2008 - PaACEP Pennsylvania Emergency Physician of the Year Award

The PaACEP Board of Directors is seeking nominations for the Annual PaACEP Emergency Physician of the Year Award.  The award recognizes emergency clinicians of unusual merit who pursue the ideal of emergency medicine.  In other words, the award seeks out those practitioners who try to be the best emergency doctors they can be.

Selection criteria require that each nominee be a current member of PaACEP, an outstanding emergency physician role model, and an effective patient advocate who:

• Upholds high professional standards,
• Maintains an active clinical practice of emergency medicine,
• Practices and promotes high quality emergency medical care,
• Promotes the public image of emergency medicine, and
• Is active in community service and education

Any member of PaACEP may make nominations.  The deadline for 2008 award nominations is February 29, 2008, with presentation of the award planned at paACEP's Annual Scientific Assembly in April.  You can fax (717)558-7841 or email dblunk@pamedsoc.org your Emergency Physician of the Year Award nominee.

The 2007 recipient was Jennifer Wiler, MD, who was recognized for her efforts to promote the specialty and educate colleagues and residents about public policy issues through her work with ACEP, the Pennsylvania Medical Society and the Emergency Medicine Residents' Association.