Leadership

Executive Officers

Forrest Ringold, MD FACS
President

Cameron Askew, MD
Vice President

Parham Mora, MD
Treasurer/Secretary

Danuel Laan, MD FASMBS
State Access to Care Representative

Aimee Rothe BSN, RN, CBN, CEN, TCRN, NHDP-BC
Integrated Health Liaison/Integrated Health Section State Access to Care Representative

Past State Chapter Presidents:

Kenneth Todd Foreman, MD FASMBS

Richard Stal, MD

Remembering Kenneth Todd Foreman, M.D.

The Alabama Chapter of ASMBS celebrates the life of one of our founding members and past state presidents Kenneth Todd Foreman, M.D.

After living with Glioblastoma for over five years, Kenneth Todd Foreman, M.D., 59, of Hampton Cove passed from this world on September 26, 2024.

Todd was born on October 29, 1964 in Fredericktown, Missouri to Ken and Linda Foreman. He graduated from Parkway South High School in St. Louis in 1983 and then entered Washington University where he earned his Bachelor's degree in Biology in 1987. He was a member of Theta Xi fraternity. He then received a Master’s degree in Biological Sciences from University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. Dr. Foreman earned his medical degree from St. Louis University in 1991. Todd knew at the age of 7 that he wanted to be a doctor and decided by the age of 10 that he wanted to be a surgeon. His early life was dedicated to achieving this goal.

Following medical school he served on active duty as a US Army medical officer and flight surgeon, with stops at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Fort Rucker, Camp Stanley(Korea), and Ft. McPherson. During this time he also served in Haiti as a United Nations senior medical officer from 1995-1996. He achieved the rank of Major during his time in the Army.

Dr. Foreman completed his General Surgery Residency at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan in 2003. At this time he joined Alabama Surgical Associates in Huntsville, Alabama where he specialized in General and Bariatric Surgery. He was honorary staff at Crestwood Medical Center, where he served as Chief of the Medical Staff as well as former Medical Director of the hospital's Bariatric Surgery program. He was a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and Senior Fellow of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS), and was a founding member and past President of the Alabama Chapter of the ASMBS. Dr. Foreman served as a Preceptor for medical students from multiple schools and enjoyed mentoring future physicians. During his last hospital stay, he was honored to be treated by two physicians for whom he had served as Preceptor. He was loved and respected by his patients, office staff, nursing staff, and fellow physicians.