ABMS Board of Directors

2026–2027

J. Brantley Thrasher, MD, FACS — Chair

Michael R. Nelson, MD, PhD — 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

Keith E. Brandt, MD

Sheila Bush

Jo Buyske, MD

Colleen M. Conry, 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

Mitchell R. Lester, MD

Azra Ligon, PhD, FACMG

Jeffrey M. Lyness, MD

David F. Martin, MD

Furman S. McDonald, MD, MPH

Walter H. Merrill, MD

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

Wendy K. Nickel, MPH

Brian Nussenbaum, MD, MHCM

Heather O’Hara, MD, MSPH, FACOEM, FACPM

Donald J. Palmisano Jr., JD, CAE

Carl W. Patten Jr., JD, MPH

Gary W. Procop, MD, MS

Thomas E. Read, MD

Randall K. Roenigk, MD

Tara Bristol Rouse, MA, CPHQ, BCPA

John A. Wilson, MD, FAANS, FACS

Amy E. Young, MD