Board of Trustees

The ASGE Foundation Board of Trustees is a dedicated group responsible for guiding the ASGE Foundation in its mission to support research, education, and practice improvement in the field of gastrointestinal endoscopy.

ASGE Foundation Chair
Colleen M. Schmitt, MD, MHS, MASGE

Galen Medical Group
Chattanooga, TN
ASGE President-elect
Prateek Sharma, MD, FASGE

University of Kansas
Kansas City, MO
ASGE Foundation Treasurer
Mick S. Meiselman, MD, FASGE

Central Coast Gastroenterology Medical Group
San Luis Obispo, CA
ASGE Treasurer
Jonathan Cohen, MD, MASGE

New York University School of Medicine
New York, NY
ASGE Foundation Trustee
Subhas Banerjee, MD, FASGE

Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, CA
ASGE Foundation Trustee
Mena F. Boules, MD

Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Boston, MA
ASGE Foundation Trustee
Tiffany Y. Chua, MD

Shands Hospital At the University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
ASGE Foundation Trustee
Ashley L. Faulx, MD, MASGE

University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Cleveland, OH
ASGE Foundation Trustee
Michelle K. Kim, MD, FASGE

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, OH
ASGE Foundation Trustee
Nikhil A. Kumta, MD, MS, FASGE

Mount Sinai Health System
New York, NY
ASGE Foundation Trustee
Arnold J. Markowitz, MD, FASGE

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
ASGE Foundation Trustee
Thomas A. McCourt

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals
Cambridge, MA
ASGE Foundation Trustee
Klaus Mergener, MD, PhD, MBA, MASGE

University of Washington
Seattle, WA
ASGE Foundation Trustee
John L. Petrini, MD, MASGE

Santa Barbara, CA
ASGE Foundation Trustee
Patrice G. Pickering

Braintree, A Part of Sebela Pharmaceuticals
Braintree, MA
ASGE Foundation Trustee
Carey B. Strom, MD, FASGE

Tower Digestive Health Medical Group
Beverly Hills, CA
ASGE Foundation Trustee
Barry Tanner

PE GI Solutions
Jamison, PA
ASGE Foundation Trustee
Timothy J. Wilmott

Penn National Gaming
Wyomissing, PA
ASGE Foundation Trustee
John J. Vargo II, MD, MPH, MASGE

The Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH