Multiple Tracks And Networking Opportunities

Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD, PhDIn addition of being President of Rothman Institute, Vaccaro is Professor and Chairman of Orthopaedic Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University. He is the past President of the American Spinal Injury Association. He has over 650 peer reviewed publications and is the editor of over 54 textbooks and co-editor of OKU-Spine I and editor of OKU-8.

Kevin J. Bozic, MD, MBADr. Bozic is the Chair of Surgery and Perioperative Care at the Dell Medical School at UT Austin. He is an internationally recognized leader in orthopaedic surgery and value-based health care payment and delivery models. Dr. Bozic is the 2nd Vice President of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) and will assume the position of President in March 2023.

Nadav Tomer, MDDr. Tomer serves as the Global President, DePuy Synthes Spine of DePuy Synthes Companies. He previously served as the Global Strategic Marketing Vice President for DePuy Synthes Spine as well as the Regional Vice President in Diabetes Care, EMEA for Johnson & Johnson.

Mark A. Frankle, MDDr. Frankle currently serves as the Immediate Past-President of the Society of American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons. He is the director of the Biomechanical Shoulder and Elbow Research Lab at the University of South Florida College of Engineering. He is also the director of the Shoulder and Elbow fellowship program, a collaborative effort between Florida Orthopaedic Institute and the Foundation for Orthopaedic Research and Education.

James R. Ficke, MD, FACS, FAAOSDr. Ficke is The Robert A. Robinson Professor and Chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Retired after 30 years of service in the US Army, his last military assignment was Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedics at San Antonio Military Medical Center. While on Active Duty, he was deployed to Iraq as a senior orthopaedic surgeon-in-country, and Deputy Commander for the 228th Combat Support Hospital.

Roy Winston, MDDr. Winston is the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) at Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Dr. Winston is an honorably discharged veteran of the U.S. Navy, a board certified anesthesiologist, and was most recently the chair of Anesthesiology at Palm Beach Children’s Hospital and St. Mary’s Medical Center. He served on The Georgia Composite State Board of Medical Examiners as Vice President and President Elect, and worked with the legislature to create and modify healthcare policy.

Leopoldo Rodriguez, MD, MBA, FAAP, FASA, SAMBA-FDr. Rodriguez is the Immediate Past-President of the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia (SAMBA). He is presently the President of the Florida Society of Anesthesiologists, ASA Delegate of the Florida Society of Anesthesiologists. He chairs the ASA Committee on Ambulatory Surgical Care, is a Member of the Committee on Performance and Outcome Measures (CPOM), and has been the Medical Director of the Surgery Center of Aventura since 2008.

David Jacofsky, MDDr. Jacofsky is a respected authority in health care reform strategies for payors, providers, and health systems. Dr. Jacofsky has extensive background in business management and is the founder, CEO and Chairman of HOPCo (Health Outcomes Performance Company), The CORE Institute®, and its affiliated entities. Dr. Jacofsky is on the Editorial Review Board of multiple journals, has published over 100 articles, 27 book chapters, and 3 textbooks. He is also an inventor listed on over 30 patents.

Zeev N. Kain, MD, MBAKain is a thought leader in Orthopedic Value based care and an international expert on Perioperative Surgical Home and enhanced recovery. He is also a national leader in perioperative digital health. He previously served as Chair of Anesthesiology and Associate Dean of Clinical Operations Officer in UC Irvine Health.

Michael Suk MD, JD, MPH, MBA, FACSSuk is chair of the Geisinger Musculoskeletal Institute and the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and is also the chief physician officer for Geisinger System Services. He is on the editorial board of several orthopaedic journals, author of numerous scientific articles and a textbook. He is a national authority on VBC in the orthopedic space.

Katherine Grichnik, MD, MS, FASEDr. Grichnik the Chief of Anesthesiology Services at Surgical Care Affiliates, where she supports strategic partnerships and business models to create stakeholder value, ensures aligned and skilled anesthesiology professional services and collaborates to enhance quality of care, facility operational success, ensure safety, create risk visibility, and support its resolution. She has served as the past President of American Anesthesiology as well as the previous CMO for the Cleveland Clinic’s Indian River Hospital.

Wael K. Barsoum, MDDr. Barsoum is currently the President and Chief Transformation Officer at Healthcare Outcomes Performance Company (HOPCo) where he leads the company’s market transformation initiatives along with growth and clinical integration strategies. He spearheads the MSK service line hospital integration, specialty hospitals, quality programs, and operations. Prior to joining HOPCo, he was the CEO and President of Cleveland Clinic Florida.

