Speakers
OR Manager Conference speakers represent facilities across the country that are making strides to improve the patient experience, operational efficiency, clinical protocols, and business outcomes. Learn more about the speakers below, and make a plan for what you want to ask them at the conference! Register today, and secure your chance to hear from these influential leaders.
Abigail Caudle, MD, MS
Executive Medical Director of Perioperative Services, Breast Surgical OncologyUniversity of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Alexandre Warman, DBA
Administrator of Perioperative Business ServicesLehigh Valley Health Network
Aliaunda Macon, BSN, RN
Staff NurseMain Line Health Lankenau Hospital
Amanda Helms, RN, MSN, MBA, CNOR
Client Success ManagerLeanTaaS
Amber Wirkus, MSN, RN, NE-BC
Vice Chair of Nursing, Surgical ServicesMayo Clinic
Amy Williams, DNP, RN, CPAN, CSPDT, CSPM
Senior Manager for Clinical Education ComplianceSTERIS Instrument Management Services (IMS)
Art Karapetyan
AdministratorDISC Surgery Center
Aubrey Pepper, MSN, RN, DHA, CNOR, NE-BC
Director of Surgical ServicesSt. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Austin Cheng
Chief Executive OfficerGramercy Surgery Center
Barbara Shannon, DNP, MBA, RN, CNOR
AdministratorNemours Children's Hospital
Beth Bozzelli, MBA, RN, CNOR, CSSM
Vice President of Service Line, Surgical ServicesLifePoint Health
Beth Orr, DNP, RN, CNOR, CSSM
Perioperative Leadership Consultant
Betsy Grunch, MD, FAANS, FACS, FCNS
Neurosurgeon, Longstreet Clinic, Gainesville, Georgia@Ladyspinedoc
Brian Dawson, MSN, RN, CNOR, CSSM
President and CEOBD Perioperative Healthcare Consulting
Caity Butler, MSN, RN, CNOR
Manager of Centralized SchedulingInova Health System
Cara Cook
President/CEOSmart Healthcare Operations
Carmen Sincerbeaux, MA, BSN, RN, CNOR, NPD-BC
Nursing Professional Development SpecialistProvidence Saint Joseph
Carol Pehotsky, DNP, RN, CPAN, NEA-BC
Associate Chief Nursing Officer, Surgical Services and Senior Director, Surgical NursingCleveland Clinic
Chip Snyders, MD
AnesthesiologistDISC Sports & Spine Center
Chris Hunt, MBA, MSHA, BSN, RN, CSSM, NEA-BC
Associate Vice President, Perioperative ServicesMultiCare Health System
Chrissy Corley, BSN, RN
Coordinator of Patient Care Services, PACU/SDSLansdale Hospital, Jefferson Health
Christina Carpentier
Sterile Processing ManagerSeattle Children's Hospital
Dan Weberg, PhD, MHI, RN, FAAN
Executive Director of Nursing Workforce Development and InnovationKaiser Permanente
Daniel Johnson, MSN, RN
Director of Perioperative ServicesBeth Israel Lahey Health
Daphny Peneza MSN, RN, CNOR, CSSM, FAORN
Perioperative Services ManagerVanderbilt University Medical Center
Dawn Knight
Managing DirectorBRG Global
Dennis Glover, MBA/HCM, MSN, RN
OR ManagerCleveland Clinic
Dr. Jake Jacobs
Chief Operating OfficerSIPS Consults Corporation
Dr. Neha Amin, DO, FACS, NBC-HWC
FounderBalance and Breakthrough
Edna Gilliam, DNP, MBA, RN, CNOR, NEA-BC
Assistant Vice President of Perioperative Services and SPDNemours Children's Hospital, Delaware
Fayoke Fatade, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
Nurse Manager for PeriopStamford Hospital / Hospital for Special Surgery
Frank Solis
Clinical Operations Procurement and Planning ManagerTrias MD
Glenn Padrid, MBA, MSN, BSN, RN, CPAN
Director of Anesthesia, Perioperative and Pain MedicineKaiser Permanente
Graze Bautista, MSN, RN, CPAN, CAPA
PresidentABPANC
Ivelisse Vicente, MS, RN, NEA-BC, CNOR, RNFA
Assistant Director of Nursing for Ambulatory ServicesUniversity of Rochester- Strong Memorial Hospital
Jacqueline Jenkins, MSN, RN, CNOR
Director of Perioperative Services and Sterile ProcessingNemours Children's Hospital
James Chen, MD
Orthopedic SurgeonDISC Sports & Spine Center
Jane Yang, MHA
Director of Operations, Perioperative ServicesInova Health System
Jasmine Briones, RN
Director for Perioperative ServicesRonald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Jeffrey Blackwell, FACHE
Senior Director, Perioperative Business OperationsUMass Memorial Medical Center
Jeffrey Oliver, Lt Col, Ret., CCNS, CNOR
Clinical Support SpecialistLiveData
Jennifer Boyer, MSN, RN, CEN
Associate Nurse ManagerNemours Children's Hospital
Jennifer Greisen
Strategic ExecutiveAesculap, Inc.
Joanna Geisinger Devin
Cofounder and CEOTorq Interface
John Goehle
Chief Operating OfficerAmbulatory Healthcare Strategies
John R. Rosing, MHA, FACHE
Executive Vice PresidentPatton Healthcare Consulting
Karen Garvey, MPA/HCA, BSN, DFASHRM, CPHRM, CPPS
Vice President, Safety & Clinical Risk ManagementParkland Health & Hospital System
Karen Reiter, RN, CNOR, RNFA, CASC
Executive DirectorCalifornia Ambulatory Surgery Association
Kate Domrzalski, BSN, RN
PACU Nurse ManagerAbington Hospital, Jefferson Health
Kate Ulrich, MS, BSN, RN, NEA-BC
Senior Vice President Perioperative ServicesTampa General Hospital
Katherine Hayes, BSN, RN, CNOR - CARD
Nursing Professional Development Specialist – Perioperative ServicesUF Health Shands
Katherine Houle, MSN, RN, CPAN
Manager, PeriAnesthesia, CRNA, Sedated ImagingGillette Children's Specialty Healthcare
Katie Boston-Leary, PhD, MHA, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FADLN
Senior Vice President of Equity and EngagementAmerican Nurses Association Inc.
