Please note that the Program Committee is not accepting new member applications at this time. Committee membership is currently by appointment only.
John Scott, MD FASBMS
Chair
Mona Misra, MD FASMBS
Co-Chair
Matthew Hutter, MD FASMBS
Executive Council Liaison
Members
Subcommittees
Poster
Julie Kim, MD FASMBS – Chair
Jason Johnson, DO
Peter Hallowell, MD FASMBS
Brandon Grover, DO FASMBS
Emerging Technology and Concepts
Dean Mikami, MD – Chair
Mehran Anvari, MD
Rachel Moore, MD FASMBS
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Scientific Papers
Ann Rogers, MD FASMBS – Chair
Christopher Daigle, MD
Tammy Kindel, MD FASMBS
Mohamed R. Ali, MD
David Podkameni, MD
Teresa LaMasters, MD
Awards
Eric Ahnfeldt, DO FASMBS – Chair
Renee Hilton, MD
Dana Telem, MD
Diego Camacho, MD
International Effort
Jaime Ponce, MD FASMBS – Chair
Scott Shikora, MD FASMBS
Samer Mattar, MD FASMBS
Bruce Schirmer, MD
Laurent Biertho, MD
Video Education
Rana Pullatt, MD – Chair
Maher El Chaar, MD
Samuel Szomstein, MD FASMBS
Sivamainthan Vithiananthan, MD FASMBS
Monique Hassan, MD
Labs
Matthew Kroh, MD FASMBS – Chair
Elias Chousleb, MD FASMBS
Vivek Prachand, MD
CME / MOC
Wayne English, MD FASMBS – Chair
Keith Scharf, DO
ASMBS Staff Liaison
Amie Buehler and Kristie Kaufman
Mission
To improve the care and treatment of people with obesity and related diseases. To advance the science and understanding of metabolic and bariatric surgery. To be a highly valued specialty society that serves the educational and professional needs of our diverse membership.
Description
The Program Committee is responsible for developing and arranging all of the annual educational events for the ASMBS with the ASMBS Annual Meeting and ASMBS Weekend being the primary educational events. The committee identifies needs, professional gaps, and barriers; reviews and grades submitted abstracts; selects relevant topics and educational design; secures guest speakers; and contributes to the development of overall conference programming. The Program Committee, through the Professional Education Subcommittee, is responsible for the promotion and development of accredited post-graduate educational programs that advance the skills, clinical practices, and research endeavors of metabolic and bariatric surgery professionals to enhance the quality of patient care, optimize outcomes, and improve patients’ quality of life.
Objectives
Enhance value and quality of programming for ASMBS members
- Increase member satisfaction
- Identify professional education needs: Topics, faculty, teaching models, venues, regional vs. national, international, online
- Increase member attendance by 5%