Board Of Trustees
David Bryman, DO - President
Dr. David Bryman is a Board certified Family Physician by the American Osteopathic Board of Family Practice and a Diplomate of the American Board of Bariatric Medicine (ABBM). He maintains a private practice in Scottsdale, Arizona and is an Adjunct Clinical Professor at the Mid-Western University Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine. He is a Senior International Aviation Medical Examiner for the Federal Aviation Administration, Transport Canada, Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand, the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority, and the Joint Aviation Authorities of Europe. » read moreKeywords: david bryman board of trustees
Eric Westman, MD, MHS - President Elect
Dr. Eric Westman is Board certified in Internal Medicine. He is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of the Lifestyle Medicine Clinic at Duke University Health System, Durham, North Carolina. He is the course coordinator for one of the medical school’s only electives relating to obesity management. » read moreKeywords: eric westman board of trustees
Deborah Bade Horn DO, MPH, MS - Vice President
Dr. Deborah Bade Horn is Board certified in Family, General Preventive, and Bariatric Medicine. She presents regularly in a variety of educational formats and venues on Physical Activity, Obesity, and Weight-related co-morbidities. » read moreKeywords: board of trustees
Wendy Scinta, MD, MS - Secretary/Treasurer
Dr. Wendy Scinta is Board Certified in both Bariatric and Family Medicine and maintains a private practice in Manlius, New York. She is a leading expert in the field of weight management and frequently speaks on childhood obesity and related topics. Dr. Scinta is active on a national level, educating communities on the family-based approach for reversing unhealthy lifestyle patterns. » read moreKeywords: wendy scinta board of trustees
Larry Richardson, MD, FASBP - Chairman of the Board
Dr. Larry Richardson is Board certified in Bariatric Medicine and is Medical Director of Doctor’s Weight Control Center in Houston, Texas. He has spoken on the topics of circadian rhythm and its effect on weight, anorectic agents, EKG interpretation and cardiology at ASBP conferences. In 2010 Dr. Richardson received the Raymond E. Dietz Award that recognizes an individual who has made continuing contributions to ASBP. The late Dr. Dietz is one of the pioneers of the Society. He has chaired the ASBP Anorectic Usage Guidelines Task Force. He received his MD degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio. » read moreKeywords: larry richardson board of trustees president
Jeffrey David Lawrence, MD, MSPH, ScD
Dr. Jeffrey Lawrence is Board certified in bariatric medicine and OB/GYN. Dr. Lawrence maintains a full time bariatrics practice in Anchorage, Alaska. He has been a member of the American Board of Bariatric Medicine (ABBM) since 2004. He has served on the ABBM Board for six years and was Board chairman from 2007-2009. Dr. Lawrence speaks regularly for the ASBP and ABBM about nutrition and its role in weight management during pregnancy. » read moreKeywords: Jeffrey Lawrence md board of trustees
Richard Lindquist, MD, ABFM, FAASP
Dr. Richard Lindquist is Board Certified in Family Medicine. He is the Medical Program Director at Swedish Weight Loss Services, a combined Medical and Surgical Bariatric Program at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. He is one of the founders of Monarch Medical Weight Loss Centers in Oregon. His background is in Emergency Medicine and Emergency Medical Services, and in 2001 he was honored as Oregon EMS Medical Director of the Year. » read moreKeywords: richard lindquist md board of trustees
William McCarthy, MD
Dr. William McCarthy is Board certified in Bariatric Medicine and maintains a private practice in Woodbridge, Virginia. Dr. McCarthy previously served as the Chief of Staff and Director of CME at Potomac Hospital in Woodbridge, Virginia. He has also served on the boards of the Potomac Hospital, The Northern Virginia Foundation for Health and Medical Care, and Physicians Care insurance. » read moreKeywords: board of trustees
Craig Primack, MD, FAAP
Dr. Craig Primack is a Diplomate of the ABBM and is Board certified in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. He is co-director and co-founder of the Scottsdale Weight Loss Center PLLC in Scottsdale, Arizona. Dr. Primack transitioned to full time bariatrics four years ago after spending several years in primary care with part-time involvement in weight loss. » read moreKeywords: Craig Primack board of trustees
Brian Sabowitz, MD, MS, FACP
Dr. Brian Sabowitz is Board certified in Internal Medicine. He is the Director of Metabolic and Bariatric Medicine at New Dimensions Weight Loss in San Antonio, Texas, one of the few truly integrated bariatric medicine and bariatric surgery clinics in the country. Dr. Sabowitz is on the clinical faculty of the Department of Endocrinology at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center San Antonio (UTHSCSA) and is the principal investigator on a UTHSCSA funded research program titled “Impact of Mechanical Unloading, Nutrition, and Neuro-Hormonal Mediators on Bone Metabolism after Bariatric Surgery.” » read moreKeywords: Brian Sabowitz MD MS FACP board of trustees
J. Warren Willey, DO
Dr. Warren Willey is a Diplomate of the ABBM and is Board certified in Family Medicine and Urgent Care Medicine. Dr. Willey received his post graduate training at The Mayo Clinic. He is the Medical Director of Walk In Weight Loss in Chubbuck, Idaho. Dr. Willey has 25 years of experience in exercise development and nutritional intervention. » read moreKeywords: j. warren willey board of trustees
Upcoming Conferences
2012 Obesity Basic Medical Treatment Course
April 18-22, 2012
Denver, Colorado
62nd Obesity and Associated Conditions Symposium
October 24-28, 2012
Orlando, Florida
CME Opportunities
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