L. Anthony Cirillo, MD, FACEP, 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.