Leo Spector, MD, MBADr. Spector is the Chief Quality Officer overseeing the value-based care program at OrthoCarolina in Charlotte. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Lumbar Spine Research Society where he chairs the Ethics Committee. He was the Spine Fellowship Director at OrthoCarolina and is Past President of the North Carolina Spine Society.

Randy Fagin, MDDr. Randy Fagin is the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for the National Group at HCA Healthcare, the world’s largest hospital management company with over 2,000 sites of care across the United States and the United Kingdom.  Prior to this role Dr. Fagin served as HCA Healthcare’s Vice President for Surgical Service Lines.

Scott Boden, MDDr. Boden serves as the Chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgeryat the Emory University School of Medicine, Director of the Emory Orthopaedics & Spine Center, Chief Medical Officer/Chief Quality Officer (CMO/CQO) of The Emory University Orthopaedics & Spine Hospital, and Vice President of Business Innovation for Emory Healthcare. He also has been the catalyst for creative long term partnerships between Emory andmajor league sports teams in the NBA, MLB, NFL, and WNBA.

Ranjan Gupta, MDDr. Gupta is a world renown orthopedic surgeon and researcher who had been continuously funded by NIH-NINDS since 2000. Gupta has previously served as Chair of Orthopedics at UCI and has received numerous awards such as the NIH Career Development Award from the NINDS-NIH.

Michele M. Hughes, DNP, APRN, ACNP-BC, ONP-CDr. Hughes has practiced as an inpatient acute care nurse practitioner in orthoapedics for 18 years. As a provider, Executive Board Director for the National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses, and the leader for Inpatient Advanced Practice Clinicians for the Richmond, VA facilities of Bon Secours Mercy Health, Dr. Hughes uses research and QA/QI initiatives to improve patient care beyond the bedside.

Nader Samii, JD, MBAHe is the CEO of the largest and most reputable revenue cycle management company in the ASC market. Prior to National Medical, Nader was the president of Ajuba International, an award-winning health care revenue cycle company. Prior to Ajuba International, Nader was an investment banker focused on mergers and acquisitions at both Merrill Lynch in and UBS, and also served as a corporate finance attorney at Dykema Gossett.

Benjamin A. Alman, MDDr. Benjamin Alman is Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery at Duke University. He has oversight for a practice innovation unit that trials innovative care methods. In addition to his clinical practice in pediatric orthopedics, he holds several NIH funded projects examining the role of developmental cell processes in musculoskeletal pathologic conditions. Some of this work has been translated to patient care.

Jacob Hutchins, MD, MHADr. Hutchins is currently the executive medical director of the M Health Fairview Ambulatory Surgery Center and also the division director of the Regional Anesthesia, Acute Pain, and Ambulatory Surgery at the University of Minnesota. His research also explores the area of long acting local anesthetics for postoperative pain control in a variety of surgical procedures and management of acute postoperative pain in ambulatory surgery.

Patrice M. Hallak, PT, MBAMs. Hallak is the Executive Director of the Orthopedic and Neuroscience Clinical Institutes for Providence Southern California. In this role, she leads the strategic planning, clinical integration, performance improvement, and program development at 11 Providence hospitals and multiple ambulatory entities.

Neil Ravitz, MBAMr. Ravitz is the Chief Operating Officer for the Department of Orthopaedics and the Chief Administrative Officer for the Musculoskeletal Service Line and is in charge of all business functions, strategy and operations for Penn Orthpaedics across the region. He previously was the Associate Executive Director at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center where he oversaw the business operations of Medicine, Surgery, Oncology, Wound Care, and the outpatient surgery center.

Aric A. Christal, MDDr. Christal is a Seattle-based, fellowship-trained joint preservation and joint replacement surgeon who specializes in robotic-assisted and outpatient arthroplasty. Dr. Christal was a key participant in the design and construction of Washington's first purpose-built outpatient arthroplasty center, where he currently serves as medical director. He is actively engaged in helping other surgeons establish similar centers throughout the country.

