Meet the Speakers

Mike Albert, MD

Director of Surgery, Surgical ServicesBaystate Medical Center

Gail Avigne, MSN, RN, BA, CNOR

Principal ConsultantPress Ganey

Terry Avitable, MSN, RN, CNOR

Director of Sales and MarketingPfiedler Education

Chris Bejil, MSN, RN, CENP, CNOR, CSSM, NE-BC

Director of Perioperative ServicesMidland Memorial Hospital

Burdette Brown, BS

Director of Supply Chain OperationsNorthfield Hospital and Clinics

Ryan Brumit, MBA

Program Manager, Pre-Procedure SystemsMassachusetts General Hospital

Elizabeth J. Casey, MSN, RN, CNOR

Vice President of Surgical ServicesBaystate Medical Center

Abigail Caudle, MD, MS

Executive Medical Director of Perioperative Services, Breast Surgical OncologyUniversity of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Julie Classen, MSN, RN

Manager, Clinical Advisory ServicesPress Ganey

Bethany Daily, MHA, BA

Executive Director, Perioperative Services and Healthcare Systems EngineeringMassachusetts General Hospital

Shane Doherty

Perioperative Services Materials Manager, Manager of Contract ProcurementHeywood Healthcare

Claire R. Everson, RN, CNOR, CCAP

Education CoordinatorGAI

Maurice Francis-Wilson, MBA, BSN, RN

Vice President Surgical ServicesInova Health - Mount Vernon

Kathleen Gillespie, MBA, RN, NE-BC

Assistant Vice President, Orthopedic Service LineVirtua Health

Cindi Goddard, MPH, BSN, RN

Senior Managing Consultant, Health Care Performance Advisory ServicesBKD

Jessica M. Goldbeck, MHA

Director, Perioperative Business OperationsNorthwell Health

Christine Gordon, MBA, BS

Director of ReimbursementVirtua Health

Christina Gravalese, MSN, RN, NE-BC, CPAN, CAPA

Director, Perioperative ServicesDetroit Receiving Hospital and Harper University Hospital, Detroit Medical Center

Meaghan Gray, BS

Director, Sterile ProcessingMassachusetts General Hospital

Cory Guy, CPA, MBA

Cleveland Clinic

Adam Higman, MS, DHA, FACHE

Partner, Strategic Consulting ServicesPress Ganey

Renee Hildebrand, MSN, RN, CNOR, RNFA

Director of Perioperative ServicesHouston Methodist Hospital

Gerry Ibay

Vice Chair and Assistant Professor, MHA Program DirectorUniversity of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Carole Inlaw, MBA, BSN, RN, CNOR

Integrated Business Operations Manager for Perioperative ServicesJohn Muir Health

Susan A. Johnson, MSN-NL, RN, NEA-BC

RN DirectorBanner Health Medical Group

Kimberly Jones, BA, CRCST

Director of Central Sterile ProcessingOhio State University Wexner Medical Center

Mary Lou Jones, BSN, CSSM

Manager, Perioperative Business and Preadmission TestingValleywise Health

J. Michael Jones, FACHE

Vice President, Healthcare SolutionsIronSafe/Trellance

Cindy L. Kildgore, MSHA, BSN, RN, CNOR

Perioperative Services DirectorVanderbilt University Medical Center

Diane B. Kimsey, MSN, MHA, RN, CNOR

Clinical EducatorEinstein Medical Center Montgomery

Susan Klacik, BS, CRCST, CIS, SHL, ACE, FCS

Clinical EducatorInternational Association of Healthcare Central Services Materiel Management (IAHCSMM)

Rebecca Klungreseter, MSQSM, MAEd, BSN, RN, CNOR, CPAN, CAPA, NEA-BC

Executive Perioperative Consultant/Interim DirectorSoutheastern Health

Stephen Kucinski, BA

Clinical informatic Specialist for Perioperative ServicesThomas Jefferson University Hospital

Lisa Lambros, MSN, MBA, RN

Integrated Executive Director, Surgical ServicesJohn Muir Health

Stephanie R. Landmesser, MSN, RN, CNOR, CCNS

Clinical Nurse SpecialistThomas Jefferson University Hospital

Cassidi Linnenkugel, MSN, BSN, RN, CNOR

Assistant Surgery Business ManagerUMC Health System

Cathy Little

Supervisor of Surgical Scheduling, Surgical ServicesBaystate Medical Center

Marc Lopez, MSHA, CMRP

Surgery Business ManagerUMC Health System

Tammy McGowen

Perioperative Clinical Nurse SpecialistChildren’s Hospital at OU Medicine

Brian McLaughlin, MS, MBA, CCE

Perioperative Clinical Engineering ManagerMassachusetts General Hospital

Sharon Meinster

Executive Director for Facilities PlanningStony Brook Medicine

Elizabeth P. Ninan, MBA, PA-C

Director, Perioperative ServicesUniversity of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Ramakrishna P. Parchuri, MS

