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
Marina Kurian, MD
2023-2023, Current President
Integrated Health Presidents
Georgeann Mallory, RD
1991-1996
Mary Lou Walen
1996-1999
Tracy Martinez, BSN, RN, CBN
1999-2004
Deborah Cox, RN
2004-2006
Bobbie Lou Price, BSN, RN, CBN
2006-2008
William Gourash, MSN, CRNP
2008-2010
Laura Boyer, RN CBN
2010-2012
Karen Schulz, MSN, RN, CBN
2012-2014
Christine Bauer, MSN, RN, CBN
2014-2016
Karen Flanders, MSN, ARNP, CBN
2016-2019
Lisa West-Smith, PhD, LISW-S
2019-2020
Nathaniel Sann, MSN, FNP-BC
2020-2023
Current IH President
Stephanie Sogg, PhD
2023-2024, Current IH President