Candidate Platform Statements

• All candidates
• President
• Vice President
• Secretary-Treasurer
• At-Large
• YPS Director

AAEM does not endorse any statement made by candidates and specifically rejects anticompetitive statements.

The nomination period for AAEM’s upcoming elections has ended. All individuals running for an open seat on the board of directors have been identified, and the race has begun. Presented here for the benefit of all full voting, emeritus and Young Physician Section (YPS) members of AAEM are the formal platform statements of each of the candidates.

The elections will be held immediately following the Candidates Forum scheduled during AAEM’s 16th Annual Scientific Assembly, February 15-17, 2010, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. Although balloting arrangements will be made available for those unable to attend the Assembly, all voting members are encouraged to hold their ballots until the time of the meeting. The Forum will allow members the opportunity to question candidates directly about their vision of the association and its place in the specialty of emergency medicine. The responses offered in this session, in addition to the platform statements offered here, will provide members with the information they need to make intelligent and informed decisions.

AAEM’s democratic election process is just one of the many things that make our organization unique among medical specialty societies. Please carefully review the information presented here, and make your arrangements to join us in Las Vegas for the Forum and final elections.

Full voting, emeritus and YPS members not planning to attend the Scientific Assembly should return their completed ballot to the AAEM office in the enclosed envelope by February 12, 2010. Those attending the Las Vegas conference should remember to bring their ballots with them for voting after the special Candidates Forum to be held on Tuesday, February 16, 2010, from 12:30pm to 2:30pm.