Clinical Engineer-Systems LeadMassachusetts General Hospital

Carol Pehotsky, DNP, RN, CPAN, ACNS-BC, NEA-BC

Associate Chief Nursing Officer, Surgical ServicesCleveland Clinic

Rozanna Penney, CRNA, MSNA

Vice President, Perioperative Services and Chief CRNAHeywood Healthcare

Jeffry Peters, MBA

CEOSurgical Directions

Mike Pfannes

Regional Sales DirectorGETINGE

Judith Pins, MBA, BSN, RN

PresidentPfiedler Education

Melissa Pressley, BS

Management EngineerDuke University Health System

Sophie Elizabeth Prince

Financial Analyst, Perioperative ServicesMassachusetts General Hospital

Jonathan Puncochar, MBA, BSIE

Surgical Services Program DirectorHCA Healthcare

Kevin A. Rash, MPT, FACHE

Director, Health Care Performance Advisory ServicesBKD

Thomas Redding, BS

Sr. Managing Director, HealthcareSt. Onge Company

Dolores Reisert, MS, RN, CNOR, NE-BC

Senior Administrative Director llLong Island Jewish Valley Stream

Paul Rhodes, RN

ConsultantAuditMed

Rosemarie Roesler, MSN, RN, CNOR, CSSM

Senior RN ManagerBanner Health Medical Group

Eric Rogers, MAEd, RT

Director, Health Care Performance Advisory ServicesBKD

Todd Rothenhaus, MD

Chief Executive OfficerCohealo

Matt Ruby

Business Operations Director, Surgical ServicesNorthwestern Medicine

Ashley Saenz, MHA

Business ManagerNorthwestern Medicine

Megan E. Sanders, BS

Business ManagerPenn Medicine—Pennsylvania Hospital

Lynn Sandoval

Executive Director Procedural OptimizationMercy Hospital

Nicholas Schwerin, MS

Manager of Business OperationsAdvocate Aurora Health

Judith Seltzer, MS, BSN, RN, CNOR

Clinical Director, Surgical ServicesMölnlycke Healthcare

Girard Senn, MS, RN

DirectorPinnacle Healthcare Consulting

Katie Sikora, MSN, RN, CNOR

Executive DirectorAdvocate Aurora Health

Allyson Silver, MPH, FACHE

Hospital Executive Director, Surgical ServicesStony Brook Medicine

Nikhil Singal, MHA

Business Manager, Surgical ServicesSutter Medical Center Sacramento

Blake Stock, MBA, CPM

Senior Program Manager, Ambulatory Care NetworkProvidence Health & Services

Frances J. Strauss, MSN, MBA, MHA, RN, CNOR, NE-BC

Clinical DirectorPenn Medicine—Pennsylvania Hospital

Mark Taylor, MD, FASE

Chairman of Enterprise Surgical Operations; Staff AnesthesiologistCleveland Clinic

Vikram Tiwari, PhD

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Biomedical Informatics, Director of Surgical AnalyticsVanderbilt University Medical Center

Rebecca Urban, M.Ed

Project ManagerCleveland Clinic

Rosemarie Varner, RN, BSN, CNOR

Perioperative Nurse ConsultantEmpiric Health

Jane A. Wagner, MHA-INF, BSN, RN, CENP

Executive Director of Nursing, Perioperative ServicesYale New Haven Health

Ashley Walsh, MHA

Director of Client ServicesLeanTaaS

Denise Waslo, MSN, RN, CNOR, CSSM, NE-BC

Director Of Perioperative ServicesLong Island Jewish Valley Stream

Aimee M. Watson, MS, CMRP

Senior Manager, Healthcare ServicesSt. Onge Company

Perry Wein, RN, MS, CNOR

Director Perioperative ServicesNewport Hospital

David Wildebrandt, MHA

Managing DirectorBerkeley Research Group

Michelle Williams, MSN, ANP-BC

ManagerNorthwell Health

Monica Young, DNP, MBA, RN, CNOR, NEA-BC, FACHE

Vice President Perioperative ServicesThomas Jefferson University Hospital