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 (2023-2025)
Benjamin Lefkove, MD, FACEP
Atlanta, GA


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



At Large Directors

John Wood, MD, FACEP
Haddock, GA
Term: 2024-2027
Brendan Hawthorn, MD
Bishop, GA
Term: 2024-2027
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
Mark Griffiths, MD, FAAP
Decatur, GA
Term: 2023-2026
Matt Astin, MD, FACEP
Macon, GA
Term: 2023-2026
  Matt Rudy, MD, FACEP
Evans, GA
Term: 2023-2026
Kathryn West, MD, FACEP
Gainesville, GA
2024-2027
 

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
ACEP Section Chair - Locum Tenens Section: Jamila Goldsmith, MD
ACEP Section Chair - Toxicology Section: Stella Wong, DO

MAG
MAG House of Delegates Rep.: Jay Smith, MD, FACEP

DEPARTMENT CHAIRS
Emory: David Wright, MD, FACEP
Augusta: Richard Schwartz, MD, FACEP
NE Georgia Medical Center: Josh Mugele, MD

RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVES
Emory EM Program: Mustafa Bahramand, MD
Wellstar EM Program: Saket Kumar, MD
Wellstar EM Program: Tom Li, MD
Augusta EM Program: Karly Flemmons, MD
NE GA Med Ctr.: Hawa Henderson, MD

GCEP LEADERSHIP FELLOWS
Emory Peds EM Program: Sagar Mehta, MD
Augusta Peds EM Program: Eilan Livkowitz, MD

COUNCILORS
Matt Keady, MD, FACEP (2022-2025)
Chip Pettigrew, MD, FACEP (2022-2025)
John Sy, DO, FACEP (2022-2025)
Jay Smith, MD, FACEP (2023-2026)
Jeffery Linzer, Sr., MD, FACEP (2023-2026)
Matthew J. Watson, MD, FACEP (2023-2026)
James Dugal, MD, FACEP(E) (2024-2027)
Matt Astin, MD, FACEP (2024-2027)
Brett Cannon, MD, FACEP (2024-2027)

ALTERNATE COUNCILORS
Benjamin Lefkove, MD, FACEP (2024-2027)
John Wood, MD, FACEP (2024-2027)
Brendan Hawthorn, MD, FACEP (2024-2027)
Alison Ruch, MD (2024-2025)
Shamie Das, MD (2022-2025)
Matt Rudy, MD, FACEP (2022-2025)
Mark Griffiths, MD, FACEP (2023-2026)
Carmen Sulton, MD, FACEP (2023-2026)
Kathryn West, MD (2023-2026)

GCEP Committee Chairs
Awards: John Sy, DO, FACEP
Bylaws: John Sy, DO, FACEP
Education & Research co-chairs: Dan McCollum, MD, FACEP; Shamie Das, MD, FACEP; Josh Mugele, MD, Doug Chesson, MD, FACEP
Nominating & Board Development co-chairs: Chip Pettigrew, MD, FACEP; John Sy, DO, FACEP
Technology & Social Media: Benjamin Lefkove, MD, FACEP
DEI Committee - Carmen Sulton, MD, FACEP