The Board of Directors of the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) is comprised of emergency physicians.  Officers are chosen from among the Board members.  The Board includes members who were elected from individuals nominated by each of the sponsoring organizations, other Emergency Medicine organizations, and ABEM diplomates.  ABEM is a non-profit corporation, and the fees from candidates are used solely for defraying actual expenses incurred in conducting examinations and carrying out the business of the Board.  The directors of the Board serve without compensaiton. 

The following is a current list of the Board directors and officers and ABEM executive staff.

Debra G. Perina, M.D., President
Mark T. Steele, M.D., President-Elect
Harold A. Thomas, M.D., Immediate-Past-President
Richard N. Nelson, M.D., Secretary-Treasurer
John C. Moorhead, M.D., Member-at-Large
Howard A. Bessen, M.D., Senior Member-at-Large

Michael L. Carius, M.D.
Robert E. Collier, M.D.
Lily C. A. Conrad, M.D.
Francis L. Counselman, M.D.
Rita Kay Cydulka, M.D.
Joel M. Geiderman, M.D.
Barry N. Heller, M.D.
James H. Jones, M.D.
David A. Kramer, M.D.
Jo Ellen Linder, M.D.
J. Mark Meredith, M.D.
Rebecca Smith-Coggins. M.D.
Robert W. Strauss, M.D.

Executive Staff
Earl J. Reissdorf, M.D., Executive Director

Associate Executive Directors
Susan K. Adsit, Academic and Board Relations
John H. Diephouse, SPHR, Operations
Anne L. Harvey, Ph.D., Evaluation and Research

Revised 5/17/10 (cr)