John Wiegenstein, founder and first president of the American
College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), died Oct. 28 following a car crash near Naples, Fla., according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Wiegenstein, 74, was considered by many in the industry as a trailblazer in establishing emergency medicine as a specialty and helped form the ACEP in 1968.
Emergency medicine pioneer dies following car crash
John Wiegenstein, founder and first president of the American
College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), died Oct. 28 following a car crash near Naples, Fla., according to the Florida Highway Patrol.