Board of Directors Meeting Summary: September

September Board of Directors Meeting Summary

The members of the AAEM Board of Directors met virtually September 14, 2020 to discuss current and future activities. The members of the Board of Directors appreciate and value the work of AAEM committee, section, interest groups, and chapter division members and chairs as they strive toward the AAEM mission and to be the specialty society of emergency medicine. Over the course of the meeting, a number of significant decisions and actions were made. Here are the highlights:

Presentations

President Lisa A. Moreno, MD MS MSCR FAAEM FIFEM provided further insights on her presidential activities, interviews, and other updates. Treasurer Robert Frolichstein, MD FAAEM reported on AAEM and AAEM subsidiaries financial performance. AAEM Lobbyist Matt Hoekstra provided a federal update. AAEM-PG President Mark Reiter, MD MBA MAAEM FAAEM reported on the activities of AAEM-PG.

Approvals

A number of approvals took place during the meeting, including a new clinical practice statement on how native crotalid envenomation should be managed in the ED. Two updated position statements from the EM Workforce Committee where approved as well as to eliminate the use of the word “provider” in any AAEM statements. The Pain and Procedural Sedation Interest Group will become the Pain and Addiction Committee.

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Miscellaneous

The formation of a joint task force between the AAEM Board and Directors and the AAEM Physicians Group Board of Directors to review the AAEM Certificate of Workplace and Fairness and AAEM-PG Fairness Principles.

What

The next Board of Directors meeting

When

November 12, 2020

Where

New Orleans, Louisiana

Exciting opportunities at our growing organization

•Adult and Pediatric Emergency Medicine Faculty positions •Medical Director •Vice Chair, Clinical Operations •Vice Chair, Research •Medical Student Clerkship Director

Penn State Health, Hershey PA, is expanding our health system. We offer multiple new positions for exceptional physicians eager to join our dynamic team of EM and PEM faculty treating patients at the only Level I Adult and Level I Pediatrics Trauma Center in Central Pennsylvania.

What We’re Offering:

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What We’re Seeking:

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