The On-Deck Circle
Timothy Cheslock, DO, FACOEP
Depending on when you are reading this, we are either headed to Las Vegas for our Scientific Assembly or already on the ground amid what is shaping up to be a great event! Either way, I hope to see many of you in person over the coming days.
It seems like just a short time ago I began my term as president elect of the college, and here I am now just days away from taking that next step to the presidency. Time really does not stand still. It has been another great year, one that we can celebrate together as a huge success. Over the past year it has been a true honor to work together with Dr Beirne and the entire board of directors to continue moving the college forward. As we transitioned out of the pandemic and back to live meetings in the spring, a sense of normalcy has been returned to our day-to-day lives. We continue to assess how the pandemic has changed us as emergency physicians, our reflections of two hard years of extraordinary challenges for each of us. We have learned together, shared our challenges, celebrated our successes, and mourned our losses. The landscape of emergency medicine will be forever changed by what we endured, but one of the constant stabilizing forces was the support we gave each other. Despite all of this our college continues to grow and I have to acknowledge and thank each and every one of our members. Without you, we would not have been able to rise to the challenge, but together we have done so much! Read more from Dr. Cheslock.