Another Truman Medical Center/ UMKC EM Graduate “Makes Good:” Robert Muelleman, M.D. Elected President of the American Board of Emergency Medicine

Muelleman, RobertOver the summer, Dr Muelleman was elected President of ABEM.  He is the 2nd TMC/UMKC SOM Emergency Medicine graduate to be elected to, arguably, the highest post in Emergency Medicine in the USA, joining Mark Steele who was president some years ago.

Currently, he is Professor and past-Chair of Emergency Medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.  He has been a director on the American Board of Emergency Medicine since 2011. He was a member of the ACGME Emergency Medicine Residency Review Committee from 2005-2011, and chaired the committee from 2009-2011. Other facts:

Medical school:  University of Nebraska Medical Center 1980-4.
EM residency:  Truman Medical Center 1984-7.
Research Fellowship:  Truman Medical Center 1987-8.
Assistant Professor EM:  UNMC 1988-93
Associate Professor EM, Research Director:  Truman Medical Center 1993-98.
Section Chief EM:  UNMC 1998-2006.
Founding Chair EM:  UNMC 2006-16.
70 peer reviewed publications.

We wish Dr Muelleman well in this new post and know that ABEM is being led by one of the best!