EAST LANSING, Mich., Aug. 2,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Board of Emergency
Medicine (ABEM) Board of Directors is pleased to announce
Melissa A. Barton, M.D., in the role
of Executive Director, Professional and Clinical Affairs on
January 1, 2025.
In January 2024, ABEM announced a
search to identify an Executive Director, Professional and Clinical
Affairs following the retirement of the current Executive Director,
Earl J. Reisdorff, M.D., effective
December 2024. The Board developed an
Executive Search Advisory Group and partnered with WittKieffer to
conduct a robust and extensive search process. Over the past six
months, ABEM has conducted a rigorous and thorough process of
reviewing applications, holding multiple stages of interviews with
numerous well-qualified candidates.
Dr. Barton joined ABEM in 2015 as its inaugural Director of
Medical Affairs, focusing on certification activities related to
residency training and subspecialty development. While at ABEM, she
also helped lead multi-organizational outreach activities,
including the award-winning Dr. Leon L. Haley Jr Bridge to the
Future of Emergency Medicine and the Coalition of Board-Certified
Emergency Physicians. She has also led the review process for the
EM Model and served as the ABEM liaison for the ACGME Residency
Committee-Emergency Medicine.
Dr. Barton is board-certified in Emergency Medicine and has
practiced for more than 20 years in Michigan, with her early career spent
practicing at Detroit Medical Center (DMC) Sinai-Grace Hospital, a
trauma hospital in northwest Detroit. Immediately following residency, Dr.
Barton assumed the role of Associate Program Director and later
Program Director for the DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital Emergency
Medicine Residency Program. She also had a faculty appointment as a
Clinical Associate Professor at the Wayne
State University School of Medicine.
A member of the Michigan
College of Emergency Physicians (MCEP) since 2004, Dr. Barton
served as the MCEP President in 2010 and remains engaged with the
chapter.
"With a great foundation by Dr. Reisdorff, Dr. Barton's
effective and diverse experiences in medical education and health
care will continue to enhance and lead the development of
certification opportunities and partnerships for ABEM. We are
excited to begin this next chapter with Dr. Barton in her new
role," said Diane L. Gorgas, M.D., Board President.
Learn more about Dr. Barton and ABEM's Future Executive
Leadership Strategy.
Learn more about the American Board of Emergency Medicine and
certification on the ABEM website.
Contact: AJ Wolf, awolf@abem.org
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