Edward E. Mason

1983-85 ASMBS President Most Important Event Creation of the ASBS. The most important event during 1983 was a vote to...

Jaime Ponce

2012-13 ASMBS President Most Important Event Review and Analysis of the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation/Center of Excellence concept, standards,...

Philip R. Schauer

2006-07 ASMBS President Most Important Event The Diabetes Surgery Summit of March 29-31, 2007 in Rome, Italy, which lead to...

Robert E. Brolin

2000-01 ASMBS President Most Important Event Activation of the Ethics Advisory Committee and increasing its charge to deal with looming...

Robin Blackstone

2011-12 ASMBS President Most Important Event Embarking on a partnership between the ASMBS and the American College of Surgeons to...

Scott Shikora

2008-09 ASMBS President Most Important Event Creating and constructing the ASMBS Obesity Compendium. Fortunately for me, my Presidency was fairly...

John H. Linner

1991-92 ASMBS President Most Important Event Focusing the attention of the society on the medical malpractice crisis, and implementing a...

Neil Hutcher

2005-06 ASMBS President Most Important Event Hiring a public relations firm to begin to educate the medical community, as well...

Otto L. Willbanks

1993-94 ASMBS President Most Important Event Continued solidification of infrastructure and the maturation of a program to provide malpractice insurance...

George S. M. Cowan, Jr.

1990-91 ASMBS President Most Important Event The NIH Consensus Conference, and the publication of Obesity Surgery journal – both of...