ABOG Appoints New Board Officers and Members, Division Chair, and Members of Subspecialty Divisions

July 5, 2022

Four new Board Officers, one new Board of Director at Large Member, one new Board of Director Member and subspecialty Division Chair, and five new Division Members for The American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG) were appointed earlier this year and began their terms on July 1, 2022. The REI Chair serves as an ex-officio subspecialty representative on the Board of Directors. The positions are as follows: 

New Board Officers

President
George A. Macones, MD, MSCE 
Professor 
Chair 
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 
University of Texas at Austin

Vice President
Wanda K. Nicholson, MD, MPH, MBA 
Professor 
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 

Director, Reproductive Health Fellowship for Specialists 

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 

Vice-Chair, United States Preventative Task Force 

Vice President, AAOGF 
 

Treasurer
Ronald D. Alvarez, MD, MBA 
Professor 
Chair 
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 
Vanderbilt University Medical Center 

Immediate Past President
Andrew J. Satin, MD 
Professor and Director (Chair) 
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics 
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 

Obstetrician/Gynecologist-in-Chief 

Johns Hopkins Medicine 

New Board of Directors at Large Member
 

Rajiv B. Gala, MD, FACOG 

Designated Institutional Official 

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 

Ochsner Health 

Professor 

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 

University of Queensland/Ochsner Clinical School 

New Board of Directors Member and Chair of Subspecialty Divisions

Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
 
Emily S. Jungheim, MD 

Professor 

Chief, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility 

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 

Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University 

New Members of Subspecialty Divisions

Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
 

LaTasha B. Craig, MD 
Professor 
Section Chief and Fellowship Director, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility 

Assistant Dean of Clinical Curriculum, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine 
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center 

Erica E. Marsh, MD, MSCI   
S. Jan Behrman Professor of Reproductive Medicine 
Division Chief, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility 
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 
University of Michigan Medical School 

Division of Complex Family Planning

Biftu Mengesha, MD, MAS 

Associate Professor 

Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences 

University of California, San Francisco 

Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery

Gary Sutkin, MD 

Professor 

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 

University of Missouri-Kansas City 

Division of Gynecologic Oncology

Wendy R. Brewster, MD, PhD 

Professor 

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 

University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill