The CBN Certification Committee is dedicated to enhancing and promoting the specialty of bariatric nursing care by maintaining the CBN certification program.
» William F. Gourash, RN, CRNP, PhD » Jessie M. Moore, MSN, APRN » Kellie Armstrong, MSN, RN, CBN » Nicola Field » Sharon Hillgartner, RN, CBN, MBSCR (Leader) » Karen Groller, PhD, RN-BC, CMSRN » Carah Horn, MBA-HCA, BSN, RN, CBN » Ruth M. Davis, RN, BSN, MBA (Leader) » Cheryl L….
Nini Peterson, PhD Chair & IHEC Liaison
Andrea Rigby, PsyD Co-Chair
Lauren Carey, RDN, LDN – Past Chair Lora Grabow, LMSW Lillian Craggs-Dino, DHA, RDN, LDN, CLT Kirsten Tychonievich, MS, SRPN, ANP-C
Lori Nevins, LCSW Emily Thompson, RD, CSOWM Jill Welshans, RN, MSN, AG-ACNP
Karen Loerzel, MS, CMP
The mission of the IH Support Group committee is to promote the development of the concept of support groups in the…
Brooke Doucet, RN CBN Chair
Nicole Franklin, PsyD Co-Chair
Janelle Coughlin, PhD IHEC Liaison
Anita Baird, RN BSN CBN Genna Hymowitz, PhD, Senior Past Chair Eva Panigrahi, PhD Kate Rountree, RDN LDN Colleen Schreyer, PhD, Immediate Past Chair Dawn Stepnowski, DNP APN-C Judith Summers, PA-C Catherine Tuppo, PT MS CLT-LANA Mae Zoltowsky, RN BSN CPHQ
Leslie Vinson
The mission of the committee is to provide evidence-based support for the role…
Connie Klein, NP Chair
Lynn Montague-Daddio, MSN RN NP ACNS-BC CBN Co-chair
Kellie Armstrong, RN, MS, CBN IH Executive Council Liaison
Stephanie Sogg, PhD, President Mary Gray-Hixson, MPH RD CSOWM LDN, IHEC Secretary
Heidi Bednarchuk, President Elect William F. Gourash, MSN, CRNP David Creel, PhD
Michael Dougherty, PA-C Kim Evans-Labok Karen Flanders, NP-C Leslie Heinberg, PhD Afton Koball, PhD Catherine Tuppo, PT, MS, CLT-LANA Megan Tomczyszyn, MS, RD,…
Lillian Craggs-Dino, DHA RDN LDN CLT Chair & IHEC Liaison
Laura Aylward, PhD Co-Chair
Cynthia Blalock, MSN, AGPCNP-BC Rheanna Ata Brown, PhD Danbi Choi, MSN, APRN, NP-C Gwendolyn Crispell, RN, MSN, CBN Kasey Goodpaster, PhD, Immediate Past Chair Karen Grothe, PhD ABPP LP Haylee Hannah, MS RD LD CSOWM Carah Horn, MBA-HCA BSN RN Leah Hurley, MS RD LDN
Kellene Isom, PhD MS RD CAGS Larissa McGarrity, PhD Clinical Psych Assistant Jillian…
Laura Boyer, FNP-C Interim Chair
Heidi Bednarchuk, MSN APRN CNS
Melissa Brubaker, MBSCR LPN RN
Jamie Carr, BSN, RN
Beth Czerwony, MS RD CSOWM LD
Adam Dungey, MBA BSN
Mary Gray Hixson, MPH, RD, CSOWM, LDN
Julia Jurgensen, APRN CNP DNP
Rachel Millard, DNP FNP-C
Ashleigh Pona, PhD
Aimee Rothe, BSN RN CEN TCRN
Jeff Stromswold, NP
Maria Trapp, PhD
Kim Carmichael
The function of the IH Membership Committee is to act…
Please note that the State and Local Chapters Committee is not accepting new member applications at this time. Committee membership is currently by appointment only. Click here to learn more about our State Chapters
Judy Chen, FACS ABOM FASMBS Chair
Dino Spaniolas, MD FACS FASMBS Co-Chair
Shanu Kothari, MD FASMBS Executive Council Liaison
Christopher Daigle, FRCSC FACS FASMBS, Immediate Past Chair Forrest Ringold, MD FACS, Alabama David Podkameni, MD, Arizona Pearl Ma,…
Rickesha Wilson, MD Chair
Kristin McCoy, MD Co-Chair
Carl Pesta, DO FASMBS Co-Chair
Teresa LaMasters, MD FACS FASMBS DABOM DABS-FPMBS Executive Council Liaison
Ketha Bavana, MD Adrian Dan, MD January Hill, MD FASMBS FACS ABOM Sonam Kapadia, MD Jason Kempenich, MD
Erika La Vella, DO Ryan Lehmann, DO FACS FASMBS Jun Levine, MD FACS Marissa Novack, MD Sean O’Neill, MD PhD
Faiz Shariff, MD FACS FASMBS Morgan Vonasek, MD Roger Kissin,…
Jeffrey Zitsman, MD Chair
Jeremy Aidlen, MD FACS FAAP Co-Chair
Farah Husain, MD Executive Council Liaison
Marwa Abu El Haija, MBBS Angelina Bernier, MD Aleksander Bernshteyn, MD Allen Browne, MD Nancy Browne, MS PPCNP-BC FAANP CBN Matias Bruzoni, MD Judy Chen, MD FASMBS Joy Collins, MD Anita Courcoulas, MD MPH Robert Cywes, MD PhD
Daniel DeUgarte, MD Laura Fischer, MD MS FACS FASMBS Jason Fraser, MD FACS FAAP Thomas Inge,…
Anthony T. Petrick, MD FASMBS Chair
Tammy Kindel, MD PhD FACS FASMBS Co-Chair
Corrigan McBride, MD MBA FACS DABOM ABS-FPD FASMBS Executive Council Liaison
John W. Baker, MD FASMBS T. Javier Birriel, MD FASMBS Sara Martin Del Campo, MD MS Jennifer Colvin, MD Michael Edwards, MD (Diversity & Inclusion Committee Liaison) Rama Rao Ganga, MBBS MS MRCS Charmaine Gentles, DNP APRN CRNFA Jon Gould, MD, Immediate Past Chair Elizabeth M. Hechenbleikner, MD,…
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