2025 Perioperative Summit

Optimizing surgical services is critical for operational efficiency, patient outcomes, and financial performance. The Perioperative Summit brings together hospital and health system leaders to explore strategies for streamlining OR workflows, enhancing surgical team collaboration, and addressing workforce challenges.

Through expert-led discussions and peer insights, this summit will tackle key issues such as OR efficiency, staffing models, cost management, and the latest innovations in perioperative care.

Komal Bajaj
MD
Chief Quality Officer
NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi/NCB

Bryan Brindeiro
MD
Perioperative Associate Chief Health Informatics Officer, Stead Family Children's Hospital
Iowa Healthcare

Tony DeDominico
MSN, RN, CNOR
Vice President, Operations
Houston Methodist Hospital

Bruce Gelb
MD, FACS
Surgical Director, Perioperative Services
NYU Langone Health

Robert Glasgow
MD, MBA, FACS
Senior Medical Director, Surgical Services
Intermountain Health

Daniel Johnson
MSN RN
Director, Surgical Services
Lahey Hospital and Medical Center

Amber McLaughlin
Nurse Manager, Surgical Services
Corewell Health

Aubrey Pepper
MSN, RN, DHA, NE-BC, CNOR
Senior Director Nursing Surgical Services
St Jude Childrens Research Hospital

Will Shakespeare
MD
Senior Medical Director, Anesthesiology
Intermountain Health

Jeffrey Siewerdsen
PhD
Co-Lead, Focus Area Five, Surgical Data Sciences, Institute for Data Science in Oncology Department, Office of the President Division
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Tony Spasaro
MBA
Director, Ambulatory and Surgical Services
Monument Health

Thomas Spiegel
MD
Vice President and Chief Quality Officer
UChicago Medicine

Klaus Thaler
MD, MBA
Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center

Vinay Vaidya
MD
Chief Medical Information Officer
Phoenix Children's

Gian Varbaro
MD
Chief Medical Officer and Vice President, Ambulatory Services
Bergen New Bridge Medical Center

Iran Villarreal-De Los Santos
Director, Surgical Services
El Centro Regional Medical Center

Pooja Vyas
DO, MBA, CPE
System Vice President, Care Coordination and Physician Advisement
SSM Health

Nikki Washington
Director, Surgical Services
St Josephs Medical Center Stockton

Tobi Watts
MSN, MBA, RN
Director, Surgical Services
Mount Carmel St. Ann’s and Dublin

David Wild
MD, MBA
Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
Ballad Health

Beverly Young
Director, Nursing, Perioperative Services, Baltimore Washington Medical Center
The University of Maryland-Baltimore Washington Medical center