In November, ASBM Chairman Ralph McKibbin, MD FACP FACG AGAF was named to the American College of Gastroenterology’s (ACG’s) Board of Governors. From ACG’s announcement:

Dr. Ralph D McKibbin has been selected to serve as a Governor of the American College of Gastroenterology. He will represent the members of Western Pennsylvania. The Board of Governors acts as a two-way conduit between College leadership and the membership at large. The ACG Governors also act as representatives on important issues facing gastroenterologists and organized medicine at large at both the national and state levels with advocacy activities occurring with Federal and State bodies as well as professional associations on regional, state and national levels.

A practicing gastroenterologist in Altoona, PA, Dr. McKibbin has served as ASBM Chairman since September 2021. He is past president of both the Pennsylvania Society of Gastroenterology and of the Digestive Disease National Coalition (DDNC).

More information about the ACG Board of Governors may be found at the ACG website here. (registration required).