Chris Ducoin, MD MPH FACS FASMBS
Chair
Keith Kreitz, MD
Co-Chair
Julia Jurgensen, APRN CNP DNP
Secretary
Ben Clapp, MD FACS FASMBS
DABS-FPMBS
Board of Directors Liaison
Members
- Jamie Carr, BSN RN CBN FASMBS-IH – IH Subcommittee Co-Chair
- Melissa Page, MS RD CSOWM LDN – IHLC Liaison
- Andre Teixeira, MD – Immediate Past Chair
- Crystal Alvarez, DO
- Laura Boyer, FNP-C CBN FASMBS-IH
- Tyler Cohn, MD
- Beth Czerwony, MS RD CSOWM LD
- Alexandra Falvo, MD
- Aarthy Kannappan, MD, FASMBS
- Sarah Muntel, RD FASMBS-IH
- Bradley Needleman, MD, FASMBS
- Nabeel Obeid, MD
- Lauren Rabach, MD
- Sheethal Reddy, PhD
- Vafa Shayani, MD
- Talar Tatarian, MD
- R. Wesley Vosburg, MD, FACS, FASMBS
ASMBS Staff Liaison
- Andranique Boone, MS
Mission
To be a highly valued society that serves the educational and professional needs of our diverse membership.
Description
The function of the Membership Committee is to act as liaisons for members to ensure needs of membership are being met by the society, address member concerns, review membership applications, assist applicants in the application process when necessary, facilitate the FASMBS program, stimulate membership, and ensure access of members to society benefits.
Objectives
- Increase membership
- Enhance value of membership
- Improve retention
- Decrease attrition
- Assist applicants in the membership process
Committee Goals
Growing Candidate Membership numbers by aggressively reaching out to Bariatric Surgery fellowship programs and to General Surgery residency programs.
Aspiring to reach 100% conversion from Candidate Membership to Regular Membership upon qualification of candidate members.
- Annual welcome reception for new members to introduce them to all of the benefits of membership as well as encourage them to join committees early on.
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