The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) announced the following elections to its Board of Directors (BOD) at the ABMS BOD meeting held June 18.
New ABMS Officers:
Larry A. Green, MD (Chair) - American Board of Family Medicine
Michael L. Carius, MD (Chair-Elect) - American Board of Emergency Medicine
Rebecca L. Johnson, MD (Secretary-Treasurer) - American Board of Pathology
Newly elected ABMS Board Members:
Deborah Briceland-Betts, JD - Public Member
Carolyn L. Kinney, MD - American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Katie O. Orrico, JD - Public Member
Michael R. Nelson, MD, PhD - American Board of Allergy and Immunology
Brent Wagner, MD – American Board of Radiology
Re-elected ABMS Board Members:
George B. Bartley, MD - American Board of Ophthalmology
Keith E. Brandt, MD - American Board of Plastic Surgery
Daniel J. Cole, MD - American Board of Anesthesiology
Thomas W. Hess, JD - Public Member
Walter H. Merrill, MD - American Board of Thoracic Surgery
Randall K. Roenigk, MD - American Board of Dermatology
George D. Wendel Jr., MD - American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Bruce G. Wolff, MD - American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery
Public Member of the ABMS BOD elected to serve on the Executive Committee:
Barbara Wachsman, MPH - Public Member
Board Members re-elected to serve on the Executive Committee:
Randall K. Roenigk, MD - American Board of Dermatology
George D. Wendel Jr., MD - American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology