Joe Northup, MD, associate professor of surgery at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and director of metabolic and bariatric surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., was elected the 40th president of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery July 9, according to a news release shared with Becker’s.
An ASMBS member since 2005, Dr. Northup has served the society as vice president, board member and chair of a committee that aimed to expand insurance coverage for metabolic and bariatric surgery. He has also held leadership positions in ASMBS state chapters in Illinois, Ohio-Kentucky and Virginia.
“New therapies, including GLP-1s, changing payer policies, and growing recognition of the safety, effectiveness and durability of metabolic and bariatric surgery are reshaping obesity care,” Dr. Northup said. “As more patients seek treatment, ASMBS will work to ensure they and their clinicians understand where metabolic and bariatric surgery fits within the full continuum of evidence-based, comprehensive obesity care.”
ASMBS CEO Diane Enos, EdD, said Dr. Northup was “a proven and experienced leader” who is “exceptionally well equipped to lead ASMBS and navigate new opportunities for both clinicians and patients during such a transformative period in obesity care.”
In addition to authoring numerous scientific publications and contributing to national clinical guidelines on obesity, Dr. Northup is an editor and co-author of the forthcoming third edition of The ASMBS Textbook of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.
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