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Career
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Counselman Honored as 2001 Career Achievement
Award Recipient
This award is given to V ACEP members in recognition of their outstanding
contributions to the College and the specialty of Emergency Medicine. On February 13th
we honored Francis L. Counselman, MD, FACEP.
Since 1984 Dr. Counselman has represented the specialty of emergency medicine with
dedication and leadership. He is the longest serving Director of an Emergency Medicine
Residency training program and Chair of an academic Emergency Medicine Department in
Virginia; and is one of only three full professors of Emergency Medicine in the
Commonwealth.
In 1999 Dr. Counselman was named Distinguished Professor of Emergency Medicine, a
permanent title that is accompanied by a one half million dollar grant for the department.
He also received the Dean’s Faculty Achievement Award by Community Faculty from
Eastern Virginia Medical School for significant involvement and excellence in teaching,
research and institutional advancement. In 1992 he received the Eastern Virginia Graduate
School of Medicine Award for significant contribution to graduate medical education.
For ten years (1989-1999) Dr. Counselman served as a member, a liaison and as an
officer on V ACEP’s Board of Directors. He
has represented the College as a councillor to the ACEP Council and as a Delegate to the
Medical Society of Virginia. In addition, he has been a member of the VACEP Education Committee since 1989 and chaired the
committee for six years. On the national level he has served on a number of committees. He
was named the ACEP representative to the Residency Review Committee for Emergency
Medicine. He also served as member and Chair of the Academic Affairs Committee.
As further support of his dedication he also serves as an ambassador for emergency
medicine in local and state medical organizations; not to mention his service on numerous
committees —too many to list entirely! To name a few, these have included the Medical
Society of Virginia; the Virginia Department of Health; Society for Academic Emergency
Medicine; Society for Pediatric Emergency Medicine; Tidewater Center for Life Support; and
the Norfolk Academy of Medicine.
Dr. Counselman is a Managing Editor of e-Medicine, and serves on the editorial board
and reviewer for several medical journals. He has published 40 articles and authored a
number of chapters in emergency medicine textbooks. In addition he has more than 30
invited presentations and has earned grants as principle investigator in four studies.
The award was presented during the annual membership meeting on February 13, held in
conjunction with the 2001 Scientific Assembly at The Homestead in Hot Springs, VA.
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