2024 – 25 Ellen Beckjord, PhD, MPH, FSBM
2023 – 24 Bernard Fuemmeler, PhD, MPH, FSBM
2022 – 23 Margaret L. Schneider, PhD, FSBM
2021 – 22 David E. Conroy, PhD, FSBM
2020 – 21 Monica L. Baskin, PhD
2019 – 20 Michael A. Diefenbach, PhD
2018 – 19 Sherry L. Pagoto, PhD
2017 – 18 Gary G. Bennett Jr., PhD
2016 – 17 James F. Sallis Jr., PhD
2015 – 16 Marian L. Fitzgibbon, PhD
2014 – 15 Lisa M. Klesges, PhD
2013 – 14 Dawn K. Wilson, PhD
2012 – 13 Alan J. Christensen, PhD
2011 – 12 Abby C. King, PhD
2010 – 11 Karen M. Emmons, PhD
2009 – 10 Francis J. Keefe, PhD
2008 – 09 Bonnie Spring, PhD, ABPP
2007 – 08 Peter G. Kaufmann, PhD
2006 – 07 Edwin B. Fisher, PhD
2005 – 06 Laura L. Hayman, RN, FAAN, PhD
2004 – 05 Judith K. Ockene, PhD, MEd
2003 – 04 Linda C. Baumann, PhD, RN
2002 – 03 David B. Abrams, PhD
2001 – 02 Michael G. Goldstein, MD
2000 – 01 C. Tracy Orleans, PhD
1999 – 2000 Joel E. Dimsdale, MD
1998 – 99 Norman B. Anderson, PhD*
1997 – 98 Thomas G. Pickering, MD, DPhil*
1996 – 97 Robert M. Kaplan, PhD
1995 – 96 C. Barr Taylor, MD*
1994 – 95 Richard S. Surwit, PhD
1993 – 94 Jacqueline Dunbar-Jacob, PhD, RN
1992 – 93 Rena R. Wing, PhD
1991 – 92 John W. Farquhar, MD*
1990 – 91 Judith Rodin, PhD
1989 – 90 Albert Stunkard, MD*
1988 – 89 Kelly D. Brownell, PhD
1987 – 88 Evan G. Pattishall Jr., MD, PhD*
1986 – 87 Michael J. Follick, PhD
1985 – 86 Herbert Benson, MD*
1984 – 85 Stephen M. Weiss, PhD
1983 – 84 Redford B. Williams Jr., MD
1982 – 83 Michael F. Cataldo, PhD
1981 – 82 Gene G. Abel, MD
1980 – 81 Joseph V. Brady, PhD*
1979 – 80 W. Stewart Agras, MD
* Deceased
After their tenure, past presidents serve on SBM's Wisdom Council and continue to provide guidance and advice.