Katrina Freitag, MN, RN
Nurse Manager, Surgical ServicesMultiCare Health System
Kayla Godfrey, CPHQ, LSSBB
Business Process EngineerMultiCare Health System
Kayla Simiele, RN, BSN, DNP, NPD-BC
Nurse AdministratorMayo Clinic
Kelly Connolly, MHSA, PMP
Senior Director of the Surgery Service LineInova Health System
Krishna Yalamanchili
Head of AnalyticsPegasys Medical, Inc.
Kristy Perry, MSN, RN, CNOR
Clinical Coordinator NT Operating RoomUF Health Shands
Laura Kennedy
VP, Value ManagementOptum
Laurie Burns MSN, RN, CNOR, RNFA, CIRT
Clinical Nurse Educator, Operating RoomMain Line Health Lankenau Hospital
Leah Fitzgerald
Senior Legal and Risk SpecialistGillette Children's Specialty Healthcare
Leah Schild, MSN, RN
Clinical Operations DirectorEmplify by Gundersen
Leiran Cornish, MBA-HM, BSN, RN
Director of NursingDartmouth Health Outpatient Surgery Center
Lena Fogle, BSN, RN, CNOR
Senior Director, Marketing & ClinicalSTERIS
Lindsay Meade, MBA, BSN, RN, CNOR
Director of Perioperative ServicesTexas Children's Hospital
Liz Fare, RN, BSN, CNOR
Customer Success ManagerLeanTaaS
Lydia G. Casteel, MSN, RN, CCRN
Executive Director of Nursing, Ambulatory, Surgical & Cardiovascular ServicesWellStar Paulding Medical Center
Margaret LaFashia, DNP, MBA, RN, NPD-BC
Director of Workforce Partnership DevelopmentNemours Children's Hospital, Delaware
Marguerite Johnson, MBA, BSN, RN, FACHE, PMP
Head, Clinical Operations & ServicesPegasys Medical, Inc.
Mary Ryan
Senior ConsultantAmblitel
Matthew Belanger
AVP, Clinical Operations and AnesthesiaEndeavor Health
Melinda Schmidt MBA, BSN, RN, SSGBC
Clinical Innovation ConsultantClinical Solutions & Innovations
Michele Brunges, MSN, RN, CNOR, CHSE
Director of Surgical ServicesUF Health Shands
Monica Wofford, CSP
Leadership ConsultantContagious Companies
Nana Owusu-Afriyie, MSN, MBA, RN, CNOR
Service Team Coordinator - Trauma / Asst. Nurse ManagerMain Line Health Lankenau Hospital
Nicholas Rizzo, MS-HSA, RN, CNOR
Assistant Director of Nursing, Operating RoomUniversity of Rochester- Strong Memorial Hospital
Nina Goins
Executive DirectorASC Quality Collaboration
Patrel Nobles, MSN, RN, CNOR, NE-BC
System Senior Director, Surgical ServicesValley Health
Peg Guzman
Clinical Manager of Surgical OperationsEmplify by Gundersen
Rebecca McKenzie, DNP, MBA, MSN, RN
Enterprise AVP Perioperative & Procedural ServicesUniversity of Kentucky
Rhonda Thompson
Manager of Education & Training, SPMSTERIS
Richard Gama, CMLSO, CST
Director of Laser SafetyAgiliti
Rick May, MD
Managing DirectorBRG Global
Robert Bray, MD, FAANS
CEO and Founding DirectorDISC Sports & Spine Center
Robert Ghafar, MBA, RTT
Vice President, Procedures and Therapeutic OperationsUniversity of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Robert Johnson, RCPT, MBA
SVP of Anesthesia OperationsMedaxion
Ronald Perez, JD, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, CNOR
Executive Director Perioperative ServicesUCLA Health
Sharon Udy-Janczuk, EdD, MSN, RN, CNOR, NE-BC
Perioperative Services, Clinical Nurse Educator, Transition to PracticeNemours Children's Hospital, Delaware
Simone Nicholson, DNP, MSN, RN, CNOR
Nurse Manager Main Operating RoomMain Line Health Lankenau Hospital
Susie Law, RN
Chief Nurse ExecutiveSmart Healthcare Operations
Tammy Baergen, BSHCA, RN, CNOR, CSSM
Executive Director of ASC OperationsSEES Group
Taneka Curtis, MHA, BSN, RN, CNOR
Nurse Manager-Cardiac, Transplant and Vascular Service LinesHospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Thomas Brehmer
Client Outcomes ManagerLeanTaaS
Tiane Kneerim
Associate Director, Client OutcomesLeanTaaS
Tiffany Hughes, MBA
Associate DirectorUniversity of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Tonya Seckner, MSN, RN, CPAN
Associate Director of Perioperative ServicesUpstate Medical University
Tracy Hoeft-Hoffman, MSN, MBA, RN, CASC
AdministratorHeartland Surgery Center
Valentina Briceno Marmol, BSN, RN, CNOR
Assistant Director of Perioperative Quality & RegulatoryTexas Children's Hospital
Yessenia Salgado, DNP-ENL, RN, NE-BC, CNOR
Senior Director of Clinical Operations for Surgical ServicesTampa General Hospital