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Community/Independent Practice Committee

Carl Pesta, DO FASMBS Chair

Blake Movitz, MD Co-Chair

Colleen Kennedy, MD MBA Executive Council Liaison

Leslie Vinson

Folahan Ayoola, MD FASMBS Peter Billing, MD Pascal Bortz, MD Katie Chapmon, PhD Benjamin Clapp, MD FASMBS Ashlyn Douglass-Barnes, LCSW Elizabeth Dovec, MD FACS DBOM Kati Duncan, PsyD

Paul Enochs, MD FASMBS Shawn Garber, MD Margaret Inman, MD FASMBS Paul Kemmeter, Past Chair Shanu Kothari, MD FASMBS Marina Kurian, MD FASMBS, Immediate…

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Integrated Health Advanced Practice Provider Committee

Karen Flanders, MSN ARNP CBN Chair and IHEC Liaison

Michael Dougherty II, PA-C Co-Chair

Deb Allis, PA-C Karen Flanders, NP-C William Gourash, PhD CRNP RN Jeanne Hutson, NP-C Marina Kurian, MD Ginny Ledbetter, MSN APRN ACNS-BC Aura Petcu, AG-ACNP CNS

Jennifer Wynn

The primary mission of the APP committee is to explore, develop and maintain credentialing and educational offerings for nurse practitioners, physician assistants and clinical nurse specialists.

The ASMBS Advanced…

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Diversity and Inclusion Committee

Monique Hassan, MD Chair

Michael Edwards, MD FACS Co-Chair

Joe Northup, MD FASMBS EC Liaison

Jennifer Wynn

Eric Ahnfeldt, DO Ikemefuna Akusoba, MD, FACS, FASMBS Folahan Ayoola, MD Clinton Bolton, PhD Kevin Brown, MD Diego Camacho, MD Camillia Trammell, CBN Judy Chen, MD, FACS, ABOM, FASMBS Tuesday Cook, MD FACS Christopher Daigle, MD, FACS, FASMBS D’Arcy Duke, MD, FASMBS Titus Duncan, MD Lauren Casey Flowers, MS, RD, LDN Franchell…

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Rural Committee

Arnold D. Salzberg, MD FACS Chair

Linden Karas, MD FACS Co-Chair

Richard Peterson, MD MPH FASMBS Executive Council Liaison

Bree Dewing, MD Frank Felts, MD FASMBS Tammy Fouse, DO, Immediate Past Chair Luis Garcia, MD FACS MBA, Senior Past Chair Ashley Gerrish, MD Magdy Giurgius, MD

Brandon Helbling, MD FASMBS Kevin Helling, MD FASMBS, Senior Past Chair Megan Lundgren, MD Joseph Moran, MD FACS John Pender, MD

Walter Pories, MD Raza…

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Video Committee

Matthew Brengman, MD MHA Chair

Venkat Modukuru, MD FACS MRCS Co-Chair

Rana Pullatt, MD Executive Council Liaison

Sarah Samreen, MD FACS Mustafa Aman, MD Neil Floch, MD Ian Soriano, MD FACS Andre Teixera, MD FASMBS Aley Tohami, MD

Keith Scharf, DO FACS Flavia Soto, MD FACS Tom Rogula, MD

Rosalina Betances

» To create an audio visual resource for metabolic and bariatric surgery procedures » Increase awareness and…

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Flexible Endoscopy Committee

Leena Khaitan, MD MPH FACS Chair

TBA Co-Chair

Mona Misra, MD Executive Council Liaison

Aaron Carr, MD  Cheguevara Afaneh, MD  Salvatore Docimo, DO MS A. Daniel Guerron, MD Brooke Henson, RN, BSN, CBN   Matthew Kroh, MD Corrigan McBride, MD FASMBS

John Morton, MD FASMBS Sabrena Noria, MD FASMBS, PhD Ninh Nguyen, MD FASMBS   Rodolfo Oviedo, MD FACS Aurora Pryor, MD FASMBS Kevin Reavis, MD Cory Richadson, MD

Thomas…

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Military Committee

Joel Brockmeyer, MD FACS FASMBS Chair

Christopher Rees Porta, MD FACS Co-Chair (Military)

Ann DeBord Smith, MD MPH Co-Chair (VA)

Richard Peterson, MD MPH FASMBS Executive Council Liaison

Eric Ahnfeldt, DO FACS FASMBS, Senior Past Chair Michael Barker, MD FASMBS (VA) Martin Binks, PhD Jamie Carr, BSN RN CBN Susan Clark, MD Dan Eisenberg, MD (VA) Byron Faler, MD FACS Joseph Lee, MD

Anthony Mark, MD MBA Brenton Franklin,…

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General and Foregut Surgery Committee

Maher El Chaar, MD Chair

Sergio Bardaro, MD FACS FASMBS Co-Chair

Helmuth Billy, MD Executive Council Liaison

Vasmi Alli, MD Abdulaziz Arishi, MD DABS Arunkumar Baskara, MD MRCS FACS FASMBS Diego Camacho, MD Abhiman Cheeyandira, MD FACS MRCS Shaun Daly, MD Daniel Davis, DO FACS FASMBS Shanley Deal, MD Sofiane El Djouzi, MD MS MBA FRCS FACS Andrew Duffy, MD FACS FASMBS

Victoria Gershuni, MD MTR MSGM Karen…

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Integrated Health Executive Council

The development and growth of the Integrated Health Section of the ASMBS is rooted in the leadership. Although we have a short history, it has been very rapid and productive. We recognize our past leadership for laying the foundation and being mentors for the present.

The Integrated Health Executive Council (IHEC) is responsible for directing the activities of the Integrated Health Section of the ASMBS, including strategic planning and acting as representatives of their disciplines…

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ASMBS Executive Council

Shanu Kothari, MD FASMBS President

Teresa LaMasters, MD FACS FASMBS DABOM President-Elect

Matthew Hutter, MD MPH FASMBS Past President

Eric DeMaria, MD FASMBS Senior Past President

Marina Kurian, MD FASMBS Secretary/Treasurer

Ali Aminian, MD FACS FASMBS Councilperson-at-Large

Farah Husain, MD FACS FASMBS Councilperson-at-Large

Rami Lutfi, MD FACS FASMBS Councilperson-at-Large

Corrigan McBride, MD FASMBS Councilperson-at-Large

Joseph Northup, MD FASMBS Councilperson-at-Large

Richard Peterson, MD MPH FACS…

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