USA Health’s Panacek Earns International Educator Award

Dr. Edward Panacek, professor and chair of emergency medicine at USA Health and the University of South Alabama’s (USA) Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine, has received the International Educator Award for decades of mentorship and contributions to global medical research. The biannual honor, presented by the American Academy of Emergency Medicine and Mediterranean Academy of Emergency Medicine, recognizes academic faculty physicians who have made sustained impacts on international medical education. Panacek is widely known for his research on sepsis and for teaching the American College of Emergency Physicians research fellowship for more than a decade. His influence extends well beyond U.S. borders. For more than 17 years, Panacek has served as co-chair of the Mediterranean Emergency Medicine Congress Abstract Committee, where he reviews about 300 abstracts per congress and mentors junior faculty in the scoring and review process. He also assists investigators in countries where medical research infrastructure is still developing, providing hands-on guidance in editing presentation content and advising on manuscript writing. Panacek earned a degree in medicine from USA and a master’s degree in public health in epidemiology from the University of California, Berkeley.