ASV presidents serve a three-year term, advancing from President-Elect to President and then Past President. This historical record recognizes those who have completed their service and includes their years in office and affiliated institutions; as Past President, they oversee the nomination of council candidates for election by the membership.

WOLFGANG K. (Bill) JOKLIK
Founding President
1981-1983
Duke University Medical Center

HAROLD S. GINSBERG
1983-1984
Columbia University
College of Physicians & Surgeons

ROBERT R. WAGNER
1984-1985
University of Virginia

PURNELL W. CHOPPIN
1985-1986
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

JULIUS S. YOUNGNER
1986-1987
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

PAUL J. KAESBERG
1987-1988
University of Wisconsin - Madison

KENNETH I. BERNS
1988-1989
University of Florida

ROLAND R. RUECKERT
1989-1990
University of Wisconsin - Madison

BERNARD N. FIELDS
1990-1991
Harvard Medical School

MAX D. SUMMERS
1991-1992
Texas A & M University

SONDRA SCHLESINGER
1992-1993
Washington University School of Medicine

KATHRYN V. HOLMES
1993-1994
University of Colorado Anschultz School of Medicine

BERNARD MOSS
1994-1995
National Institutes of Health

GAIL W. WERTZ
1995-1996
University of Virgina

MARY K. ESTES
1996-1997
Baylor College of Medicine

THOMAS E. SHENK
1997-1998
Princeton University

PETER M. HOWLEY
1998-1999
Harvard Medical School

DIANE E. GRIFFIN
1999-2000
Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public
Health

DENNIS J. O’CALLAGHAN
2000-2001
Louisiana State University Medical Center

ROBERT A. LAMB
2001-2002
Northwestern University

CHARLES M. RICE
2002-2003
Rockefeller University

PATRICIA G. SPEAR
2003-2004
Northwestern University

 LYNN W. ENQUIST
2004-2005
Princeton University

PETER PALESE
2005-2006
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

DONALD GANEM
2006-2007
University of California, San Francisco

ANN C. PALMENBERG
2007-2008
University of Wisconsin-Madison

HARRY B. GREENBERG
2008-2009
Stanford University

ROZANNE SANDRI-GOLDIN
2009-2010
University of California, Irvine

TERENCE S. DERMODY
2010-2011
University of Pittsburgh

BERT L. SEMLER
2011-2012
University of California, Irvine

BARABARA SHERRY
2012-2013
North Carolina State University

PAULA TRAKTMAN
2013-2014
Medical College of South Carolina

VINCENT R. RACANIELLO
2014-2015
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

GRANT McFADDEN
2015-2016
Arizona State University

REBECCA E. DUTCH
2016-2017
University of Kentucky

STACEY SCHULTZ-CHERRY
2017-2018
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

ANDREW PEKOSZ
2018-2019
Johns Hopkins University

KRISTEN BERNARD
2019-2020
University of Wisconsin - Madison

CRAIG CAMERON
2020-2021
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

FELICIA GOODRUM
2021-2022
Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine

COLIN PARRISH
2022-2023
Cornell University

ANNE MOSCONA
2023-2024
Columbia University

HECTOR AGUILAR-CORRENO
2024-2025
University of California - Los Angeles