Meet The Newly Elected 2020-2021 Board Members!

Patrick Cody, DO, MPH, FACOEP is a board-certified emergency physician practicing within the Norman Regional Health System.  He is the program director for the Emergency Medicine Residency Program in Norman.  Additionally, he is the medical director for EMSStat ambulance service, the Cities of Norman and Moore Fire Departments, the City of Norman Communications Center, LifeNet EMS in Stillwater, Oklahoma, McClain-Grady County EMS and the Gomer Jones Cardiac Care Clinic inside the University of Oklahoma Gaylord Family Stadium. He serves as the co-medical director for REACT EMS in Shawnee, Oklahoma, and is the team physician for the Norman Police Department SWAT team.

Ameet S. Parikh, DO, MBA is a graduate of Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, where he also earned a Master’s Degree in Biomedical Sciences. He also earned his MBA in Health Administration from St. Joseph’s University. Dr. Parikh currently works as an emergency physician with Alteon Health and is the vice chair of the emergency department at Jefferson Medical Center in Ranson, West Virginia. He is a clinical assistant professor with the University of West Virginia. His work extends beyond education and patient care where he utilizes his business training to create fiscally responsible departments, developed a system to alert providers of high-frequency users if that patient has been exhibiting drug-seeking behavior. He has experience in developing policy.

Dr. Parikh is self-motivated, honest, hardworking, and reliable. He thrives on accepting challenge and gaining responsibility.

Victoria H. Selley, DO, FACOEP is a graduate of NOVA Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed her residency at Lehigh Valley Hospital. She began her tenure with ACOEP as a member of the Resident Chapter Board before transitioning to the Young Physicians Group (now the New Physicians in Practice). For the last three years she has co-lectured at the COLA Review at Spring Seminar.

She currently practices medicine for USACS at AdventHealth in Sebring, Florida where she serves as the medical director. She looks forward to bringing fresh perspective to the Board, to continue to foster ACOEP’s family atmosphere, and to help establish the next generation of ACOEP members.

Hometown: Cleveland, OH
Undergraduate: University of Toledo
Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine – Erie, PA
Residency: Norman Regional

Hometown: Montgomery, AL
Undergraduate: AUM- Bachelor’s; UAB- Masters
Medical School: VCOM Auburn
Hobbies: Running, Wakesurfing, Being a mom, and spending time with family, concerts