2023 - 2025 Leadership Roster

Officers

President (2023-2025)
Brett Cannon, MD, FACEP
Marietta, GA


President-Elect (2023-2025)
Shamie Das, MD, MBA, MPH, FACEP
Decatur, GA


Secretary/Treasurer (2021-2023)
Benjamin Lefkove, MD, FACEP
Atlanta, GA


Immediate Past President
Jay Smith, MD, FACEP
Buford, GA



At Large Directors

Mark Griffiths, MD, FAAP
Decatur, GA
Term: 2020-2023
Matt Astin, MD, FACEP
Macon, GA
Term: 2020-2023
Matt Rudy, MD, FACEP
Evans, GA
Term: 2020-2023
John Wood, MD, FACEP
Haddock, GA
Term: 2021-2024
Troy Akers, DO, FACEP
Evans, GA
Term: 2022-2025
Anwar Osborne, MD, MPM, FACEP
Decatur, GA
Term: 2022-2025
Dan McCollum, MD, FACEP
Augusta, GA
Term: 2022-2025
 

EX-OFFICIO DIRECTORS

ACEP
ACEP Committee Chair – Observation Section: Matthew Wheatley, MD, FACEP
ACEP Committee Chair - Academic Affairs: Laura Oh, MD, FACEP
ACEP Committee Chair - Social Medicine: John Lewis, MD, FACEP

MAG
MAG House of Delegates Rep.: Jay Smith, MD, FACEP (2020-2021)

DEPARTMENT CHAIRS
Emory: David Wright, MD, FACEP
Augusta: Richard Schwartz, MD, FACEP

FELLOW REPRESENTATIVES
Emory Peds EM Program: Brent Troy, MD
Augusta Peds EM Program: Ohmed Khilji, MD

COUNCILORS
Jay Smith, MD, FACEP (2020-2023)
Jeffery Linzer, Sr., MD, FACEP (2020-2023)
Matthew J. Watson, MD, FACEP (2020-2023)
James Dugal, MD, FACEP(E) (2021-2024)
Matt Astin, MD, FACEP (2021-2024)
Brett Cannon, MD, FACEP (2021-2024)
Matt Keady, MD, FACEP (2022-2025)
Chip Pettigrew, MD, FACEP (2022-2025)
John Sy, DO, FACEP (2022-2025)

ALTERNATE COUNCILORS
Shamie Das, MD (2022-2025)
Matt Rudy, MD, FACEP (2022-2025)
Mark Griffiths, MD, FACEP (2020-2023)
Carmen Sulton, MD, FACEP (2020-2023)
Michelle Wan, MD, FACEP (2020-2023)
Benjamin Lefkove, MD, FACEP (2021-2024)
John Wood, MD, FACEP (2021-2024)
Brendan Hawthorn, MD, FACEP (2021-2024)
Talitha Ashby, MD (2021-2024)

GCEP Committee Chairs
Awards: Matt Keadey, MD, FACEP
Bylaws: John Rogers, MD, FACEP
Education & Research co-chairs: Dan McCollum, MD, FACEP; Shamie Das, MD, FACEP; Ted Stettner, MD, FACEP
Nominating & Board Development co-chairs: Chip Pettigrew, MD, FACEP; John Sy, DO, FACEP
Technology & Social Media: Benjamin Lefkove, MD, FACEP