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