Earl J. Reisdorff, MD, FACEP, is Executive Director of the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM), a post he has held since 2010. Dr. Reisdorff is an author of multiple peer-reviewed articles and 17 chapters in eight different texts; he also is the co-editor of two key textbooks—Emergency Radiology and Pediatric Emergency Medicine. He has presented more than 300 scientific and didactic presentations in the United States and internationally.
His research interests have focused on physician assessment. In 2003, Dr. Reisdorff was appointed by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to the Council on Graduate Medical Education, an advisory group to both DHHS and the Congress on physician workforce and training.
Dr. Reisdorff has been a program director and a designated institution official and has led a multi-institutional Graduate Medicine Education consortium. He also has been a Motocross racer, a published and recorded composer, a silent film theater organist and an organist for professional hockey teams.
Dr. Reisdorff is board certified by ABEM and is meeting the requirements of the ABMS Continuous Certification program for his board. He attended medical school at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and completed his emergency medicine residency at Michigan State University in Lansing.
About This Award
The James D. Mills Outstanding Contribution to Emergency Medicine Award is presented to an active, life, or honorary member for significant contributions to emergency medicine. This award is named after the late James D. Mills, Jr, MD, the second president of the College
