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, MS-HPEd
Chief Quality Officer
NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi/NCB

Robert Bart
Chief Medical Information Officer
UPMC

Edwina Bhaskaran
MSN, RN
Chief Clinical Systems and Informatics Officer
Mayo Clinic

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

Michael Cui
MD, MBA, MS
Associate Chief Medical Informatics Officer
Rush University Medical Center

Tony DeDominico
MSN, RN, NE-BC, CSSM, CNOR
Vice President, Operations
Houston Methodist Hospital

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

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

Joel Gordon
MD
Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Information Officer
UW Health

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

Amber McLaughlin
MBA BSN RN
Nurse Manager Surgical Services
Corewell Health

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

Amanda J. Rhee
MD, MS
System Vice President, Perioperative and Procedural Services, Mount Sinai Health System; Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine Department, Icahn School of Medicine
Mount Sinai

Alex Rodriguez
Former MLB Player; Chair and Chief Executive Officer
A-Rod Corp

Will Shakespeare
MD
Senior Medical Director, Anesthesiology
Intermountain Health

Jeffrey H. Siewerdsen
PhD
Director, Surgical Data Science, Co-Lead for Safety, Quality, and Access to Cancer Care, Institute for Data Science in Oncology, Professor of Imaging Physics, Radiation Physics, and Neurosurgery
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Tony Spasaro
MBA
Director, Ambulatory and Surgical Services
Monument Health

Thomas Spiegel
MD, MBA, MS, FACEP
Vice President and Chief Quality Officer
University of Chicago Medicine

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

Rebecca Urban
MEd
Vice President, Operations
Jefferson Health

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

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

Pooja Vyas
DO, MBA, CPE, ACPA-C
System VP, Care coordination and physician advisement
SSM Health

Nikki Washington
Director, Surgical Services
St Josephs Medical Center Stockton

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