Learn About Election Results, Award Winners, and Recognition

Emergency physicians celebrated the next generation of impactful leaders in emergency medicine at the ACEP | Vituity Wes Curry Community Impact Summit on Monday. The networking event honored exceptional leaders with the Dr. Wes Curry Awards. Award winners included Roger Mitchell, MD, Ucher Blackstock, MD, Rodney W. Borger, MD, FACEP, and Ade Osinubi, MD.

In a ceremony Monday afternoon at the Hyatt Regency in Salt Lake City, ACEP recognized outstanding emergency medicine educators and speakers. Categories included Bedside Teaching, Faculty Teaching, Junior Faculty Teaching, and Speakers of the Year.

At an evening ceremony on Sunday, ACEP recognized outstanding contribution of emergency physicians and others who work to advance the specialty. ACEP members who took the next step in their careers and attained Fellow of the College status were also recognized.

Learn More About All the 2025 Award Winners!

The election results are in! ACEP's 2025-2026 Board of Directors will include:

• President-Elect: Ryan A. Stanton, MD, FACEP
• Incoming Board members:
  • Daniel Freess, MD, FACEP
  • Steven B. Kailes, MD, MPH, FACEP
  • Kristin McCabe-Kline, MD, FACEP
  • Bing S. Pao, MD, FACEP

Council also elected Michael McCrea, MD, FACEP as Council Speaker and Larisa M. Traill, MD, FACEP, to be Vice Speaker of the Council.

After accepting the Presidential gavel from Immediate Past President Alison J. Haddock, MD, FACEP, new ACEP President L. Anthony Cirillo, delivered his first address to ACEP members and Councillors at the 2025 Council Meeting in Salt Lake City. He offered a plea to his fellow emergency physicians, asking them to use 2025-26 to understand things aren’t perfect. But the empathy, compassion, and determination of emergency physicians is exactly why there’s hope.

Dr. Cirillo encouraged cooperation, particularly with EMRA. He asked his fellow emergency physicians to explore better ways support and care for patients with mental illness, particularly children. He told the audience that emergency physicians are special because they routinely – and must continue to - treat patients as if they were a loved one. Dr. Cirillo used home improvement as an analogy, saying that there might be things wrong with the house. It needs some work. That’s why it takes everybody.

“If you think our house isn’t perfect, I agree with you,” Dr. Cirillo said. “If you have thoughts on how to make it better, you’re welcome to come. But you can’t just come for demo day. If you come for demo day, you have to stick around for the rebuild.”

Near the end of his address, Dr. Cirillo showed a picture of the two pins that have guided him and still guide him as an emergency physician. It was a FACEP pin to show a commitment he made years ago and continued that dedication as a Fellow of the College. The other was a pin he acquired during his time with EMRA.

He also showed a picture of Ted Lasso, a television soccer coach who famously hung a sign in the locker room that said, “Believe.”

“I believe in this College,” he said. “And mostly, I believe in all of you.”

During Saturday’s Awards Luncheon, on Day 2 of the ACEP Council Meeting, several emergency physicians took home Council Awards. The Curmudgeon Award went to David S. McClellan, MD, FACEP (pictured above). The Council Horizon Award went to Joshu S. da Silva, DO, FACEP. Amanda K. Irish, MD, MPH, MS, DTMH, took home the Council Horizon Award, while the Council Teamwork Award went to the AMA Emergency Medicine Section Council. The Council Meritorious Service Award went to Thom R. Mitchell, MD, FACEP. See the full list of ACEP Award Winners here.