Michael Beeson

MD, MBA, FACEP

Immediate Past Editor-in-Chief, Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine — Dr. Beeson has spent his career introducing innovations into emergency medicine education. His passion for teaching has translated into numerous honors, including ACEP's Judith E. Tintinalli Award for Outstanding Contribution in Education, the Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, EMRA’s Residency Director of the Year Award, the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine’s Hal Jayne Excellence in Education Award, and CORD’s Michael P. Wainscott Program Director Award. He is the director of the Emergency Medicine Residency Program at Summa Health, where he also serves as the vice chair of education. He is a professor of emergency medicine at Northeast Ohio Medical University. He is a past president of the Council of Residency Directors (CORD), and he completed two terms as a director for the American Board of Emergency Medicine. He is an author of over 60 peer-reviewed articles and numerous textbook chapters. Dr. Beeson also chaired the original Emergency Medicine Milestones Working Group.