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OR Business Management Summit speakers represent facilities across the country that are making strides to improve operational efficiency and profitability. Learn more about the speakers, and make a plan for what you want to ask them at the conference!
Kyle Anderson, PT, OCS, MBA
Vice President of Finance and ASCOrtho Rhode Island
Alyssa Arrese, MHA
Senior Director, Client ServicesLeanTaaS
Melissa Belcher, BSN, RN, CNOR
Director Surgical ServicesOnvida Health
Jonathan Bousman
Product Director, Surgical ServicesEpic
Hazel Boyd, MBA
Operations Manager - Transforming TomorrowBoston Children's Hospital
Katie Breudigam
Department Manager IV, OR OperationsCleveland Clinic
Natalie Bright, MBA, MSN, RN, CNOR
Director, OR OperationsCleveland Clinic
Amy Brown, MHA
Director of Customer DeliveryAssistIQ
Sarah Brungs, MSN, RN, CNOR, RNFA
RNFA Program CoordinatorSt. Elizabeth Healthcare
Catherine Buck
Director of Informatics, Surgical ServicesCarilion Clinic
Wade Byerly
Founder and CEOMedical Equipment Resources & Consulting (MERC)
Janet Carlson, MSN, BSN, RN, NE-BC, FACHE
Co-founder and CEOVertex Surgical Solutions
Stephanie Casanova, MBA
Director, Procedural Business ServicesMassachusetts General Hospital
Gloria M. Collura, MSN, RNC, NEA-BC
Assistant Vice President System Sterile ProcessingNorthwell Health
Danilo D'Aprile, CASC
VP of Business DevelopmentMerritt Healthcare
Brian Dawson, MSN, RN, CNOR, CSSM
President and CEOBD Perioperative Healthcare Consulting
Joan Dentler, MBA
FounderAvanza Healthcare Strategies
Geri Eaves, BSN, RN, CASC, CNOR
CEO and AdministratorThe Bone and Joint Institute of Tennessee Surgery Center
Stephen Esper, MD, MBA
Director, Center for Perioperative CareUPMC
Megan Eubanks, MBA
Senior Director of Business Operations, Perioperative and Procedural ServicesThe University of Kansas Health System
Alyssa Ferrer
Senior Director of OperationsNorthwell Health
Nyleen Flores, FMSP, CPMSM, CPCS, CPES, CPCO, CASC
Chief Administrative OfficerLake Oconee Orthopedics
John Goehle
Chief Operating OfficerAmbulatory Healthcare Strategies
Ben Hall, MBA, MHA, MHCDS
Executive Director, Perioperative ServicesUniversity of Iowa Health Care
Bryanne Harrington, MSN, BSN, RN, CNOR
Nursing Director, OR and SPDNewton Wellesley Hospital
Randy Heiser, MA, BA
PresidentSullivan Healthcare Consulting
Shannon Holley, MSN, RN, CNOR, NE-BC, RNFA
Vice President of Surgical Services OperationsProMedica Health System
Geoffrey Howard, MBA
Technical Director, High-Level Disinfection & SterilizationMassachusetts General Hospital
Chris Hunt, MBA, MSHA, BSN, RN, CSSM, NEA-BC
Associate Vice President, Perioperative ServicesMultiCare Health System
Jake Tayler Jacobs, DBA
President and Chief Operating OfficerSIPS Consults Corporation
Dana Jacoby
President and CEOVector Medical Group
Jennifer Jump, DNP, MSN, MBA, BSN, RN, NE-BC, CNOR, CRNFA-E
Director Perioperative ServicesSt. Elizabeth Healthcare
Earl Kilbride, MD, MHA
Orthopedic SurgeonAustin Orthopedic Institute
Malcolm Ladines, MS, MLS, CSSBB, CQIA
Business Director, Perioperative ServicesBaylor University Medical Center, Baylor Scott & White Health
Andrea Nelson, MA, PMP
Senior Project Manager, Surgical Services Operations TeamMayo Clinic
Joy Newton, BSN, RN, CNOR
Ortho Nurse Navigator/Joint Program CoordinatorChristus Good Shepherd Medical Center
Joe Paone
Content Director, HealthcareAccess Intelligence, LLC
Matt Rechin
Chief Customer Success OfficerReadySet Surgical
Kali Rehm, MHA
Business Operations Manager of Surgical ServicesMansfield Hospital, OhioHealth
Douglas Reynolds, MBA
Business Manager, Surgical ServicesCanton Potsdam Hospital, St. Lawrence Health
Yessenia Salgado, DNP-ENL, RN, NE-BC, CNOR
Senior Director of Clinical Operations, Surgical & Procedural ServicesTampa General Hospital
Shawn Sefton, RN, BSN, MBA
Clinical AdvisorAssistIQ
Natalie Setterberg, MBA, MPH
Director, Strategic Initiatives and Special ProjectsUniversity of Illinois Hospital & Clinics
Stephen Spake, MBA, MHA, PMP, CCP-F, CST
Senior Surgery Management ConsultantSullivan Healthcare Consulting
Emily Spooner
President & Owner, ASC DevelopmentMarisa Consulting
Dorothy Starostecki, MSN, RN, MBA, CNOR
Associate Chief Clinical Operations Officer for Perioperative ServicesUniversity of Illinois Hospital & Clinics
Lars Søndergaard
Director of Product ManagementGetinge
Christy Taylor, MBA
Director, Business Operations- PeriopPhoenix Children's Hospital
Emily Tchiblakian, MHA, BSN, RN
Vice President Perioperative Service LinesSentara Health
Zach Tudor, MBA
System Operations and Performance Manager, Perioperative ServicesNorthwestern Medicine
Kate Ulrich, MS, BSN, RN, NEA-BC
Senior Vice President Perioperative ServicesTampa General Hospital
Thadius Wadsworth, MBA, BSN, RN
Chief Operating Officer, Acute Care DivisionProMedica Health System
Amber Wirkus, MSN, RN, NE-BC
Vice Chair of Nursing, Surgical ServicesMayo Clinic