ACEP Leadership and Advocacy Conference
ACEP Leadership and Advocacy Conference 2025
April 27-29, 2025
Learn MoreAbout the Conference
At the ACEP Leadership & Advocacy Conference, you will have the opportunity to learn advocacy skills, be exposed to the latest issues facing emergency medicine, and receive updates directly from members of Congress.
Additionally, there will be a section focused solely on issues facing residents. You must be involved to help delineate these policy issues unique to residents. You will have the chance to walk across the mall and take an active part in forming healthcare policy. Bring your excitement to learn and your desire to advocate for the rights of patients, residents, and emergency medicine.
Can you talk like TED?
Applications are now open for Drop the Mic at LAC!
Practice your best ‘TED’ persona and head to DC for the EMRA/YPS Drop the Mic! Speaker applications are now open, and we are seeking engaging and talented emergency physicians with a passion for health policy to take the stage at the upcoming ACEP Leadership and Advocacy Conference on Sunday, April 27, 2025, at the Grand Hyatt Washington, DC. Six speakers will be selected to deliver concise, impactful talks on hospital/community, state, and national policy creation.
Application Deadline: January 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM CST.
LEARN MORE & APPLYPre-Conference Curriculum
Real Stories on How Health Policy Impacts Our Patients
The future of Emergency Medicine is bright, as our residents engage in making their patients' lives better. Check out their health care advocacy stories below.
Emergency Medicine Advocacy Handbook
Published: April, 2023Health policy plays a critical role in the success of every emergency physician. Be an informed, active advocate for yourself and your patients! EMRA’s Emergency Medicine Advocacy Handbook, 6th ed., will give you the knowledge and context you need to discuss the policy issues affecting the way you practice medicine. Produced with the help of an educational grant from US Acute Care Solutions, this book offers a clear path to becoming a savvy advocate.
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EMRA / ACEP YPS Virtual Health Policy Primer 2020
Although ACEP canceled its in-person Leadership & Advocacy Conference (LAC) in 2020 due to COVID, EMRA and YPS still held the Health Policy Primer Virtually. Check out the videos below including a modern rap by Cleavon MD.
COVID Legislative & Regulatory Updates by the EMRA Health Policy Committee
Discussion of policy impacted by COVID.
Presenters:
Valerie Pierre, MD
EMRA Health Policy Committee Vice Chair
PGY2 - Brookdale University Medical Center
Clifford Marks, MD
EMRA Health Policy Committee Vice Chair
PGY2 - Mount Sinai School of Medicine - New York
Logan Ramsey, MD
EMRA Health Policy Committee Vice Chair
PGY1 - University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Point-Counterpoint: Is the Solution to Healthcare Coverage Public or Private?
Discuss & validate differences and the reasons behind public vs. private approaches closing the coverage gap for Americans
Presenters
Dennis Hsieh, MD, JD (Moderator)
Asst Professor, UCLA School of Medicine
Director of Social Medicine & Population Health, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Kyle Fischer, MD, MPH
Fellowship Director in Health Policy and Leadership at University of Maryland
Jordan Warchol, MD, MPH
Asst Professor, University of
The Politics of Policy
How does politics affect the viability of health policy solutions? Who are the important players/committees? How does an advocacy organization build and leverage relationships?
Rachel Roubein, (Moderator)
Healthcare Reporter POLITICO Pro
Theresa Tran, MD, MBA
Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine
Elizabeth Allen
Senior Health Policy Advisor, Rep. Michael C. Burgess, MD (TX-26)
Rodney Whitlock, PhD
GW Adjunct Professor
Vice President, McDermott + Consulting
Cleavon MD - Bill into a Law
Your Health Policy Primer breaks down the process on how a bill becomes a law with the unique stylings of Cleavon MD. It’s School House Rock… BAFERD style!
Cleavon Gilman, MD
PGY4 - New York Presbyterian Hospital
CleavonMD.com
Micro Lectures
MACRA, Psychiatric Boarding, Balance Billing, X Waivers and Advocacy In Action
Advocacy in Action
Kimberly Chernoby, MD, JD, MA
PGY3 - Indiana University School of Medicine
Balance Billing
Scott Pasichow, MD, MPH
EMS Fellow - Alpert Medical School at Brown University
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA)
Charles Sanky, BA
MD-MPH Candidate - 2021
Population Health Researcher
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
X-The-X-Waiver : Support for the Mainstream Addiction Treatment (MAT) Act
Callan Fockele, MD, MS
PGY4 - University of Washington
Psychiatric Boarding in the Emergency Department: How did we get here?
Vidya Eswaran, MD
PGY4 - Northwestern University
