Honorary and Life Members
Background
Section 3.3.1 of the IAEM Constitution grants the Association the right to bestow Honorary Membership of the Association on:
“Consultants in Emergency Medicine from overseas or Consultants in other specialties who have made a significant contribution to the development or advancement of the specialty of Emergency Medicine in Ireland or internationally”.
Award Recipients
The award has been bestowed on the following:

Prof. Juliusz Jakubaszko
October 2006

Mr Gautam Bodiwala
September 2008

Mr Jim Wardrope

Mr Jonathan Marrow
IAEM Honorary Membership Medal
With the minting of the IAEM Medal in June 2012, the Association decided to present such a medal to each recipient of Honorary Membership of the Association. Below are photographs of the medals being presented:
Life Members of IAEM
Section 3.3.2 of the IAEM Constitution entitles a Full Member of the Association to Life Membership on retirement from his/her Consultant appointment. As a relatively young specialty, Emergency Medicine has had relatively few retirements to date.
Those who have retired from clinical practice and have been awarded Life Membership of the Association are listed hereunder. All played a very significant role in the development of the specialty and IAEA, later to become IAEM.