Leonard Riggs - TCEP Past President
Leonard Riggs, MD FACEP
TCEP PRESIDENT 1975-1976
MEDICAL SCHOOL
RESIDENCY
TEXAS COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS – LEADERSHIP AND CONTRIBUTIONS
OFFICER POSITIONS:
| President |
1975-1976 |
| Past President |
2012-2013 |
| Board of Directors |
1974-1981 |
COMMITTEE AND ADDITIONAL POSITIONS:
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS – LEADERSHIP & CONTRIBUTIONS
COMMITTEE AND ADDITIONAL POSITIONS:
| Councilor |
1975-1982 |
| ACEP President |
1980-1981 |
| ACEP Vice President |
1980-1981 |
| ACEP Board of Directiors |
1976-1982 |
| ACEP Representative to AMA Section Council on EMS |
1979-1986 |
| ACEP representative to ABEM |
1981-1986 |
| ACEP Weigenstein Leadership Award |
1985 |
COMMENTS AND REFLECTIONS
The early days of TCEP were very rewarding for us even though we were struggling with recognition, reimbursement, recruiting, etc., and special bonds were formed among many of us. It is very gratifying to see the success of our specialty, and to know that our association efforts such as TCEP played some part of that. What an unbelievable story when one hears what it was like "back then," and now we have 33,000 Board certified emergency physicians currently in practice! I know that it must be difficult for the younger physicians in our specialty to even imagine what the conditions were like at that time. The recent film by EMRA does a good job of telling that journey.
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