Board Meeting Minutes

American Academy of Emergency Medicine
Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting
San Diego, California
February 19, 2005

In Attendance: A. Antoine Kazzi, MD; William Durkin, Jr., MD; Anthony DeMond, MD; Stephen Hayden, MD; Kevin Rodgers, MD. Guest: Joe Lex, MD. Staff: Kay Whalen, Janet Wilson.

Dr. Kazzi thanked everyone for attending this "wrap up" board meeting and congratulated Dr. Lex and the education committee on an excellent meeting. He also appealed to the board to remain active in AAEM activities.

The board discussed the fact that the education committee had created a subcommittee which reports to Dr. Lex. This subcommittee will provide recommendations on pharmaceutical funding at the meeting.

Dr. Kazzi reported that the AAEM patient safety committee will provide materials to the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure outlining AAEM's position on BCEM. Dr. Kazzi has also spoken with Dr. Robert Suter, ACEP's president, to see if ACEP will be willing to help with the BCEM situation in Florida.

Dr. Kazzi asked those present to identify which AAEM projects they would like to champion. Dr. DeMond will work with the membership committee and will explore the possibility of AAEM credit cards. Dr. Hayden will work with the academic affairs committee. Dr. Rodgers will continue his work with the AAEM resident section, the education committee and the PhyAmerica malpractice insurance issue.

Dr. Kazzi reported on discussions at the international summit, the possibility of a non-CME track at the Mediterranean Congress for non-Americans to program, and in addition, the possibility of a Latin American Congress to be held in April of 2006 and an Asian Congress in October of 2006.

Finally, those in attendance discussed the best date for the spring in-person board meeting. After much discussion, it was decided that the next board meeting would be held on Wednesday, May 25th, from 4:00 - 8:00 pm and on Thursday, May 26th, from 8:00 am - 4:00 pm in Dallas, Texas.

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.

Respectfully submitted,

Kay Whalen
Executive Director