Incorporated 2008
Executive Officers
President: Erika La Vella, DO, FASMBS
Past Presidents: Andrea Stroud, MD MS, FASMBS, Farah Husain, MD FACS FASMBS; Mark Eaton, MD; Catherine Boulay, MD FASMBS; Joshua Pfeiffer, MD; Donald Yarbrough, MD; Kevin Reavis, MD
Vice President: Open
Secretary: Stephen Archer, MD, FASMBS
Treasurer: Valerie Halpin, MD FASMBS
Integrated Health Chair: Jaymey Sweeney, FNP
STAR (State Access to Care Representative): Derek Rogalsky, MD
Integrated Health STAR (State Access to Care Representative): Greg Showell, RN
Contact
Please email elavella@samhealth.org for further direction
Chapter Meetings
- ACS State Chapter Meeting with ASMBS Oregon and Washington Chapters
September 13-14, 2024
Oregon ACS page for more information and to register
Chapter Updates
- Oregon Co-Op insurance plan became insolvent and several patients were trapped in limbo at various stages in the preoperative process at several programs when the new plans they were assigned do not have a bariatric surgery benefit. We are lobbying the state Insurance Commissioner for relief to provide for those patients surgical services since it was claimed they would continue with the medical services they had before the switch.
Pending State review of bariatric surgery as part of state sponsored health plan essential health plan benefit package.
Support Groups
Programs provide support groups for their patients