Vinod Dasa, MDDr. Dasa serves as vice chair for academic affairs for the department of Orthopedics, Irvin Cahen endowed chair for research, and chair of the LSU clinical practice leadership group. He is the co-founder and chief medical officer for an innovative start up, SIGHT Medical and helped co found a novel medical education platform: DOC SOCIAL. He has developed surgical techniques to allow outpatient opioid free total knee replacement and pioneered the use of cutting edge technologies such as iovera.

Michael Scott, MD, ChB, FRCP,FRCA, FFICMDr. Scott is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He is also the Division Chief for Surgical and Neuroscience Critical Care Medicine. He has published extensively on hemodynamic monitoring, fluid therapy and the stress response for surgery within an ERAS Protocol. He was a member of the WHO Education Committee and Member and author of the World Health Organization LIFEBOX Project.

Andrew I. Spitzer, MDDr. Spitzer is a Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Clinical Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery, and Co-director of the Joint Replacement Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He completed the Harvard Surgical Leadership Program, publishes and lectures regularly, is a reviewer for many Orthopaedic Journals, and is passionate about the nonoperative management of osteoarthritis of the hip and knee.

David StackMr. Stack serves as Chairman and CEO of Pacira BioSciences, Inc. He previously served as Managing Director of MPM Capital; President and CEO of The Medicines Company; and President and General Manager at Innovex, Inc., along with other key leadership roles at Immunomedics and Roche Laboratories.

Katie M. Szyman, MBAKatie Szyman is the corporate vice president and responsible for the company’s global critical care and vascular business. Previously, she held a variety of roles with increasing levels of responsibility for more than 20 years at Medtronic, plc, where she served as its senior vice president and president of the global diabetes business, overseeing research, development, operations, sales and marketing for the company’s insulin infusion pumps and continuous glucose monitoring systems.

Ira Kirschenbaum, MDDr. Kirschenbaum is the Chair of Orthopedics at BronxCare Health System. Notable and unique career as an orthopaedic surgeon with in-depth and wide-breadth entrepreneurial, corporate and non-profit experience in operations leadership, process reengineering, information technology, and innovation design.

Monty G Mythen, MBBS MD FRCA FFICM FCAI(hon)Smiths Medical Professor of Anaesthesia and Critical Care at University College London; Chair, Evidence Based Perioperative Medicine (EBPOM). Founding Editor-in-Chief of Perioperative Medicine; Editorial Board British Journal of Anaesthesia; Founding Editor-in-Chief TopMedTalk; Founding Board Member Perioperative Quality Initiative (POQI).

Jim Goodman, MBAMr. Goodman is a Vice President of Healthcare Systems with Smith and Nephew. Focused on contracting, transforming teams, improving business processes, increasing overall performance, and improving the customer experience within all divisions of S+N, (Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine). Exploring innovative partnerships that deliver clinical, operational, and financial value to some of the largest healthcare systems. An experienced medical device executive with over 28 years of experience with past leadership roles with Boston Scientific, Tyco/Kendall Healthcare, Johnson and Johnson.

Scott AllenScott joined National Medical Billing Services in 2008 and is the Senior Vice President of Managed Care Contracting. Scott manages all aspects of ASC managed care contracts which include analysis of language and rates, contract audits, developing best practices for implementing standard operating procedures for managed care contracts throughout the revenue cycles. He serves on the Payor Relations Committee of the Healthcare Billing Management Association and has lobbied on Capitol Hill for the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association.

David Crawford, MD

Jaime Hernandez

Michael Kimball

Controversies in Blood Pressure Management: What should the current standard be?

Even short durations of low blood pressure in surgical patients, historically thought to be benign, are now known to be associated with increased risk of kidney injury, myocardial injury and even death. This session will review the current evidence against existing standards, and incorporate discussion on what should be communicated within multi-disciplinary care teams and even with patients.

The dynamics of the patient journey are experiencing substantial change. Driven by the expectations of younger, more active patients, as well as evolving healthcare economics and advances made in minimally invasive surgical techniques, significant opportunities exist for those seeking arthroplasty in a same-day setting. This discussion will explore the changing dogma for the ASC, exploring what has worked, the way forward, and how vendor partnerships may play a vital role in future success.

Description for when your mouse hovers over it: Join the conversation and learn how to maximize ASC outcomes and efficiencies with world class surgeons. Smith+Nephew Life Unlimited faculty members leading the discussion are Dr. Jaime Hernandez, MD of Southern California Orthopedic Institute and Dr. Michael Kimball, MD of Girard Orthopedic Surgeons moderated by Dr. