Since 1970, advocates for the Emergency Medicine specialty.
Check back often to get the latest news for the Commonwealth’s emergency physicians. You can also check out EmergencyPhysicians.org, the official ACEP news site.
Each year, VACEP selects one or several early career emergency physicians to take part in our Leadership & Advocacy Fellowship. This one-year program pairs rising emergency physicians with a more senior attending, with the goal of taking on projects or experiencing the non-clinical parts of the job — like advocacy, education, and training. Meet our new Fellows.
Physicians at VCU Health and UVA Health consider a June 2024 study in the New England Journal of Medicine that looks at noninvasive ventilation for preoxygenation during emergency intubation. Here’s their review.
As VACEP seeks a legislative fix to resolving unfounded Board of Medicine complaints, we’ve compiled a handbook to walk physicians through the process of responding to such a complaint.
A delegation of 19 Virginia emergency physicians and support staff traveled to Washington for this week’s American College of Emergency Physicians Leadership & Advocacy Conference. Here’s what they did.
Physicians at VCU Health and Naval Center Portsmouth analyze a recent peer-reviewed clinical study on bloodstream infection in the ED from the Journal of Emergency Medicine’s December 2024 edition as part of our latest Evidence-Based Medicine Review Series.
Get the presentation from our Leadership Summit and learn how Riverside Health System cut ED boarding by nearly half and gained new ED efficiencies.
Physicians at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth and Virginia Tech Carilion review a study looking at high-flow nasal oxygen vs. noninvasive ventilation for acute respiratory failure.
At the General Assembly’s halfway mark, a look at where bills related to emergency medicine stand.
What's the difference between a medical and behavioral health ECO and TDO? And why should emergency physicians and other medical providers know how to use them to get patients the care they need?
In March 2025, VACEP provided an in-depth presentation and discussion on navigating the legal and clinical complexities of both medical and behavioral health Emergency Custody Orders (ECOs) and Temporary Detention Orders (TDOs).
Riverside, one of the newest EM residency programs in Virginia, claimed the top prize at our annual Resident Jeopardy! (Vacepardy?) competition at our annual conference.
