As a member of the Florida College of Emergency Physicians, you have the privilege of casting your vote for the 2009-2010 FCEP Board of Directors. Please read the candidates' statements below and complete the ballot. Ballots must be received no later than Monday, July 27, 2008. Return information is located on the ballot itself.

This is a chance for FCEP members to choose those who will shape the course of the College over the next few years. This year, there are five very qualified candidates vying for the five open slots on the FCEP Board.

Here are this year’s candidates:

Tony Andrulonis, MD, FACEP

     Members of FCEP, I am humbly requesting your vote to be elected to the Board of Directors.
     Currently I am the Chief of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Baptist Hospital of Miami. My interests include ED Operations and EM Advocacy. I believe that it is imperative to have knowledgeable, active board members collaborating with local, state and federal legislators and with other healthcare organizations to discover solutions to the major issues affecting our everyday practice of Emergency Medicine.
     I completed medical school at the University of Pittsburgh, followed by a four-year EM residency at the University of Pennsylvania. I then served as a Clinical Assistant Professor at Pennsylvania Hospital for five years before relocating to Florida in 2005. From 2005 through 2006 I was an Assistant Medical Director at Memorial Hospital West. In December of 2006 I accepted my current position at Baptist Hospital.
     Outside of the hospital, I was an active member of FEMA’s Pennsylvania-Task Force and now Florida-Task Force 2. I deployed to the 9/11 disaster in NYC and twice following Hurricane Katrina. I’ve participated in several clinical trials and have published book chapters, most recently in Rosen’s 5 Minute Emergency Medicine Consult. In 2008 I was named one of ACEP’s Heroes of Emergency Medicine. Recently I was named Co-Medical Director for Baptist’s Chest Pain Center.
     I would be honored to be elected to the FCEP’s Board of Directors. If elected, I will serve your interests and be dedicated to making Florida a leader in the practice of EM.

Jay Falk, MD, FACEP, FCCM

     I am Clinical Professor of Medicine and Emergency Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine; Professor of Medicine and Emergency Medicine, University of Central Florida College of Medicine; Chief Academic Medical Officer, Orlando Regional Healthcare; and Academic Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at ORMC. In 2001, I became a board member of the Orlando campus and Clinical Professor of Clinical Sciences at Florida State’s College of Medicine.
     I am board certified in Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine and Critical Care Medicine, and am a fellow of their respective colleges. I’ve been honored by the Society of Critical Care Medicine as a recipient of the Shubin-Weil award, recognizing national role models, as a practitioner and teacher of ethical emergency and critical care medicine. During my tenure, the emergency medicine residency program at ORMC has graduated over 200 residents, many of whom have remained in Florida and have taken FCEP leadership roles.
     I’ve served on the Academic Affairs Committee, and was instrumental in developing the policy of having residents serve on the FCEP Board. I’m a longtime member of the editorial board of Critical Care Medicine and an active peer reviewer for all the emergency medicine journals. I’m a practicing emergency physician, as a partner of Emergency Physicians of Central Florida. I’m also an active investigator, and have over 85 published articles and book chapters. In my role as Chief Academic Officer, I oversee the training of 215 residents and fellows in multiple specialties, and the practice of a full-time faculty of 90 physicians.

Kelly Gray-Eurom, MD, FACEP (Incumbent)

     It is my sincere honor to run for re-election to the Florida College of Emergency Physicians Board of Directors. I have truly enjoyed my last three years on the FCEP BOD and would like the opportunity to continue serving the FCEP membership in this capacity.
     I first became involved with FCEP as a resident member in 1994. Since that time, I have been active on the FCEP finance, government affairs and professional development committees. As a member of the FCEP BOD, I have continued my committee participation, attended EM Days in Tallahassee, and took a lead role in revising the FCEP Bylaws.
Nationally, I am active with the American College of Emergency Physicians and have served in several leadership roles, including the ACEP Steering, Medical-Legal, and Membership Committees, and have chaired the Young Physicians Section and the Section Affairs Task Force. Currently, I serve as Chair of the Section Task Force and as an councilor representing Florida.
     Professionally, I completed an Emergency Medicine Residency with the University of Florida/Jacksonville in 1996 and joined the faculty upon graduation. I currently serve as the Associate Chair, Director of Finance & Medical Operations for the EM program in Jacksonville. Although I work in a training institution full time, I am the administrative director for Emergency Services at Winter Haven Hospital; thus I have the opportunity to function in both the academic and private sector environments.
     If re-elected, I will continue to devote my energies toward serving the FCEP BOD, the College and the FCEP membership.

Tracy Sanson, MD, FACEP

     I am Associate Professor at the University of South Florida, Education Director for their EM Residency and the College of Medicine’s Undergraduate EM education program, and Director of TeamHealth’s Professional Emergency Medicine Liaison Division. I am Director of USF’s Division of Global Emergency Medical Sciences and Co-Chief Editor of their Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock.
     I am on ACEP’s Speaker’s Bureau, a member of the 911 network and Editorial Review Board for ACEP News. I’ve been an Educational Representative on the Continuing Education Committee since 1992 and currently a member of ACEP’s Education Committee. I am Chair of the SAEM Faculty Development Committee and have been co chair of EMLRC’s Education Committee since 2007. A frequent speaker for Emergency Medicine programs, I also serve as a core ACEP faculty member and received the National Emergency Medicine Faculty Teaching Award in 2006.
     My experience spans 18 years in Emergency Medicine Education, ED management and leadership development. I’ve held director positions in the U.S. Air Force, University of South Florida and TeamHealth for the past 15 years. I trained at the University of Illinois-Chicago for medical school and my emergency medicine residency. I’ve served on TeamHealth’s Medical Advisory Board, Patient Safety Office Division and faculty in their Leadership Courses.
     My husband, fellow EM leader and educator Dr. Kelly O'Keefe, home educates our three daughters, allowing us to coordinate our educational efforts, both nationally and internationally, to travel and explore as a family.

Joel Stern, MD, FACEP, FAAEM

     I graduated from The Dartmouth/Brown combined Medical School with an MD in 1991 and completed a three-year EM Residency at The Medical Center of Delaware in 1994. I practiced Emergency Medicine in Delaware and Maryland for seven years, following the completion of my residency, in a variety of hospital settings.
     In 1999 I moved to Florida and have been practicing Emergency Medicine in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties for the past 10 years. I am presently the medical director of the adult emergency department at St Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach. St Mary’s is a Level 2 Trauma Center with a combined volume of around 55,000 patients per year, which includes adults, pediatrics and trauma.
     I have been an ACEP member for my entire practicing career, beginning in residency. I am an ACEP Fellow, and have been an FCEP member since moving here 10 years ago. I also belong to AMA and FMA. About nine years ago I founded the Florida State Chapter of AAEM, and served as its first president. As president of FLAAEM, I worked with FCEP during EM days in Tallahassee, and on lobbying FMA and the Florida Legislature regarding the EM board certification/BCEM issue.
     I look forward to serving as an FCEP Board member, to improve the quality of our practice environment, and raise the bar for the standards of EM care in our community.