Symposium by the Sea 2021: Annual Meeting Recap

August 5-7, 2021 | Naples Grande Beach Resort | Naples, FL

ANNUAL MEETING RECAP

On August 5, the Florida College of Emergency Physicians held its annual meeting at the Naples Grande Beach Resort before Symposium by the Sea 2021 officially began. This meeting hosts the transition of the guard for FCEP leadership, along with the conferring of awards.

FCEP Officers Installed:

• President: Sanjay Pattani, MD,

FACEP • President-Elect: Damian Caraballo,

MD, FACEP • Vice President: Aaron Wohl, MD,

FACEP • Secretary-Treasurer: Jordan

Celeste, MD, FACEP • Immediate Past-President: Kristin

McCabe-Kline, MD, FACEP, FAAEM

A special congratulations was given to Dr. McCabe-Kline for her outstanding leadership as president during an unexpected two-year tenure in the midst of a pandemic.

New FCEP Board Members Elected:

• Blake Buchanan, MD • Eliot Goldner, MD, FACEP • Kyle Gerakopoulos, MD, MBA • Stephen Viel, MD

Also Appointed:

• Erich Heine, DO

Outgoing Board Members:

• Daniel Brennan, MD, FACEP • Danyelle Redden, MD, MPH, FACEP • J. Adrian Tyndall, MD, MPH, FACEP FCEP also recognized the following award recipients:

FCEP Legislator of the Year Award Recipient:

Senator Kathleen Passidomo The Leigislator of the Year Award recognizes a state legislator who has demonstrated a significant commitment to pro-medicine and healthcare policies.

Martin J. Gottlieb Advocacy Award Recipient:

Blake Buchanan, MD, FACEP The Martin L. Gottlieb 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:

Daniel Brennan, 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.

Cliff Findeiss Emergency Medicine Legacy Award:

J. Clifford Findeiss, MD, FACEP The new Cliff Findeiss Legacy Award will honor an individual who has demonstrated a similar steadfast commitment to advancing emergency medicine over the course of their lifetime like Dr. Cliff Findeiss did over the course of his.

Special Sponsor Recognition Award:

Dr. Charles “Chuck” Duva The following FCEP members were also recognized for their national achievements, which will formally be recognized at ACEP’s Scientific Assembly in Boston this month:

John A. Rupke Legacy Award: Jeffrey D. Bettinger, MD, FACEP

Policy Pioneer Award:

Jordan GR Celeste, MD, FACEP

Innovative Change in Practice Management Award:

Matthew Rill, MD, FACEP

National Emergency Medicine Faculty Teaching Award:

Elizabeth DeVos, MD, FACEP

Finally, the following transitions within committees were announced:

Government Affairs Committee:

Drs. Caraballo & Buchanan will be stepping down as Chairs of the Government Affairs Committee. Drs. Saudnra Jackson and Russell Radtke will be the new Chairs.

EMRAF Committee:

Dr. Elizabeth Calhoun, PGY-3 will remain the EMRAF representative on the Board of Directors for an additional year.

Symposium by the Sea Planning Committee:

Dr. Rene Mack announced that, after a decade of serving as Co-Chair of the SBS Planning Committee, she is stepping down. She is still Co-Chair of the Membership Committee.

Thank You Faculty

Yaritza Arriaga O’Neill, MD, FAAEM Sarah Baker, MD Andrew Barbera, MD Mitchell Barneck, MD Kamal K. Chavda, MD, FAAP Nicholas Cozzi, MD, MBA Nicholas Erbrich, MD, FAAP Ricardo Hernandez, MD Sarah Johnson, MD Shiva Kalidindi, MD, MPH, MS, FAAP, FACEP John Kiel, DO, MPH, CAQ-SM Sarah Kirby, MD, FACEP Andrew Little, MD, FACEP Trevor Lofgran, DO Carmen Martinez, MD, MSMEd, FACEP, FAAEM Nettie McFarland, RHIT, CCS-P, CHC Sarah Melendez, MD Jan Meryam, MD John Misdary, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, FAAP Camilo Mohar, DO Caroline Molins, MD David Orban, MD, FACEP Sanjay Pattani, MD, FACEP Joseph Ray, MD Gillian Schmitz, MD, FACEP Richard Shih, MD, FACEP, FAAEM Tricia Swan, MD Erica Warkus, MD, PhD George Willis, MD, FACEP, FAAEM Kyle Wiser, MD, MBA Todd Wylie, MD Cristina Zeretzke-Bien, MD, FAAP, FAAEM, FACEP

Planning Committee

Rene Mack, MD CO-CHAIR Shayne Gue, MD, FACEP, FAAEM CO-CHAIR Miguel Acevedo, MD, FACEP Sara Baker, MD Erich Heine, DO Michael Lozano, MD