Douglas O. Faigel, MD, FASGE, will now serve as president through May 2016. The other governing board member appointments include:
• President-elect: Kenneth R. McQuaid, MD, FASGE, VA Medical Center (San Francisco)
• Vice President: Karen L. Woods, MD, FASGE, Houston Methodist Hospital
• Secretary, John J. Vargo II, MD, MPH, FASGE, Cleveland Clinic
• Treasurer: Steven A. Edmundowicz, MD, FASGE, Washington University School of Medicine (St. Louis)
• Past president: Colleen M. Schmitt, MD, MHS, FASGE, Galen Medical Group (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
• Past President: Kenneth K. Wang, MD, FASGE, Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minn.)
The newly appointed councilors include:
• Ian M. Gralnek, MD, MSHS, FASGE, Bruce and Ruth Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Rambam Health Care Campus (Haifa, Israel)
• Brian C. Jacobson, MD, MPH, FASGE, Boston University Medical Center
• John Martin, MD, FASGE, Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minn.)
• Douglas K. Rex, MD, FASGE, Indiana University Medical Center (Indianapolis)
• Sarah A. (Betsy) Rodriguez, MD, Oregon Clinic (Portland)
• Prateek Sharma, MD, University of Kansas Medical Center (Kansas City)
John L. Petrini, MD, FASGE, with Sansum Clinic in Santa Barbara, Calif., will serve as the foundation chair.
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