Richard Wuerz, MD, FACEP, CPC Competition Winners

The thirteenth annual chapter sponsored Richard Wuerz, MD, FACEP, CPC competition was held at the PaACEP Scientific Assembly in Harrisburg on April 7. The best Resident Presenter this year was Robert Tomsho, DO, of the Lehigh Valley Medical Center. The Faculty Discussant winner was Adam Yates, MD, of the University of Pittsburgh Hospital.

On January 23, 2001, the Pennsylvania ACEP Board of Directors named the PaACEP Scientific Assembly CPC Competition in memory of Richard Wuerz, MD, FACEP. Dr. Wuerz passed from this life on October 6, 2000. Dr. Wuerz achieved national recognition for the development of a new system for triaging ED patients, which used an innovative scoring system that he invented. It was this patient scoring system that earned him the prestigious Ester B. Kahn Fellowship Award in Emergency Medicine. As a physician, he served two institutions on the East Coast, first Penn State’s Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, and then Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.

The Chapter is proud to name the Scientific Assembly CPC Competition in memory of this distinguished scholar, researcher, and highly skilled emergency physician.

Thanks to Walter Schrading, MD, FACEP, for coordinating this annual event!