Congratulations to the newly elected ACEP leaders chosen Saturday by the ACEP Council at ACEP24 in Las Vegas.
L. Anthony Cirillo, MD, FACEP, was chosen as President-Elect, and will begin his 2025-26 presidential term at the ACEP Council meeting, Sept. 5-6, 2025 in Salt Lake City, Utah before ACEP25.
Dr. Cirillo, of Rhode Island, is the director of government affairs for US Acute Care Solutions and practices clinically in AdventHealth system emergency departments in Colorado for USACS. Dr. Cirillo is the immediate past chair of the ACEP Board of Directors. He is the current Board Liaison to ACEP Emergency Medicine Practice and Clinical Resource Review Committees, Medical Directors, Cruise Ship Medicine, and Emergency Medicine Practice Management & Health Policy Sections. He is a Past Chair of ACEP’s Federal Government Affairs, State Legislative and Regulatory, and Membership Committees.
Dr. Cirillo previously served on the National Emergency Medicine PAC (NEMPAC) Board of Trustees. He is an ACEP representative on the ACEP/EDPMA Surprise Medical Billing Implementation Task Force Steering Committee.
Dr. Cirillo is the 2018 recipient of ACEP's Colin C. Rorrie, Jr., PhD Award for Excellence in Health Policy. He earned his medical degree at the University of Vermont College of Medicine in Burlington, VT and completed his residency in emergency medicine at UMASS Medical Center in Worcester, MA.
The newly elected and re-elected members of the ACEP Board of Directors will each serve a three-year term.
Jennifer Casaletto, MD, FACEP, is a physician at Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, and a practicing emergency physician with CirrusMD. Previous academic leadership positions include founding emergency medicine residency program director at Virginia Tech-Carilion and associate residency program director at Maricopa Medical Center. She is a current member of ACEP’s National Emergency Medicine Political Action Committee (NEMPAC) Board of Directors and serves as an oral board examiner and item writer for the American Board of Emergency Medicine. She is past-chair of ACEP’s Academic Affairs Committee, Educational Meetings Subcommittee and Young Physicians Section, past-president of the Arizona College of Emergency Physicians, and past-chair of the Arizona Governor’s Domestic Violence Council’s Health Cares About Family Violence Subcommittee via an appointment to Arizona’s Committee on the Impact of Domestic Violence and the Courts. Dr. Casaletto earned her medical degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and completed a residency in emergency medicine at Carolinas Medical Center.
C. Ryan Keay, MD, FACEP, is an emergency physician at Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett, Washington and division chief of outpatient and emergency medicine. She formerly served as the emergency department medical director at Providence. She is the medical program director of EMS for Snohomish County, Washington. Dr. Keay is a delegate to ACEP’s Council, member of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, Steering Committee, former chair of the Medical Directors' section and former member of the Tellers Committee. She is a Past President and Board Member of the Washington Chapter of ACEP. Her previous experience includes serving as director and president of the Washington Poison Center board, a ship physician on Antarctic and Central American expeditions, and a flight medic and volunteer firefighter in rural Alaska. Dr. Keay received her medical degree from the University of Washington School of Medicine and completed residency at the Denver Health Medical Center at the University of Colorado.
Heidi C. Knowles, MD, FACEP, is emergency medicine chief of operations and medical director, John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas. Dr. Knowles is an assistant professor of emergency medicine with Texas Christian University and University of North Texas Health Science Center School of Medicine in Fort Worth, staff emergency physician at Texas Health Southlake, and EMS medical director, Trinity Valley Community College in Athens, Texas. Dr. Knowles is the ACEP representative to the Federation of State Medical Boards and served as Past President of the Texas College of Emergency Physicians. She received a medical degree from the University of Texas at Houston Medical School and completed an emergency medicine residency at Memorial Hermann Hospital with the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston emergency medicine program.
Diana B. Nordlund, DO, JD, FACEP, is corporate compliance officer and attending physician with Emergency Care Specialists in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Dr. Nordlund is outgoing chair of ACEP’s Medical Legal Committee, past chair of ACEP's Reference Committee B, past co-chair of ACEP's EM Reproductive Health and Patient Safety Task Force, and past subcommittee chair of ACEP's Council Steering Committee. She is Past President of the Michigan College of Emergency Physicians (MCEP) and past chair of MCEP's State Legislative Committee and MCEP's Leadership Development Task Force. Dr. Nordlund earned her medical degree from Andrew Taylor Still University and completed residency training at MetroHealth Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan. After residency, she earned her Juris Doctor from Cooley Law School. In addition to full-time clinical emergency medicine, Dr. Nordlund has practiced medical malpractice defense law with Henn Lesperance, PLC, and physician contract law with Nordlund Hulverson, PLLC.
