Nominees for BOD Election 2024-2025

The election of the Board of Directors and the President of the American College of Pediatricians runs from November 15 until December 15, 2024. The term is three years for the Directors and one year for the President. A short bio from each candidate is listed below in alphabetical order. Please review the bios and register your choices on the ballot recently mailed to you. You may choose as many as two (2) candidates for Director.

Return the ballot by US mail, or scan your ballot and email it Admin@acpeds.org.

Nominees for Election to the Board of Directors

Marcelo Lacayo, MD

Marcelo graduated with a BS from the Autonomous University of Guadalajara in 2006 and earned his MD at the same institution in 2008.  He did post-doctoral research at Johns Hopkins in breast microsurgery and trained for two years in general surgery before switching to a pediatric residency at Texas Tech, which he completed in 2018.  He followed on with a three-year fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Medical College of Georgia, which he completed in 2022.  He is board eligible and will sit for his exam in PEM this coming spring.  He is currently practicing pediatric emergency medicine at Advent Health in Ocala, Florida.  He joined the American College of Pediatricians in 2017 and served as an ad hoc resident member of the Board of Directors for a year.  Throughout his career as a student, resident, and fellow, he published papers and abstracts, gave scholarly presentations, and did volunteer work in Central America.

David P. Mortimer, MDiv, GPC, CFRE

David currently serves as Executive Director of Ministry Partnerships for Care Net, a national ministry of 1,228 pregnancy centers founded in 1975 that empowers women and men considering abortion to choose life for their unborn children and find abundant life in Christ. Previously, he served for 19 years with Hospital Sisters Health System as Director of Philanthropy, and also consulted in foundation development for national legal and medical pro-life nonprofits. Over his 33-year career, his fundraising totaled $85.3 million in direct fundraising awards. While in healthcare, he managed a portfolio of $46.1 million (21 active grants) for 16 hospitals and 70 clinics in Illinois/Wisconsin serving 13,000 employees and 2,300 physicians. He graduated from North Park Theological Seminary, pastored and served in the Evangelical Covenant Church in Chicago and in rural Wisconsin from 1991 to 2008. David has been married to Nanci Mortimer for 30+ years. They are Colson Fellows and attend an EFCA church in Plover, Wisconsin. 

Nominee for Reelection to Presidency

Michael Artigues, MD

I received my undergraduate degree in Biomedical Engineering from Tulane University in 1988 and medical degree from the University of Mississippi Medical School in 1992 where I also completed my pediatric residency in 1995. I have practiced general pediatrics in McComb, MS as a partner in the McComb Children's Clinic since completing my training.

I live with my wife of over 30 years and we have six children and four grandchildren (and counting). I was involved with the Bioethics section of the AAP for a number of years and enjoy writing occasional articles for our local newspaper on various topics of interest. I have served as board member and president of the local Crisis Pregnancy and Child Advocacy Centers and have been a member of the American College of Pediatricians board since 2014, currently serving as President. I have an appreciation for music and sports and spend much of my free time engaged in parish-related activities. I also have a great interest in theology and matters of faith and recognize the pivotal role religion plays both in my local community and America as a whole.

I share the passion of the ACP to promote what is best for children. As a practitioner in an underserved and socio- economically depressed population, I see the damage resulting from the breakdown of the family unit and how this affects small town America. As a private practitioner and business owner I also appreciate the effect our economy, organized medicine and government regulations have on small businesses - good and bad. I feel responsible to do more than superficially address the immediate needs of my patients and, as a member of ACPeds, I like being part of a pediatric advocacy group that is willing to do the same.