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

Edward E. Mason, MD, PhD
1983-1985

John D. Halverson, MD
1985-1987

J. Patrick O’Leary, MD
1987-1989

Cornelius Doherty, MD
1989-1990

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

John H. Linner, MD
1991-1992

Boyd E. Terry, MD
1992-1993

Otto L. Willbanks, MD
1993-1994

Alex M.C. Macgregor, MD
1995-1996

Kenneth G. MacDonald, MD
1996-1997

S. Ross Fox, MD
1997-1998

Henry Buchwald, MD, PhD
1998-1999

Latham Flanagan, Jr., MD
1999-2000

Robert E. Brolin, MD
2000-2001

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

Walter J. Pories, MD
2002-2003

Alan C. Wittgrove, MD
2003-2004

Harvey J. Sugerman, MD
2004-2005

Neil Hutcher, MD
2005-2006

Philip R. Schauer, MD
2006-2007

Kelvin Higa, MD
2007-2008

Scott Shikora, MD
2008-2009

John Baker, MD
2009-2010

Bruce Wolfe, MD
2010-2011

Robin Blackstone, MD
2011-2012

Jaime Ponce, MD
2012-2013

Ninh Nguyen, MD
2013-2014

John Morton, MD
2014-2015

Raul Rosenthal, MD, FASMBS
2015-2016

Stacy Brethauer, MD, FASMBS
2016-2017

Samer Mattar, MD
2017-2018

Eric DeMaria, MD, FASMBS
2018-2019

Matthew Hutter, MD, MPH, FASMBS
2020-2021

Shanu N. Kothari, MD, FASMBS
2021-2022, Current President
Integrated Health Presidents

Georgeann Mallory, RD
1991-1996

Mary Lou Walen
1996-1999

Tracy Martinez, BSN, RN, CBN
1999-2004

Deborah Cox, RN
2004-2006

Bobbie Lou Price, BSN, RN, CBN
2006-2008

William Gourash, MSN, CRNP
2008-2010

Laura Boyer, RN CBN
2010-2012

Karen Schulz, MSN, RN, CBN
2012-2014

Christine Bauer, MSN, RN, CBN
2014-2016

Karen Flanders, MSN, ARNP, CBN
2016-2019

Lisa West-Smith, PhD, LISW-S
2019-2020

Nathaniel Sann, MSN, FNP-BC
2020-2021
Current IH President