Past Chairs
From 1912 to 2003, the FSMB’s chief elected officer was called president. The title was changed to chair in 2003.
1912–1913 Arthur B. Brown, MD, Louisiana
1913–1916 Charles H. Cook, MD, Massachusetts
1916–1925 David A. Strickler, MD, Colorado
1925–1926 Thomas S. McDavitt, MD, Minnesota
1926–1927 Samuel W. Welch, MD, Alabama
1927–1928 Byron U. Richards, MD, Rhode Island
1928–1929 Guy L. Connor, MD, Michigan Medical
1929–1930 Herbert M. Platter, MD, Ohio
1930–1931 Charles B. Pinkham, MD California Medical
1931–1932 Harold Rypins, MD, New York State
1932–1933 Thomas J. Crowe, MD, Texas
1933–1934 G. M. Williamson, MD, North Dakota
1934–1935 Henry M. Fitzhugh, MD, Maryland
1935–1936 I. D. Metzger, MD, Pennsylvania Medical
1936–1937 James N. Baker, MD, Alabama
1937–1938 J. W. Bowers, MD, Indiana
1938–1939 H. J. Lehnhoff, MD, Nebraska
1939–1940 Roy B. Harrison, MD, Louisiana
1940–1941 John R. Neal, MD, Illinois
1941–1942 J. Earl McIntyre, MD, Michigan Medical
1942–1943 Julian F. DuBois, MD, Minnesota
1943–1944 Frank M. Fuller, MD, Iowa
1944–1945 J. F. Hassig, MD, Kansas
1945–1946 Adam P. Leighton, MD, Maine Medical
1946–1947 N. D. Buie, MD, Texas
1947–1948 R. N. Whitfield, MD, Mississippi
1948–1949 Earle C. Johnson, MD, Nebraska
1949–1950 Jacob L. Lochner Jr., MD, New York State
1950–1951 Creighton Barker, MD, Connecticut
1951–1952 Charles L. Shafer, MD, Pennsylvania Medical
1952–1953 Walter E. Vest, MD, West Virginia Medical
1953–1954 John M. McCann, MD, Ohio
1954–1955 Elmer W. Schnoor, MD, Michigan Medical
1955–1956 McKinley H. Crabb, MD, Texas
1956–1957 Joseph J. Combs, MD, North Carolina
1957–1958 C. J. Glaspel, MD, North Carolina
1958–1959 Wesley D. Richards, MD, Pennsylvania Medical
1959–1960 Edwin H. Lawson, MD, Louisiana
1960–1961 Harold E. Jervey Jr., MD, South Carolina
1961–1962 Louis E. Jones, MD, California Medical
1962–1963 Samuel M. Poindexter, MD, Idaho
1963–1964 E. C. Swanson, MD, Michigan Medical
1964–1965 Andrew M. Gehret, MD, Delaware
1965–1966 Robert C. Derbyshire, MD, New Mexico Medical
1966–1967 George H. Lage, MD, Oregon
1967–1968 Rhett G. McMahon, MD, Louisiana
1968–1969 Leo T. Heywood, MD, Nebraska
1969–1970 P. T. Lamey, MD, Indiana
1970–1971 Frederick T. Merchant, MD, Ohio
1971–1972 Frank L. Edmondson Jr., MD, North Carolina
1972–1973 Ray L. Casterline, MD, Oregon
1973–1974 George L. Maltby, MD, Maine Medical
1974–1975 Howard L. Horns, MD, Minnesota
1975–1976 Dan A. Nye, MD, Nebraska
1976–1977 John H. Morton, MD, New York State
1977–1978 Harold E. Wilkins, MD, California Medical
1978–1979 Richard E. Flood, MD, West Virginia Medical
1979–1980 George S. Palmer, MD, Florida Medical
1980–1981 Henry G. Cramblett, MD, Ohio
1981–1982 Bryant L. Galusha, MD, North Carolina
1982–1983 John H. Clark, MD, Utah Medical
1983–1984 Charles B. Odom, MD, Louisiana
1984–1985 Charles D. Godinez, MD, Texas
1985–1986 John C. Sage, MD, Nebraska
1986–1987 William E. Jacott, MD, Minnesota
1987–1988 Howard G. McQuarrie, MD, Utah Medical
1988–1989 Anthony J. Cortese, DO, Oregon
1989–1990 Susan F. Behrens, MD, Wisconsin
1990–1991 Kenneth C. Yohn, MD, Alabama
1991–1992 Barbara S. Schneidman, MD, MPH, Washington Medical
1992–1993 Melvin E. Sigel, MD, Minnesota
1993–1994 Hormoz H. Rassekh, MD, Iowa
1994–1995 Gerald J. Béchamps, MD, Virginia
1995–1996 Robert E. Porter, MD, New Hampshire
1996–1997 James E. West, MD, Alabama
1997–1998 Susan M. Spaulding, Vermont Osteopathic
1998–1999 William H. Fleming III, MD, Texas
1999–2000 Alan E. Shumacher, MD, California Medical
2000–2001 George C. Barrett, MD, North Carolina
2001–2002 George J. Van Komen, MD, Utah Medical
2002–2003 Ronald C. Agresta, M., Ohio
2003–2004 Thomas D. Kirksey, MD, Texas
2004–2005 Doris C. Brooker, MD, Minnesota
2005–2006 Lee E. Smith, MD, West Virginia Medical
2006–2007 J. William McCord Jr., DO, Tennessee Osteopathic
2007–2008 N. Stacy Lankford, MD, Indiana
2008–2009 Regina M. Benjamin, MD, MBA, Alabama
2009–2010 Martin Crane, MD, Massachusetts
2010–2011 Freda M. Bush, MD, Mississippi
2011–2012 Janelle A. Rhyne, MD, MA, North Carolina
2012–2013 Lance A. Talmage, MD, Ohio
2013–2014 Jon V. Thomas, MD, MBA, Minnesota
2014–2015 Donald H. Polk, DO, Tennessee Osteopathic
2015–2016 J. Daniel Gifford, MD, Alabama
2016–2017 Arthur S. Hengerer, MD, New York PMC
2017–2018 Gregory B. Snyder, MD, Minnesota
2018–2019 Patricia A. King, MD, PhD, Vermont Medical
2019–2020 Scott A. Steingard, DO, Arizona Osteopathic
2020–2021 Cheryl L. Walker-McGill, MD, MBA, North Carolina
2021–2022 Kenneth B. Simons, MD, Wisconsin
2022–2023 Sarvam P. TerKonda, MD, Florida Medical