For information about individual State Chapters, if listed, please contact the representative on the Chapter’s page, using the links below. For general information about State Chapters, to update your Chapter’s ASMBS page, and to add your Chapter’s meeting to your ASMBS page, please contact Leslie Vinson, ASMBS State Chapters Liaison, at statechapters@asmbs.org.
State Chapters are grouped into Regions: Northeast, Northwest, Lower Midwest, Upper Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast Central, Southwest
Alabama
President: Forrest Ringold, MD FACS
State Access to Care Representative: Danuel Laan, MD FASMBS
IH Section State Access to Care Representative: Aimee Rothe, BSN RN CEN TCRN NHDP-BC AFAA-CGFI NASM-CNC CBN
Arizona
President: David Podkameni, MD
State Access to Care Representative: Christine Lovato, MD FASMBS
Alaska, New Mexico, and Utah do not have incorporated Chapters and fall under the Arizona State Chapter with the following State Access to Care Representatives:
State Access to Care Representative (AK): Kevin Sigley, DO
State Access to Care Representative (NM): Fermin Fontan, MD
State Access to Care Representative (UT): Eric Volckmann, MD
California/Nevada
President: Pearl Ma, MD FACS ABOM DABS-FPMS FASMBS
State Access to Care Representative (CA): Adrian Dobrowolsky, MD FACS
State Access to Care Representative (NV): Morgan Pomeranz, MD FACS
Carolinas
President: Keri Seymour, DO
State Access to Care Representative (NC): Linda Youngwirth, MD
State Access to Care Representative (SC): David Moffat, MD
IH Section State Access to Care Representative (NC/SC): Jaime Bull, PA-C
Colorado
President: Jonathan Schoen, MD
State Access to Care Representative: Matthew Metz, MD
Connecticut
Presidents: Saber Ghiassi, MD MPH FASMBS
State Access to Care Representative: Danielle Friedman, MD FACS
IH Section State Access to Care Representative: Gabrielle Berthiaume, DNP-C
Dakota Yellowstone (Includes ID, MT, ND, SD, WY)
President: John R. Pender, MD FACS
State Access to Care Representative (ID): Cory Richardson, MD FASMBS
State Access to Care Representative (MT): John R. Pender, MD FACS
IH Section State Access to Care Representative (SD): Kristen J. Turek, CNP
State Access to Care Representative (ND): Ellen Vogels, DO
State Access to Care Representative (WY): Kevin D. Helling, MD
Delaware
President: Isaias Irgau, MD
State Access to Care Representative: Rahul Singh, MD FACS FASMBS
Florida, Puerto Rico & Caribbean
President: Onur Kutlu, MD
State Access to Care Representative (Florida): Joey Jarrard, MD FASMBS
State Access to Care Representative (Puerto Rico): Javier Birriel, MD FASC FASMBS
IH Section State Access to Care Representative: Carah Horn, MBA-HCA BSN RN FASMBS-IH CBN
Georgia
President: Jamil Stetler, MD FACS
State Access to Care Representative: Aaron Bolduc, MD
IH Section State Access to Care Representative: Maia Routly, DNP MA RN CPN EBP-C
Hawaii
President: Brian Wong, MD
State Access to Care Representative: Steven Fowler, MD FASMBS
IH Section State Access to Care Representative: Julie Oliveira-Payton, DSW LCSW BCBC
Illinois
President: Amir Heydari, MD FASMBS
State Access to Care Representative: Juaquito Jorge, MD
IH Section State Access to Care Representative: Betsy Felde, MBA RDN LDN
Indiana
President: Dimitrios Stefanidis, MD FACS
State Access to Care Representative: Ambar Banerjee, MD FASMBS
IH Section State Access to Care Representative: Sarah Muntel, RD
Iowa
President: Jessica Smith, MD MPH FACS FASMBS
State Access to Care Representative: Matthew Christophersen, MD
Kansas
President: Brice Hamilton, MD FASMBS
