Agenda: Becker's Perioperative Summit

7:30 AM	Registration Opens
8:00 - 9:25 AM	Sessions
9:25 - 9:55 AM	Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall
10:00 - 11:25 AM	Sessions
11:35 AM - 12:35 PM	Networking Lunch in the Exhibit Hall

12:45 - 2:55 PM	Sessions
2:55 - 3:15 PM	Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall
3:15 - 5:00 PM	Sessions
5:00 - 6:00 PM	Happy Hour in the Exhibit Hall

7:30 AM	Registration Opens
8:00 - 9:25 AM	Sessions
9:25 - 9:55 AM	Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall
10:00 - 11:25 AM	Sessions
11:25 AM	Meeting Adjourns

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Time	Session Type	Name	Speakers
7:30 AM	Networking Opportunities	Registration Opens
8:35 AM - 9:15 AM	Panel	1. Perioperative Analytics: Leveraging Data to Improve Surgical Outcomes and Efficiency	Tony DeDominico, MSN, RN, CNOR, Vice President, Operations, Houston Methodist Hospital Bruce Gelb, MD, FACS, Surgical Director, Perioperative Services, NYU Langone Health Gian Varbaro, MD, Chief Medical Officer and Vice President, Ambulatory Services, Bergen New Bridge Medical Center
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	Panel	1. Anesthesia Innovation: The Evolution of Sedation, Pain Management, and Patient Experience	Bryan Brindeiro, MD, Perioperative Associate Chief Health Informatics Officer, Stead Family Children's Hospital, Iowa Healthcare Will Shakespeare, MD, Senior Medical Director, Anesthesiology, Intermountain Health Vinay Vaidya, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, Phoenix Children's
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Networking Opportunities	Networking Break in Crystal Foyer
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	Panel	1. Big Ideas to Capture the Full Value of Surgical Cases	Robert Glasgow, MD, MBA, FACS, Senior Medical Director, Surgical Services, Intermountain Health Iran Villarreal-De Los Santos, Director, Surgical Services, El Centro Regional Medical Center Tobi Watts, MSN, MBA, RN, Director, Surgical Services, Mount Carmel St. Ann’s and Dublin
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	Panel	1. The Cost of Delays: Financial Strategies to Minimize Cancellations and Optimize Resources	Aubrey Pepper, MSN, RN, DHA, NE-BC, CNOR, Senior Director Nursing Surgical Services, St Jude Childrens Research Hospital Tony Spasaro, MBA, Director, Ambulatory and Surgical Services, Monument Health 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
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM	Networking Opportunities	Networking Lunch in Crystal Foyer
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	Panel	1. Smarter Surgery: How AI and Automation Are Transforming ORs	Daniel Johnson, MSN RN, Director, Surgical Services, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center Amber McLaughlin, Nurse Manager, Surgical Services, Corewell 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 Beverly Young, Director, Nursing, Perioperative Services, Baltimore Washington Medical Center, The University of Maryland-Baltimore Washington Medical center
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	Panel	1. Reimagining Clinical Leadership and the OR of the Future	Komal Bajaj, MD, Chief Quality Officer, NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi/NCB Thomas Spiegel, MD, Vice President and Chief Quality Officer, UChicago Medicine David Wild, MD, MBA, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Ballad Health Klaus Thaler, MD, MBA, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM	Networking Opportunities	Networking Break in Crystal Foyer
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Celebrity Keynote	1. Celebrity Keynote - Alex Rodriguez, Former MLB Player; Chair and Chief Executive Officer, A-Rod Corp	Alex Rodriguez, Former MLB Player; Chair and Chief Executive Officer, A-Rod Corp
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Networking Opportunities	Happy Hour in Crystal Foyer

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