Society for Medical Decision Making

The Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) is an organization of researchers, clinicians, educators, managers and policy makers based in Bridgewater, New Jersey. It researches and uses rigorous and transparent methodologies in health and clinical care of individuals to assist in health policy formation. Founded in 1979, it holds annual meetings in North America, biennial meetings in Europe and publishes two journals, 'Medical Decision Making', and 'MDM Policy & Practice.'

Presidents of the society
A list of former and current presidents of the SMDM.


 * 1980  Eugene L. Saenger
 * 1981  Harvey V. Fineberg
 * 1982  Arthur S. Elstein
 * 1983  Dennis G. Fryback
 * 1984  Harold C. Sox Jr.
 * 1985  Milton C. Weinstein
 * 1986  Sankey V. Williams
 * 1987  Donald M. Berwick
 * 1988  Stephen G. Pauker
 * 1989  J. Sanford Schwartz
 * 1990  Edward H. Shortliffe
 * 1991  Margaret M. Holmes-Rovner
 * 1992  Mark J. Young
 * 1993  Robert M. Centor
 * 1994  Hilary Llewellyn-Thomas
 * 1995  Randall D. Cebul
 * 1996  J. Robert Beck
 * 1997  Michael J. Barry
 * 1998  Robert F. Nease Jr.
 * 1999  Douglas K. Owens
 * 2000  Mark Eckman
 * 2001  Myriam Hunink
 * 2002  Joel Tsevat
 * 2003  John Wong
 * 2004  Scott B. Cantor
 * 2005  Karen Kuntz
 * 2006  Frank Sonnenberg
 * 2007  David Meltzer
 * 2008  Gillian Sanders
 * 2009  Mark Roberts
 * 2010  Kathryn McDonald
 * 2011  Marilyn Schapira
 * 2012  Anne Stiggelbout
 * 2013  Scott Braithwaite
 * 2014  Murray Krahn
 * 2015  Ahmed Bayoumi
 * 2016  Mark Helfand
 * 2017  Angie Fagerlin
 * 2018  Uwe Siebert
 * 2019  Heather Taffet Gold
 * 2020  Lisa Prosser
 * 2021  Natasha Stout
 * 2022  Olga Kostopoulou
 * 2023  Beate Sanders