Top Reasons to Join
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Earn up to 12.7 CME credits while advancing clinical, operational, and financial performance
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Compare results and benchmark your ASC against top-performing spine, orthopedic, and pain organizations
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Learn what is working now from surgeons, physicians, and ASC leaders driving sustainable growth
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Strengthen margins and throughput with proven operational strategies for spine and pain programs
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Stay ahead of change by exploring emerging technologies and care models shaping the future of ASCs
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Expand your network through high-value peer connections with decision-makers across the country
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Our event agenda includes 275+ elite ASC and MD speakers. Join the movers and shakers of the ASC industry in these important discussions. If you are interested in joining the event as a speaker, email agendateam@beckershealthcare.com for more information and opportunities.
Celebrity Keynotes

Rushia Brown
Inaugural WNBA Player; Founder, Women’s Professional Basketball Alumnae Association; Manager, Team and Player Development, Las Vegas Aces WNBA Team
Keynotes & Featured Speakers

William Prentice
Chief Executive Officer
Ambulatory Surgery Center Association

Alexander R. Vaccaro
MD, PhD, MBA
President, Rothman Orthopaedics; Professor and Chairman, Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery Department
Thomas Jefferson University

Wael Barsoum
MD
President and Chief Transformation Officer, Healthcare Outcomes Performance Company; Orthopedic Surgeon
Cleveland Clinic Florida

John Peloza
MD
Physician
PelozaSpine

Frank M. Phillips
MD
Section Head, Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, Fellowship Director, Spine Surgery and Ronald DeWald Endowed Professor, Spinal Deformities
Rush University Medical Center

Brian J. Cole
MD, MBA
Sports Medicine Orthopaedic Surgeon
Midwest Orthopaedics at RUSH

William N. Levine
MD
Frank E. Stinchfield Professor and Chair, Orthopedic Surgery Department, Chief, Shoulder Service, and Co-Director, Center for Shoulder, Elbow and Sports Medicine
NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center

Kevin J. Bozic
MD, MBA, FACS, FAAOS, FAOA
Professor and Chair, Surgery And Perioperative Care Department
Dell Medical School at UT Austin

Craig J. Della Valle
MD
Chief, Adult Reconstruction and Aaron G. Rosenberg Endowed Chair
Rush University Medical Center

Marc J. Philippon
MD
Managing Partner and Orthopaedic Surgeon, The Steadman Clinic; Chairman and Co-Director, Sports Medicine Fellowship
Steadman Philippon Research Institute

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

Nicholas Grosso
MD
President
The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics

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

Ravi K. Bashyal
MD, FAAOS
Vice-Chairman, Patient and Provider Experience; Director, Outpatient Hip and Knee Replacement Surgery, Endeavor Health;
Clinical Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago

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

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

Michael Boblitz
Chief Executive Officer
Athens Orthopedic Clinic

Jon Schmidt
Chief Administrative Officer
Rothman Orthopaedics of Florida

Fawn Esser-Lipp
MBA, BSN, CNOR, CASC
Executive Director
The Surgery Center LLC

Clay Dorenkamp
DO
Orthopedic Surgeon
Michigan Orthopedic Center

Thomas Frimpong
DO, CIME
Chief Executive Officer and Neurosurgeon
SpineMed Specialists

Tyler G. Calvi
MBA
Director, Marketing
Proliance Surgeons

Xiaofei Zhou
MD
Associate Program Director and Neurosurgeon
University Hospitals

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

Ryan D. Sauber
MD
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Allegheny Health Network

Chetan Puranik
MD
Chief Executive Officer
Centers for Pain Control

Michael R. Redler
MD
Orthopedic Surgeon, Connecticut Orthopedics; Clinical Instructor, Yale School of Medicine
Assistant Clinical Medicine Professor, Frank H. Netter School of Medicine, Quinnipiac University

Richard White
MD
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Fitzgibbons Hospital

Anne Christopher
MD
Medical Director and Chief Executive Officer
MidAmerica Spine Center

Gregory Byrd
MD
Orthopedic Surgeon
Olympia Orthopaedic Associates

Jason M. Sansone
MD
President
Orthopedic & Spine Centers of Wisconsin

Basil R. Besh
MD
Founder
Farwell Surgical Partners

Ken Rich
MD
Medical Director and Chairman, Board
Raleigh Neurosurgical Clinic

Jeff Lehmen
MD
Spine Surgeon
SSM Health Spine Surgery Center

Mohamad Bydon
MD
Chairman, Neurosurgery
University of Chicago Medicine

Patrick Y. Kim
MD
Neurosurgeon and Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery
USF Health

Jeremy Walker
MD
Co-Director, Vanderbilt Center for Neuromodulation; Interventional Pain Physician and Anesthesiology Assistant Professor
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

David Wei
MD
Chief Clinical Informatics Officer and Orthopedic Surgeon
Orthopaedic & Neurosurgery Specialists

Ben Burch
MD
Spine Surgeon
Atlanta Spine Institute

Paul Lynch
MD, DABA
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
US Pain Care

Andrew Fanous
MD, FAANS, CNS
Chairman, Surgery, Inova Mount Vernon Hospital; Section Chief, Neurosurgery, Inova Alexandria Hospital; Medical Director, Spine Program
Inova Eastern Region Hospitals

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

John Prunskis
MD, FIPP
Medical Director and Principal
DxTx Pain and Spine

Akshat Gargya
MD, FIPP
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology and Interventional Pain Medicine
University of Vermont Medical Center

Dominic Maggio
MD, MBA
Owner, Chief Executive Officer and Neurosurgeon
Legacy Spine & Neurological Specialists

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

Allison Roditi
MPH, FACHE
Vice President, Musculoskeletal Service Line
Catholic Health

Justin Blohm
Vice President
Hospital for Special Surgery at Naples Comprehensive Health

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

Jacob Rodman
Chief Executive Officer
Raleigh Neurosurgical Clinic

Rory KJ Murphy
MD
Neurosurgeon and Associate Professor, Neurosurgery Department
Barrow Neurological Institute

David Hergan
MD, MS
Chief Medical Officer, Spire Orthopedic Partners; Chief Medical Officer
Middlesex Orthopedic & Spine Associates

Brian Nwannunu
MD
Orthopedic Surgeon
Texas Joint Institute

Akshay GL. Yadhati
MD
Orthopedic Spine Surgeon
Austin Regional Clinic

Bus Tarbox
MD, MBA
President
Columbia Orthopaedic Group

Tina DiMarino
DNP, MBA
Chief Executive Officer
Custom Surgical Partners, Inc.

Deanna Sasaki-Adams
MD, MBA
Neurosurgeon, Neurosurgery Clinic, UAMS Health; Professor and Chair, Neurosurgery
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine

Georgiy Brusovanik
MD
Founder and Orthopedic Spine Surgeon
Miami Back and Neck Specialists

Leo T. Kroonen
MD, MHCDS, FAAOS
Chief, Orthopaedic Surgery
Kaiser Permanente

Christian Péan
MD, MS
Executive Director, AI and IT Innovation, Orthopaedic Surgery Department, Duke University School of Medicine; Core Faculty
Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy

Chad Mather III
MD, MBA
Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
Duke University School of Medicine

Jie Yao
MD
Shoulder and Elbow Surgeon
NYU Langone Health

Joseph A. Bosco
MD
Vice Chair, Systemwide Chief, Quality and Victor H. Frankel, MD, PhD Professor, Orthopedics
NYU Langone Orthopedics
Gbolahan O. Okubadejo
MD, FAAOS
Chief Executive Officer, Founder and Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon
Institute for Comprehensive Spine Care
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