Congratulations to Dr. David Keseg, 2012 winner of the Copass Award which is awarded to that Emergency Medical Services Medical Director who has demonstrated longstanding service, contributions and leadership in the unique realm of out-of-hospital emergency care and who, in addition, has served as a role model, not only for emergency medical services personnel, but also for fellow 9-1-1 system medical directors across the nation. Read the press release here.

The Ohio State University Medical Center's emergency departments at University Hospital and University Hospital East have been named recipients of the HealthGrades 2012 Emergency Medicine Excellence Award. This award was based on the results of the Annual HealthGrades Emergency Medicine in American Hospitals Study. Recipients of the award represent the top 5 percent of hospitals in emergency medicine in the nation and OSUMC is the only Franklin County Ohio hospital to be recognized with this award.

Congratulations to Dr. Richard Nelson who is now the President of the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) for the 2011-2012 year. Read the press release here.

Last June, Dr. Douglas Rund announced his intention to step down as chair of The Ohio State University College of Medicine's Department of Emergency Medicine, after leading the Department for more than 20 years.

I'm pleased to announce that Mark Angelos, MD, professor of Emergency Medicine, will serve as interim chair, effective July 1. Dr. Angelos has been a member of The Ohio State University Department of Emergency Medicine faculty since 1991, and currently serves as both vice chair of Research and vice chair of Academic Services for the Department.

He obtained his medical degree at the University of Utah, completed a residency in Emergency Medicine at Wright State University and a fellowship in Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Angelos is board certified in Emergency Medicine and in Hyperbaric and Undersea Medicine. His research studies focus on myocardial ischemia and reperfusion and cardiac arrest.

Please join me in welcoming Dr. Angelos to his new interim role and thanking Dr. Rund for his many years of exemplary leadership and service.

Steven G. Gabbe, MD
Senior Vice Presedent for Health Sciences
Chief Executive Officer, OSU Medical Center

The Ohio State University Medical Center's Dr. Mark Moseley has been ranked among the nation's best Emergency Physicians by Best Doctors in America as reported by Columbus Monthly. Dr. Moseley is the only central Ohio Emergency Physician to be recognized.