Peter Rosen, MD, recognized as a
“Hero of Emergency Medicine”
Washington, D.C. — The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) announced it has recognized Peter Rosen, MD, as a “Hero of Emergency Medicine.”
Dr. Rosen currently serves as a lecturer for the UA Department of Emergency Medicine and the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School and is residency director emeritus of the emergency medicine residency program at the University of California San Diego.
The campaign, which is part of ACEP’s 40th anniversary, recognizes emergency physicians who have made significant contributions to emergency medicine, their communities and their patients.
“Emergency physicians are on the front lines of America’s health care system, providing the essential community service of emergency care,” says ACEP President Linda L. Lawrence, MD. “The dedication, passion and commitment Dr. Rosen has shown embodies the vision of ACEP’s founders and the ideals of our specialty.”
Dr. Rosen is a pioneer of the emergency medicine specialty and has had a distinguished emergency medicine career, having served in official capacities for many academic societies and committees. Dynamic, powerful and multi-talented, he served on ABEM’s board of directors, and was president of the Colorado ACEP Chapter. He was a founding member of the American Trauma Society and won the American College of Emergency Medicine’s award for outstanding contributions and leadership in 1977 and again in 1984.
In 1990, he was honored with the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine’s Leadership Award for outstanding contribution to academic emergency medicine. He has written many articles, and was the founding editor-in-chief of the Journal of Emergency Medicine and founding editor of Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. He created and fought for the boundaries of the territory and figured significantly into the education of the second wave of leaders in emergency medicine through his pedagogical skill and his example. He believes that humanity and kindness are as important as knowledge, and his favorite rule is: “When in doubt, think!”
“The American College of Emergency Physicians is celebrating 40 years of advancing emergency care, and the nation’s emergency physicians are dedicated to saving even more lives and to improving emergency care for the next 40 years,” said Dr. Lawrence. “Tens of thousands of lives are saved each year by emergency physicians and 115 million patients are treated in the nation’s emergency departments. Emergency physicians are medical specialists who are experts in their field.”
ACEP is a national medical specialty society representing emergency medicine with more than 25,000 members. ACEP is committed to advancing emergency care through continuing education, research and public education. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, ACEP has 53 chapters representing each state, as well as Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. A Government Services Chapter represents emergency physicians employed by military branches and other government agencies.
Media contact: Elaine Salter, American College of Emergency Physicians, 800-320-0610, ext. 3007 or esalter@acep.org
