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ICEP Call for Nominations and Awards
January 25, 2021Call for Nominations and Awards Interested in serving on the ICEP Board of Directors or as a Councilor? Know of a deserving member who should be recognized with an ICEP award? ICEP is seeking nominations for Board of Directors candidates, Councillors, and ICEP awards. Board of Directors Three Active members of the Board of Directors […]
Urge Governor Pritzker to Veto HB 3360
January 18, 2021The Illinois General Assembly quickly passed HB 3360 last week without any hearing or public comments. The bill would impose an additional 9% prejudgment interest to be paid in any civil judgment or verdict, backdated to the time the defendant was made aware of the injury. This punitive legislation undermines Illinois’ medical liability system and […]
Trauma Informed Care Webinar Series Launching
January 4, 2021ICEP’s Social Emergency Medicine Committee is presenting a four part webinar series on Informed Trauma Care. Introduction to Trauma Informed Care – January 27, 2021; 12:00 – 1:30 PM CST Register here.https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__YF8xvXWRZm31EQfwJabQQ
ICEP Member Dr. Marina Del Rios First Person in Chicago to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine
December 16, 2020Marina Del Rios, MD, MS, of the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, made news headlines throughout Chicago on December 15 as the first person in the city to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Chicago public health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady led a small ceremony for five recipients during which she emphasized the vaccine’s safety, […]
ACEP Issues Statement on Emergency Physicians’ Priority Access to the COVID-19 Vaccine
December 10, 2020The American College of Emergency Physicians supports all emergency physicians and their role on the front lines of the COVID-19 response. We believe all emergency physicians and emergency department staff members should be afforded Group 1A access to the COVID vaccine as recommended by the CDC and FDA so they can safely continue the fight […]
ICEP Issues Statement on Emergency Physician Vaccination
December 8, 2020The Illinois College of Emergency Physicians (ICEP) believes that all physicians who work in a hospital or health system’s emergency department must be included in that hospital’s allotment of COVID‐19 vaccine to their health care workers, regardless of the employment model used. As hospitals have begun making plans for the distribution of their allotments of […]
Urge Your U.S. Senators to Take Action to Halt Impending Medicare Cuts
November 18, 2020Negotiations continue in Congress on how to address the impending Medicare cuts that many physicians will face in 2021. Emergency physicians will face a 6% cut unless Congress acts. Although you may have already contacted your U.S. House member on this issue, your two U.S. Senators need to hear from you now about the importance […]
Tier 3 Resurgence Mitigations to Take Effect Statewide on Friday
With a new wave of COVID-19 surging across the state of Illinois, the Midwest and the nation, Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today announced additional COVID-19 resurgence mitigations will take effect in every region across the state in an attempt to slow the spread of the virus. Tier 3 […]
Dr. Adnan Hussain Recognized with ACEP Community Emergency Medicine Excellence Award
November 2, 2020ICEP member Adnan Hussain, MD, Medical Director of AMITA Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, was recognized by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) with the 2020 Community Emergency Medicine Excellence Award for his outstanding contributions to care in Joliet and its surrounding communities. The ACEP Community Emergency Medicine Excellence Award is presented at […]
Dr. Tarlan Hedayati Honored as ACEP’s Outstanding Speaker of the Year
October 27, 2020Tarlan Hedayati, MD, FACEP, was been honored as ACEP’s 2019-20 Outstanding Speaker of the Year. This prestigious award is designed to recognize a single faculty member who has consistently demonstrated teaching excellence through performance, versatility, and dependability during ACEP educational meetings throughout the year. Dr. Hedayati will be recognized at ACEP21 when she can be honored […]