Leadership

During the day and night, our leaders are emergency physicians who serve their communities 24/7/365 with medical care. When they aren’t on shift, they are with their families, pursuing personal interests, and advocating for emergency medicine across the Commonwealth and nationwide. Meet VACEP’s leaders.

Nominations are open for our 2026-2028 Board of Directors and ACEP Councillor positions. Nominate yourself now. Nominations close October 23, 2026.

The 2024-2026 VACEP Executive Committee

 

Jesse Spangler, MD, FACEP
President
Affiliation: VCU Health

Joran Sequeira, MD, FACEP
President-Elect
Affiliation: U.S. Acute Care Solutions/Bon Secours Southside Medical Center & Colonial Heights Emergency Care

 

Courtney Zydron, MD, MBA
Secretary
Affiliation: Williamsburg Emergency Physicians, Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center

 

David Fosnocht, MD, FACEP
Treasurer
Affiliation: Augusta Emergency Physicians

 

Todd Parker, MD, FACEP
Immediate Past-President
Affiliation: Riverside Health System

Board of Directors

Caroline Cox, MD
Benjamin Blackwood, MD
Josh Easter, MD, FACEP
Ben Fickenscher, MD
Christopher Hogan, MD, FACEP
James Humble, MD
Sarah Klemencic, MD
Brooke Lindborg, MD
Mary McCarthy, MD
Randall Myers, MD 
Ashley Nicholson, MD
Cameron Olderog, MD, FACEP (director at-large)
Lauren Webb, MD

Residency Program Representatives

  • Carilion/Virginia Tech: Daniel Doynow, MD

  • UVA: Tomas Bartenstein, MD

  • VCU: Jared Berger, MD

  • EVMS: Katherine Schaffer, MD and Coral Byrns, MD

  • Navy: Timothy Utz, MD

  • LewisGale: Luke Leggett, MD

  • Riverside: Michael Shallcross, MD

Resident or Program Director interested in our Residency Representative program?

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ACEP Councillors

Benjamin Blackwood, MD
Darwin Castillo, MD, FACEP
Caroline Cox, MD
Joshua Easter, MD
James Humble, MD
Joshua Lesko, MD
Brooke Lindborg, MD
Theodore “TJ” Tzavaras, MD
Lauren Webb, MD
Courtney Zydron, MD, MBA

Leadership & Advocacy Fellows

Atilo Atencio, MD (U.S. Acute Care Solutions/Inova Fairfax Hospital)

Amanda Mathews, MD (Inova Fairfax Hospital, University of Virginia School of Medicine)

W. Burke Best (U.S. Acute Care Solutions/Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center and VCU Health)

Katie Mayes, MD, Ph.D. (Carilion Clinic, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine)

2025 Conference Program Chairs

Brian Meier, MD, FACEP
Josh Easter, MD, FACEP
Jack Perkins, MD