ASMBS Committees

For more information about ASMBS committees visit asmbscommittees.org.

Access to Care
Chair: Wayne English, MD; Co-Chair: Brandon Williams, MD;  EC Liaison: John Morton, MD

Bariatric Surgery Training
Chair: Scott Shikora, MD; Co-Chair: Alfons Pomp, MD; EC Liaison: Samer Mattar, MD

Clinical Issues
Chair: Stacy Brethauer, MD; Co-Chair: Shanu Kothari, MD; EC Liaison: Stacy Brethauer, MD

Communications
Chair: Brian Smith, MD; Co-Chair: Marina Kurian, MD; EC Liaison: Ninh Nguyen, MD

Development Liaison Group
Chair: Mitchell Roslin, MD; Co-Chair: Peter LePort, MD; EC Liaison: Ninh Nguyen, MD

Emerging Technology and Procedures
Chair: Aurora Pryor, MD; Co-Chair: George Eid, MD; EC Liaison: Marc Bessler, MD

Ethical Advisory
Chair:  Kenneth MacDonald, MD

Finance
Chair: John Morton, MD

Insurance
Chair: Matthew Brengman, MD; Co-Chair: Paresh Shah, MD; EC Liaison: John Morton, MD

International Development
Chair: Samer Mattar, MD, FASMBS; Co-Chair:  Natan Zundel, MD, FASMBS;  EC Liaison: Raul Rosenthal, MD, FASMBS

Membership
Chair: Samuel Szomstein, MD; Co-Chair: John Kelly, MD; EC Liaison: Emma Patterson, MD

Patient Safety
Chair: Daniel Jones, MD; Co-Chair: Giselle Hamad, MD; EC Liaison: Samer Mattar, MD

Pediatric Surgery
Chair: Kirk Reichard, MD; Co-Chair: Anita Courcoulas, MD; EC Liaison: Alfons Pomp, MD

Program
Chair & EC Liaison: Ninh Nguyen, MD; Co-Chair: Dan Herron, MD

Public Education
Chair: David Provost, MD; Co-Chair: Joy Collins, MD; EC Liaison: Stacy Brethauer, MD

Quality and Standards
Chair: William Inabnet, MD; Co-Chair & EC Liaison: Raul Rosenthal, MD

Research
Chair: Ranjan Sudan, MD; Co-Chair: Matthew Hutter, MD; EC Liaison: Bruce Wolfe

State and Local Chapters
Chair: Michael Nusbaum, MD; Co-Chair: Christopher Joyce, MD; EC Liaison: Raul Rosenthal, MD

Integrated Health Sciences Section

Integrated Health Membership
Chair: Constance Simms, RN CBN; Co-Chair: Nathaniel Sann, FNP-BC MSN; IHEC Liaison: Maureen Quigley, ARNP

Integrated Health Clinical Issues And Guidelines
Chair & IHEC Liaison:: Pamela Davis, RN CBN CCM; Co-Chair: Lisa West-Smith, PhD LCSW

Integrated Health Communications
Chair:   Nathaniel Sann, FNP-BC MSN; Co-Chair:  Rachel Dickerson, NP-BC; IHEC Liaison:  Jill Meador, RN BSN

Integrated Health Professional Education
Chair & IHEC Liaison: Karen Flanders, NP, CBN; Co-Chair:  Maureen Quigley, APRN

Integrated Health Multidisciplinary Care
Chair: Tracy Martinez, BSN RN CBN; Co-Chair:  Mark Verschell, PsyD; IHEC Liaison: Laura Boyer, RN CBN

Integrated Health Support Group Committee
Chair: Stephen Ritz, PhD; Co-Chair:  Kellie Armstrong, RN, MS, CBN; IHEC Liaison: Julie Parrott, MS, RD, CPT

Integrated Health Nominating Committee
Chair: William F. Gourash, MSN, CRNP

Integrated Health CBN Certification Committee
Chair & IHEC Liaison:: William Gourash, MSN CRNP; Co-Chair: Jessie Moore, APRN

