ASMBS Presidents

ASMBS honors the hard work and dedication from our past presidents that has helped build ASMBS in to the organization it is today. Their leadership has been invaluable in lessening the burden of the disease of obesity and related diseases.

Click on the names below to view Past Presidents and their reflections on ASMBS’s history

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Edward E. Mason, MD, PhD
1983-1985

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Cornelius Doherty, MD
1989-1990

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Boyd E. Terry, MD
1992-1993

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Alex M.C. Macgregor, MD
1995-1996

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Henry Buchwald, MD, PhD
1998-1999

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Kenneth B. Jones, Jr., MD
2001-2002

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Harvey J. Sugerman, MD
2004-2005

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Kelvin Higa, MD
2007-2008

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Bruce Wolfe, MD
2010-2011

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Ninh Nguyen, MD
2013-2014

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Stacy Brethauer, MD, FASMBS
2016-2017

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John D. Halverson, MD
1985-1987

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George S. M. Cowan, Jr., MD
1990-1991

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Otto L. Willbanks, MD
1993-1994

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Kenneth G. MacDonald, MD
1996-1997

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Latham Flanagan, Jr., MD
1999-2000

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Walter J. Pories, MD
2002-2003

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Neil Hutcher, MD
2005-2006

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Scott Shikora, MD
2008-2009

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Robin Blackstone, MD
2011-2012

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John Morton, MD
2014-2015

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Samer Mattar, MD
2017-2018, Current President

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J. Patrick O’Leary, MD
1987-1989

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John H. Linner, MD
1991-1992

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Mervyn Deitel, MD
1994-1995

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S. Ross Fox, MD
1997-1998

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Robert E. Brolin, MD
2000-2001

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Alan C. Wittgrove, MD
2003-2004

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Philip R. Schauer, MD
2006-2007

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John Baker, MD
2009-2010

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Jaime Ponce, MD
2012-2013

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Raul Rosenthal, MD, FASMBS
2015-2016

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Eric DeMaria, MD, FASMBS
2018-2019, President-Elect

IH Past Presidents

Lisa West-Smith, PhD, LISW-S – 2019-2020, IH President-Elect
Karen Flanders, MSN, ARNP, CBN – 2016-2019, Current IH President
Christine Bauer, MSN, RN, CBN – 2014-2016
Karen Schulz, MSN, RN, CBN – 2012-2014
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