THE ON-DECK CIRCLE Timothy Cheslock, DO, FACOEP

Depending on when you are reading this, we are either headed to Las Vegas for our Scientific Assembly or already on the ground amid what is shaping up to be a great event! Either way, I hope to see many of you in person over the coming days.

It seems like just a short time ago I began my term as president elect of the college, and here I am now just days away from taking that next step to the presidency. Time really does not stand still. It has been another great year, one that we can celebrate together as a huge success. Over the past year it has been a true honor to work together with Dr Beirne and the entire board of directors to continue moving the college forward. As we transitioned out of the pandemic and back to live meetings in the spring, a sense of normalcy has been returned to our day-to-day lives. We continue to assess how the pandemic has changed us as emergency physicians, our reflections of two hard years of extraordinary challenges for each of us. We have learned together, shared our challenges, celebrated our successes, and mourned our losses. The landscape of emergency medicine will be forever changed by what we endured, but one of the constant stabilizing forces was the support we gave each other. Despite all of this our college continues to grow and I have to acknowledge and thank each and every one of our members. Without you, we would not have been able to rise to the challenge, but together we have done so much!

ACOEP continues to hold a prominent place within both the house of Emergency Medicine and the AOA. Over the last year we have been representing you and your interests at various meetings and workgroups across the country. Dr. Beirne and I have been present for the AOA’s house of delegates meeting and the AOA mid-year meeting. Our immediate past president has represented us at ACEP, which just wrapped up in San Francisco. We have also had representation on the EM Workforce Group and continue to hold a seat on the EM Action Fund. Our members sit on the ACGME RRC-EM, and we are represented by our members on the International Federation of Emergency Medicine. While being a smaller group in the Emergency Medicine arena, we have harnessed on energies and found ways to amplify our voice within the community and remain relevant to the specialty in our own unique ways. It goes without saying that one of the biggest reasons we have the influence that we do is because of the dedicated and steadfast support of each of our members. Your membership and active involvement in the college has allowed us to accomplish so much. The active participation of our members on committees and task forces within our college in representing us at the table during larger collaborative gatherings is what makes us stronger.

Over the course of the next year, I hope to continue to showcase the involvement of our membership in the many ways in which you contribute to the college and emergency medicine in your everyday practice. I also want to specifically recognize our fellows and distinguished fellows of the college. While you may not think about it daily, our fellows represent the frontline of our college in so many ways. By adding the title of FACOEP or FACOEP-D to your credentials you give an added boost to your professional designation and in turn are promoting the values and service to our organization. The pride of fellowship is something you will hear more about over the coming year, as I seek to recognize our current

THE ON-DECK CIRCLE Tim Cheslock, DO, FACOEP

SHARING CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES

“YOUR MEMBERSHIP AND ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT IN THE COLLEGE HAS ALLOWED US TO ACCOMPLISH SO MUCH.”

fellows but also encourage more of our members to become fellows of our college. This hard-earned designation is not only a benefit to your professional development but a recognition of your support and dedication to our college. I look forward to being able to help grow our fellowship, as it is another step in strengthening our collective influence in the EM community and the house of medicine.

I enjoy seeing so many of you at our annual gatherings! To those who I have not yet had the opportunity to meet in person, please introduce yourself or say hello as you see me at the conference or in your travels at other functions throughout the year. I am looking forward to this year and humbled by the opportunity to represent you and the ACOEP! –•–

THE LANDSCAPE OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE WILL BE FOREVER CHANGED BY WHAT WE ENDURED, BUT ONE OF THE CONSTANT STABILIZING FORCES WAS THE SUPPORT WE GAVE EACH OTHER.”