Robin Blackstone, MD – 2011-2012
Bruce Wolfe, MD-2010-2011
John Baker, MD — 2009-2010
Scott Shikora, MD — 2008-2009
Kelvin Higa, MD — 2007-2008
Philip R. Schauer, MD — 2006-2007
Neil Hutcher, MD — 2005-2006
Harvey J. Sugerman, MD — 2004-2005
Alan C. Wittgrove, MD — 2003-2004
Walter J. Pories, MD — 2002-2003
Kenneth B. Jones, Jr., MD — 2001-2002
Robert E. Brolin, MD — 2000-2001
Latham Flanagan, Jr., MD — 1999-2000
Henry Buchwald, MD, PhD — 1998-1999
S. Ross Fox, MD — 1997-1998
Kenneth G. MacDonald, MD — 1996-1997
Alex M.C. Macgregor, MD — 1995-1996
Mervyn Deitel, MD — 1994-1995
Otto L. Willbanks, MD — 1993-1994
Boyd E. Terry, MD — 1992-1993
John H. Linner, MD — 1991-1992
George S. M. Cowan, Jr., MD — 1990-1991
Cornelius Doherty, MD — 1989-1990
J. Patrick O’Leary, MD — 1987-1989
John D. Halverson, MD — 1985-1987
Edward E. Mason, MD, PhD — 1983-1985

IH Past Presidents
Laura Boyer, RN, CBN – 2010-2012
William Gourash, MSN, CRNP -2008-2010
Bobbie Lou Price, BSN, RN, CBN – 2006-2008
Deborah Cox, RN – 2004-2006
Tracy Martinez, BSN, RN, CBN - 1999-2004
Mary Lou Walen – 1996-1999
Georgeann Mallory, RD – 1991-1996

2010 David B. Hoyt, MD, FACS
2009 Walter J. Pories “The Challenge and Bariatric Manpower”
2008 George L. Blackburn, MD, PhD “Evidence Based Recommendations for Best Practices in Weight Loss Surgery”
2007 Atul Gawande, MD “Better: A Strategy for Raising Performance in Surgery”
2006 Albert J. Stunkard, MD “A Life with Obesity”
2005 Samuel Klein, MD “Medical Management of Obesity”
2004 Thomas R. Russell, MD “Surgery in the Future – What Will Be Expected of all of US?”
2003 Jarl Torgerson, MD “Swedish Obese Subjects: The Report”
2002 Michael Jansen, MD “Where are we going with obesity (as seen by NAASO)?”
2001 Van S. Hubbard, MD “Overweight and Obesity: A National Health Priority”
2000 George S. M. Cowan, Jr., MD “The under-utilitized bariatric Surgery Research Model”
1999 Larry Richardson, MD “Current Pharmacological Treatment of Obesity”
1998 William Castelli, MD “Lessons Learned from the Framingham Study”
1996 Lloyd MacLean, MD “Advances in the Treatment of Obesity”
1995 Carlos A. Pelligrini, MD “Surgical Management of Reflux Esophagitis”
1994 Keith A. Kelly, MD “Motility Disorders after the Roux-en Y Anastomosis”
1993 Ward O. Griffin, MD “Weighty Reporting”
1992 Walter Pories, MD “Adventures in Obesity”
1991 Henry Buchwald, MD, PhD “Partial Ileal Bypass and the POSCH Trial”
1990 Edward R. Woodward, MD “The Learning Curve”
1989 H. William Scott, MD “A Tribute to Edward E. Mason”

Past Circle of Excellence Award Recipients

2000 George Cowan, MD
2011 Alan Wittgrove, MD
2002 Melodie Moorehead, PhD, ABPP
2003 Walter Lindstrom, Esq
2004 Cynthia Buffington, PhD
2005 Bryan Woodward, MPH
2006 Tracy Martinez, RN, BSN, CBN
2007 William Gourash, MSN, CRNP
2008 Georgeann N. Mallory, RD
2009 Bobbie Lou Price, BSN, RN, CBN
2010 Jessie Moore, APRN
2011 Christopher Still, DO
2012 David Sarwer, PhD