Please note that the Program Committee is not accepting new member applications at this time. Committee membership is currently by appointment only.
Rachel Moore, MD, FASMBS
Chair
Rana Pullatt, MD, FASMBS
Co-Chair
Marina Kurian, MD FASMBS
EC Liaison, ASMBS President
Members
Subcommittees
Poster
Julie Kim, MD FASMBS – Subcommittee Chair
Charles Thompson – Member
Scott Cunneen – Member
Tuesday Cook – Member
Sarah Samreen – Member
Emerging Technology and Concepts
Jamie Loggins – Subcommittee Chair
Folahan Ayoola – Member
Pearl Ma – Member
Scientific Papers
Dan Eisenberg – Subcommittee Chair
Christopher Daigle – Immed Past Subcommittee Chair
Adrian Dan – Member
Tammy Kindel – Member
Colleen Kennedy – Member
Matt Brengman – Member
Ben Clapp – Research Liaison (Chair)
Tammy Kindel – Research Liaison (Co-Chair)
Andrew Wheeler – Member
Corrigan (Cori) Mcbride – Member
Awards
Eric Ahnfeldt – Subcommittee Chair
L. Renee Hilton – Member
Josh Pfeiffer – Member
International Effort
Jaime Ponce – Subcommittee Chair
Diego Camacho – Member
Pablo Omelanczuk – Member
Video Education
Samuel Szomstein – Subcommittee Chair
Chris Daigle – Immed Past Subcommittee Chair
Maher El Chaar – Member
Monique Hassan – Member
Jamie Loggins – Member
Omar Ghanem – Member
Elias Chousleb – Member
Labs
Leena Khaitan – Subcommittee Chair
Judy Chen – Member
Vivek Prachand – Member
CME / MOC
Keith Scharf – Subcommittee Chair
Wayne English – Member
Brandon Grover – Member
Pierre Garneau – Member
Presidential Grand Rounds
John Scott – Subcommittee Chair
Julie Ann Lloyd – Member
ASMBS Staff Liaisons
Cindy Chambers 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%
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