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 annual conference being the primary educational event. 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.
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%
Chair
Shanu Kothari, MD
Co-Chair
Richard Peterson, MD
Immediate Past Chair
Natan Zundel, MD
EC Liaison
Shanu Kothari, MD
Poster
Monali Misra, MD
Jason Johnson, MD
Peter Hallowell, MD
Emerging Technologies and Concepts
Ann Rogers, MD
Matthew Kroh, MD
Mehran Anvari, MB, BS, PhD
Dean Mikami, MD
Scientific Papers
Brandon Williams, MD
Wayne English, MD
David Podkameni, MD
Awards
Dana Telem, MD
Shawn Tsuda, MD
Diego Camacho, MD
International Effort
Erik Wilson, MD
Bruce Schirmer, MD
Laurent Biertho, MD
Video Education
Alan Saber, MD
Mohamed Ali, MD
Samuel Szomstein, MD
Sivamainthan Vithiananthan, MD
Labs
Marcelo Hinojosa, MD
Richard Peterson, MD
Elias Chousleb, MD
Kristie Kaufman and Amie Buehler, ASMBS Staff Liaisons