State Access to Care Representative: Robert Aragon, MD
Louisiana
President: Shauna Levy, MD MS FACS
State Access to Care Representative: Vance Albaugh, MD
IH Section State Access to Care Representative: Laura Boyer, FNP-C FASMBS-IH CBN
Maryland
President: Barry Greene, MD FACS
State Access to Care Representative: Curtis Frederick, MD
Michigan
President: Jon Schram, MD
State Access to Care Representative: Amy Somerset, MD & Michael Wood, MD
IH Section State Access to Care Representative: Colleen Buda, PA-C CSOWM
Minnesota
President: Jayson Dock, MD
State Access to Care Representative: James McGreevy, MD
IH Section State Access to Care Representative: Karen Grothe, PhD ABPP LP
Mississippi
President: David Carroll, MD
State Access to Care Representative: David Carroll, MD
Missouri
President: Deepu Sudhakaran, MD
State Access to Care Representative: J. Chris Eagon, MD FASMBS
IH Section State Access to Care Representative: Angela Britt, BC
Nebraska
President: Vishal Kothari, MD FACS
State Access to Care Representative: Ivy Haskins, MD FASMBS
New England (MA, ME, NH, RI and VT)
President: Matthew Hutter, MD MPH FASMBS
State Access to Care Representative (MA): Sheila Partridge, MD FASMBS
IH Section State Access to Care Representative (MA): Payal Sharma, DNP MSN RN FNP-BC CBN
State Access to Care Representative (ME): Kirk Sahagian, DO FACS
IH Section State Access to Care Representative (ME): Melissa Page, MS RD CSOWM LDN
State Access to Care Representatives (NH): Robert Catania, MD FASMBS
State Access to Care Representative (RI): Andrew Luhrs, MD FACS FASMBS
IH Section State Access to Care Representative (RI): Kellie Armstrong, MSN RN FASMBS-IH CBN
State Access to Care Representative (VT): Patrick Forgione, MD
New Jersey
President: Prakash Paragi, MD MS
State Access to Care Representative: Michael Bilof, MD FASMBS
New York
President: Konstantinos Spaniolas, MD FACS FASMBS
State Access to Care Representative: William O’Malley, MD
Ohio/Kentucky
President: Leslie Pristas, DO FACS FASMBS
State Access to Care Representative (OH): John Zografakis, MD FASMBS
State Access to Care Representative (KY): Joshua Steiner, MD FASMBS
IH Section State Access to Care Representative (OH/KY): Amy Lakash, RN, NP-C
Oklahoma/Arkansas
President: Brandon Varnell, MD
State Access to Care Representative (OK): Zhamak Khorgami, MD
IH Section State Access to Care Representative (OK): Kathi Ling, PT DPT WCC
State Access to Care Representative (AR): Magdy Giurgius, MD FACS
IH Section State Access to Care Representative (AR): Christle Loudermilk, RN BSN CBN
Oregon
President: Erika La Vella, DO FASMBS
State Access to Care Representative: Derek Rogalsky, MD
IH Section State Access to Care Representative: Greg Showell, RN
Pennsylvania
President: Maria Altieri, MD MS
State Access to Care Representative: Maria Altieri, MD MS
IH Section State Access to Care Representative: Cynthia Hipszer, RN MSN CNML CBN
Tennessee
President: Matthew Spann, MD MMHC FACS FASMBS
State Access to Care Representative: Jessica Ardila-Gatas, MD
Texas
President: Benjamin Clapp, MD FASMBS
State Access to Care Representative: Tony Primomo, MD
Virginia/West Virginia
President: Jennifer Salluzzo, MD FACS FASMBS
State Access to Care Representative: Joseph Greene, MD MBA FACS FASMBS
IH Section State Access to Care Representative: Kati Duncan, PsyD
Washington
President: Sara Martin del Campo, MD
State Access to Care Representative: Mohan Mallipeddi, MD
Wisconsin
President: Daniel McKenna, MD
State Access to Care Representatives: Luke Funk, MD MPH FASMBS & Brandon Grover, DO FASMBS