Board of Trustees


James McCord, MD, FACC (President)
Cardiology Director
Henry Ford Hospital and Medical Centers

Shahriar Dadkhah, MD, MBA, FACC (Vice President)
Director of Cardiology Research
Saint Francis Hospital

Michael A, Ross, MD, FACEP (Secretary/Treasurer)
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Medical Director of Observation Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine

Wayne Friestad, MD, FACEP (Immediate Past President)
Emergency Department Chairman
Florida Hospital

Raymond D. Bahr, MD, FACC (President Emeritus)
Director, Coronary Care Unit
St. Agnes Healthcare

Richard V. Aghababian, MD, FACEP
Professor and Chairman, Dept. of Emergency Medicine
Associate Dean for Continuing Medical Education
University of Massachusetts Medical Center

Ezra Amsterdam, MD, FACC
Director, Coronary Care Unit, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
University of California, Davis Medical Center
 
G. Dennis Beecroft, PEng
Chairman, Quality Management Division
American Society for Quality

David Michael Carter, RN, MBA
Director of EMS
First Health of the Carolinas

Francis Fesmire, MD, FACEP
Director, Emergency Heart-Stroke Center
Erlanger Medical Center

Christopher Ghaemmaghami, MD, FACEP
Director Chest Pain Center Dept of Emergency Medicine
First Health of the Carolinas

Robert Jesse, PhD, MD, FACC
Director of Acute Cardiac Care
University of Virginia Health System

J. Douglas Kirk, MD, FACEP
Associate Director Acute Cardiac Care, Associate Professor
Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center

Michael Kontos, MD, FACC
Professor, Vice Chair Clinical Opers, Dept of Emerg Med., Med Dir CP Eval Unit
University of California Davis Medical Center

L Kristen Newby, MD, MHS, FACC
Associate Professor of Medicine
Duke Clinical Research Institute

Frank Peacock, MD
Vice Chief of Emergency Medicine Research
Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Sandra Sieck, RN
HealthCare Reform Field Specialist
Sieck HealthCare Consulting

Robert Steinbuch, Esq
Assistant Professor
University of Arkansas
Bowen School of Law

Robert Stomel, DO, FACC
Chief of Cardiology at Botsford General Hospital
Director of its Cardiac Fellowship Program
President-Elect of the American College of Osteopathic Internists

Margaret M. Toth, MD
Chief Quality Officer
Delmarva Foundation

Cindy Waller, RN MSN
Vice President Quality Improvement Initiatives
American Heart Association