ASMBS honors the hard work and dedication from our past presidents that has helped build ASMBS in to the organization it is today. Their leadership has been invaluable in lessening the burden of the disease of obesity and related diseases.
Click on the names below to view Past Presidents and their reflections on ASMBS’s history.
Samer Mattar, MD
2017-2018
Eric DeMaria, MD, FASMBS
2018-2019
Matthew Hutter, MD, MPH, FASMBS
2020-2021
Shanu N. Kothari, MD, FASMBS
2021-2022
Ann M. Rogers, MD FACS FASMBS DABS-FPMBS
2024-2025, Current President
Integrated Health Section Presidents
Georgeann Mallory, RD
1991-1996
Mary Lou Walen
1996-1999
Tracy Martinez, BSN, RN, CBN, FASMBS-iH
1999-2004
Deborah Cox, RN
2004-2006
Bobbie Lou Price, BSN, RN, CBN
2006-2008
William Gourash, MSN, CRNP, FASMBS-IH
2008-2010
Laura Boyer, RN, CBN, FASMBS-IH
2010-2012
Karen Schulz, MSN, RN, CBN
2012-2014
Christine Bauer, MSN, RN, CBN
2014-2016
Karen Flanders, MSN, ARNP, CBN, FASMBS-IH
2016-2019
Lisa West-Smith, PhD, LISW-S, FASMBS-IH
2019-2021
Nathaniel Sann, MSN, FNP-BC, FASMBS-IH
2021-2023
Stephanie Sogg, PhD, FASMBS-IH
2023-2024
Heidi Bednarchuk, MSN, APRN, CNS, CBN, FASMBS-IH
2024-2025, Current IH Section President