Doubt. Regret. Grief. Stress. Emergency physicians are well acquainted with these emotions. ACOEP’s President Elect Christine Giesa, DO, FACOEP-d In the July 2017 issue of The Pulse, ACOEP’s President Elect Christine Giesa, DO, FACOEP-d explored the “ghost within,” an amalgamation of these feelings that prey on a doctor’s [...]
Challenge the system. Question. Provoke. Entertain. ZDoggMD is a master of all of these and ACOEP is thrilled to welcome him as our keynote speaker at the 2017 Scientific Assembly! Never one to shy away from controversy, Zubin Demania, MD, who moonlights as the swaggering, singing ZDoggMD, tackles the [...]
Dr. Bograkos, Left, pictured with Ron Noble, Secretary General of Interpol Come to any ACOEP event long enough and you are sure to meet William Bograkos; an indefatigable force, with deep roots in EMS, military service, world disaster medicine, and addiction medicine. He is now the Board Chair [...]
Emergency medicine is all about embracing challenges head-on. Challenge yourself to be a better doctor. Challenge the healthcare system to work for all people. Challenge your community to take charge of their health. Challenge each other to find solutions to the obstacles we face. At the 2017 Scientific Assembly, ACOEP [...]
Regina Hammock, DO, FACOEP Although women make up over one-third of the physician workforce, it’s all too common they’ve faced gender discrimination at some point in their career. Emergency Medicine Residency Program Director at NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island, Regina Hammock, DO, FACOEP, knows first-hand the challenges women [...]
A favorite feature of every issue of The Pulse is the “What Would You Do?” section, presented by Bernie Heilicser, DO. Dr. Heilicser presents interesting, complex, and often morally ambiguous issues that face emergency care providers. In the July issue of The Pulse, Dr. Heilicser presents the following issue presented [...]