Ann Marie Chiasson elected president of national physician board
Ann Marie Chiasson, MD, MPH, education director for the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine, has been elected president of the American Board of Physician Specialties for the 2025-26 term.
Ann Marie Chiasson, MD, MPH
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The board is the nationally recognized, multispecialty certifying body for allopathic and osteopathic physicians. It sets rigorous standards across more than 20 disciplines, including integrative medicine, family medicine and emergency medicine.
“I am honored to serve an organization whose core mission is safeguarding the public by advancing physician excellence,” Chiasson said. “Board certification is a covenant of trust with patients, and I look forward to supporting physicians as they navigate an ever-evolving health care landscape.”
Chiasson, who is board-certified in family medicine, integrative medicine and hospice and palliative medicine, has long served on the board’s executive committee. At the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine, she leads the Fellowship in Integrative Medicine and oversees graduate-level curricula that emphasize evidence-based, healing-centered, whole-person care.
“Dr. Chiasson’s election underscores the growing role of integrative medicine in national certification,” said Stephen Dahmer, MD, the center’s director. “Her leadership and deep commitment to rigorous, patient-centered standards make her ideal for this post.”
Chiasson, an associate professor of clinical medicine, earned her medical degree with honors from Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada, and a master’s of public health in epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She completed a family medicine residency at the University of British Columbia and a fellowship in integrative medicine at the University of Arizona. Her academic work focuses on physician education, integrative pain management and reducing burnout through whole-person care. Chiasson is also a member of the U of A Comprehensive Center for Pain and Addiction.