ABMS Board of Directors

2025–2026

J. Brantley Thrasher, MD, FACS — Chair

Susan M. Ramin, MD — Chair-Elect

Warren P. Newton, MD, MPH — Secretary-Treasurer

Rebecca L. Johnson, MD — Immediate Past Chair

Richard E. Hawkins, MD — President and Chief Executive Officer

Michael Barone, MD, MPH

George B. Bartley, MD

Beth A. Bortz, MPP – ABMS Public Member

Keith E. Brandt, MD

Sheila Bush – ABMS Public Member

Jo Buyske, MD

Kirk Frey, MD, PhD

Robert R. Gaiser, MD, MSEd

David B. Joseph, MD, FACS, FAPP

John L. Kendall, MD, FACEP

Carolyn L. Kinney, MD

Azra Ligon, PhD, FACMG

Jeffrey M. Lyness, MD

David F. Martin, MD

Furman S. McDonald, MD, MPH

Walter H. Merrill, MD

Michael R. Nelson, MD, PhD

Mary (Mimi) S. Newell, MD, FACR, FSBI

Wendy K. Nickel, MPH – ABMS Public Member

Brian Nussenbaum, MD, MHCM

Christopher J. Ondrula, JD

Donald J. Palmisano Jr., JD, CAE — ABMS Public Member

Carl W. Patten Jr., JD, MPH – ABMS Public Member

Gary W. Procop, MD, MS

Thomas E. Read, MD

Randall K. Roenigk, MD

Tara Bristol Rouse, MA, CPHQ, BCPA — ABMS Public Member

John A. Wilson, MD, FAANS, FACS

Amy E. Young, MD