Meet the Speakers Headlining 

Becker's 22nd Annual Spine, Orthopedic and Pain Management-Driven ASC + The Future of Spine Conference

Our event roster includes 195+ elite hospital and health system speakers. Join the movers and shakers of the industry in these important discussions.

2024 CELEBRITY KEYNOTES


Lance Armstrong
Seven-time Tour de France winner, Cancer Survivor, Podcast Host, Endurance Athlete, and Managing Partner, Next Ventures

Doc Rivers
Head Coach of the NBA Milwaukee Bucks

KEYNOTES & KEYNOTE PANELISTS


Ali Araghi
DO
Director, Spine Division
The CORE Institute

Basil Besh
MD
Medical Director
Precision SurgiCenter

Scott Blumenthal
MD
Orthopedic Spine Surgeon and Co-Director, Center for Disc Replacement
Texas Back Institute

Michael Boblitz
Chief Executive Officer
Tallahassee Orthopedic Clinic

John Brown
Administrative Director, Musculoskeletal Institute
AdventHealth

Adam J. Bruggeman
MD
Chief Executive Officer and Surgeon
Texas Spine Care Center

Mohamad Bydon
MD
Neurosurgeon
Mayo Clinic

Aaron Chamberlain
MD, MSc, MBA
Senior Medical Director, Musculoskeletal Clinical Program
Intermountain Healthcare

Caitlin Colangelo
BSN, RN
Administrator, Surgery Center
Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute

Brian J. Cole
MD, MBA
Professor, Acting Chair, and Managing Partner, Orthopaedics Department and Midwest Orthopaedics
Rush

Jennifer Danner
BSN, RN
Senior Director, Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute

Greg DeConciliis
PA-C, CASC
Administrator
Boston Out­Patient Surgical Suites

Harel Deutsch
MD
Co-Director, Rush Spine Center
Rush University Medical Center

Hazem Eltahawy
MD, MHCM, FRCS, FACS
President and Neurosurgeon
Neurosurgery and Spine Care Center

Andrew A. Fanous
MD, FAANS, CNS
Section Chief, Neurosurgery
Inova Alexandria Hospital

Kevin Fleming
MBA, FACHE
Vice President, Orthopedic Institute
AdventHealth Central Florida Division

Jeffrey Flynn
CASC
Administrator and Chief Executive Officer, Gramercy Surgery Center; President
New York State Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers

Brian Gantwerker
MD
Spine Surgeon and Neurosurgeon
The Craniospinal Center of Los Angeles

Nicholas Grosso
MD, FAAOS
President
The Center for Advanced Orthopaedics

Scott Hannum
MD
President and Medical Director
EmergeOrtho – Coastal ASC

Steve Holtzclaw
MD, MBA
Chief Executive Officer
U.S. Orthopaedic Partners

Raymond Hwang
MD, MEng, MBA
Assistant Professor, Orthopedic Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine; Spine Surgeon
Boston Orthopedic and Spine

Ezriel Kornel
MD
Spine Surgeon
Somers Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine Group

Andrew Lovewell
MHA, MSHI, FACHE, FACHDM
Chief Executive Officer
Columbia Orthopaedic Group

David Mackey
MD
Professor, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine Department
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Dominic Maggio
MD, MBA
Neurosurgeon, Legacy Surgery Center
Legacy Spine & Neurological Specialists

Vishal Mehta
MD
President and Managing Partner
Fox Valley Orthopaedic Institute

Robert Norton
MD, FAAOS
Founding Partner and Spine Surgeon
Florida Spine Associates

Peter Passias
MD
Professor, Duke School of Medicine; Associate Chief of Spinal Surgery, Departments of Orthopaedic and Neurological Surgery
Duke University Hospital

John Peloza
MD
Orthopedic Spine Surgeon
Midwest Orthopedic and Spine

Frank M. Phillips
MD
Director, Spine Surgery Division, Section Head, Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Spine Surgery Fellowship Co-Director
Rush University Medical Center

Michael Redler
MD
Orthopedic Surgeon, Connecticut Orthopedics; Orthopedics Visiting Assistant Clinical Professor, University of Virginia; Assistant Clinical Medicine Professor, Frank H. Netter School of Medicine
Connecticut Orthopedics

Ken Rich
MD
President
Raleigh Neurosurgical Clinic

Jacob Rodman
Chief Executive Officer
Raleigh Neurosurgical Clinic

Alexander Satin
MD
Spine Surgeon and Co-Director, Spine Fellowship
Texas Back Institute

Jon Schmidt
Vice President, Operations
Rothman Orthopaedics of Florida

Daniel Sciubba
Chair and Neurosurgery Professor
Northwell Health

Bus Tarbox
MD, MBA
President
Columbia Orthopaedic Group

Jennifer Taylor
BSN CASC
Director, ASC Services
Spine Team Texas

Elaina Turner
MSN, RN, CNOR, T-CSCT, CHCM
Administrator
Commonwealth Pain and Spine

Albert Wong
MD
Director, Spine Surgery and Neurosurgeon
DOCS Health and Cedars Sinai