About Us
Past ASAM Presidents
We express our gratitude to the dedicated individuals who have taken on the role of national president within ASAM. Many of them have committed nearly a decade to their leadership journey within the ASAM Board.
Ruth Fox, MD
Founding President
President 1954 - 1961, 1969 - 1971
Stanley E. Gitlow, MD, FACP, DFASAM
President 1961 - 1963, 1971 - 1973
Luther A. Cloud, MD
President 1963 - 1965
Percy E. Ryberg, MD
President 1965 - 1967
Arnold S. Zentner, MD
President 1967 - 1969
Maxwell N. Weisman, MD
President 1973 - 1975
Charles S. Lieber, MD
President 1975 - 1977
Joseph J. Zuska, MD
President 1977 - 1979
Sheila B. Blume, MD, DFASAM
President 1979 - 1981
LeClair Bissell, MD
President 1981 - 1983
Irvine L. Blose, MD
President, 1983 - 1985
Max A. Schneider, MD
President 1985 - 1987
Margaret Bean-Bayog, MD
President 1987 - 1989
Jasper G. Chen See, MD
President 1989 - 1991
Anthony B. Radcliffe, MD, DFASAM
President 1991 - 1993
Anne Geller, MD, DFASAM
President 1993 - 1995
David E. Smith, MD, DFASAM
President 1995 - 1997
G. Douglas Talbott, MD, DFASAM
President 1997 - 1999
Marc Galanter, MD, DFASAM
President 1999 - 2001
Andrea G. Barthwell, MD, DFASAM
President 2001 - 2002
Lawrence S. Brown, Jr., MD, MPH, DFASAM
President 2002 - 2005
Elizabeth F. Howell, MD, DFASAM
President 2005 - 2007
Michael M. Miller, MD, DFASAM
President 2007 - 2009
Louis E. Baxter, Sr., MD, DFASAM
President 2009 - 2011
Donald J. Kurth, MD, MBA, MPA, DFASAM
President 2011 - 2013
(leave of absence June 2011 - April 2013)
Stuart Gitlow, MD, MPH, MBA, DFAPA, DFASAM
President 2013 - 2015
R. Jeffrey Goldsmith, MD, DLFAPA, DFASAM
President 2015 - 2017
Kelly J. Clark, MD, MBA, DFAPA, DFASAM
President 2017 - 2019
Paul H. Earley, MD, DFASAM
President 2019 - 2021
William F. Haning, III, MD, DLFAPA, DFASAM
President 2021 - 2023