, the concepts of democracy and democratic group practice have been held as the standard to strive for in emergency medicine, but with the evolving landscape of health care, is it time to revisit these concepts?
Profiles of the ACEP Founders
On August 16, 1968, John G. Wiegenstein, MD, gathered seven other emergency physicians from Michigan in Lansing to discuss founding a professional organization for emergency physicians. These eight adopted articles of incorporation, settled on a constitution and bylaws, and elected ACEP’s first Chairman.
Billy Mallon
One of the true EM novateurs... Billy suffered a disabling stroke in 2020. This site will update you to his progress - https://www.caringbridge.org/public/billymallon
Dara Kass
Dr. Dara Kass works at NYU/ Bellevue Hospital and is the founder of FemInEM, an open access resource that allows members to discuss, discover, and affect the journey of women working in emergency medicine.
David Wagner
The movement for a specialty in emergency medicine arose out of a trend in medicine toward specialization that started growing after World War II, according to David Wagner, MD, former chair of the College's Department of Emergency Medicine, who started one of the first emergency medicine residencies in the country at Drexel's predecessor school the Medical College of Pennsylvania. Wagner is widely recognized as one of the founding fathers of emergency medicine.
John Wiegenstein
In the span of one decade from the formation of ACEP, Wiegenstein and others put together the components and jumped through the hoops that were required to bring emergency medicine to the ABMS for approval. Wiegenstein became a leading advocate for emergency medicine in the AMA, secured provisional Section Council status for the field in 1973, and then secured a permanent Section Council of Emergency Medicine in 1975.
Judith Tintinalli
Best minds in medicine: Judith Tintinalli, MD
Louise Andrew
EPs are the only physicians willing to treat any patient in any condition at any hour of any day and without regard to the patient’s ability to pay. We love nothing more than to be of service to those in their hour of greatest need, take our sustenance, and gain energy from our well-honed ability to intervene in any type of crisis — especially in any type of patient to those who are denied access by others. And we do this to save lives and to alleviate suffering. And where even that is not possible, to dispense care and compassion to the patients, family, and survivors.
Mel Herbert
Imagine for a moment that you are not in your ED. Not only are you not in your ED, you are not even in your own country. Instead, your find yourself in Kenya, now classified as a middle-income country, but you are in a low-income, low resource area.
Nancy Auer
Auer became the first woman to hold the position of American College of Emergency Physicians president, International Federation of Emergency Medicine president and Swedish Hospital chief of staff.
Pam Bensen
Pam Bensen blazed trails as EM’s first female...
Paul Auerbach
One of the last commentaries featuring the father of wilderness medicine, Paul Auerbach, MD
Peter Rosen
Peter Rosen, MD, a giant in the field of emergency medicine, died on Nov. 11, 2019, in Tucson, Arizona, from complications of long-standing cardiac and renal disease. He was 84 years old.
Rick Bukata & Jerry Hoffman
A look back on the trailblazers of emergency medicine radio.
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