New ACEP Board Member Dr. Andy Bern

ORLANDO, FLA. -  The Florida College of Emergency Physicians (FCEP) is pleased to announce that Andrew I. Bern, MD, FACEP, of Coral Springs, has been elected to the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Board of Directors. Dr. Bern, an attending emergency physician at Delray Medical Center in Delray Beach (a Level II Trauma Center, JCAHO certified Stroke Center with an active PCI interventional cardiac program), has been a practicing emergency physician since 1978, joined FCEP in 1984, and served as a member of the FCEP Board of Directors from 1985-1990. He was Treasurer from 1987-89.

“I am excited and honored to be elected to the national ACEP Board and look forward to putting my energy, vision, and passion into the work ahead for our patients and our members,” said Dr. Bern. “I am grateful for the talent and hard work from the Councillors and Board members of the Florida College of Emergency Physicians and the Disaster Medical Section whose advocacy for my candidacy was critical in my successful election.”

Over the course of his 29-year membership with ACEP, Dr. Bern has served as a Councillor, alternate Councillor and member of the Steering Committee in the National Representative Council. He has chaired or been a member of national committees in six critical areas including Finance, Membership, Education, Communications, Advocacy, and Leadership. He is a member of the National Spokesperson and 911 Network and a 911 Team Captain. He is the founder of the Disaster Medicine Section and spearheaded the initiatives that established membership sections and the college grant center program. He has served as both program coordinator for disaster conferences and has been a speaker at national and chapter events in Indiana, Illinois, Tennessee, Ohio, Michigan, Georgia, Nevada, Washington, D.C., and Florida. He has lectured at the Organized Medical Staff Section (representing leaders of hospital medical staffs) of the American Medical Association (AMA) on disasters, and has spoken at the Section Leadership track at the Washington, D.C. Leadership and Advocacy program. He has written extensively on disaster topics.

Dr. Bern earned his medical degree at State University of New York at Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn. He completed his emergency medicine residency at the Affiliated Hospitals of the University of Louisville, Kentucky, and an internal medicine residency at State University of New York at Downstate Medical Center.

The Florida College of Emergency Physicians (FCEP) represents more than 1,100 emergency physicians in the state of Florida. FCEP members represent the health care safety net of Florida’s residents and visitors. More than seven million patients seek care annually in Florida emergency departments. FCEP was founded on Oct. 15, 1971 and is headquartered in Orlando.