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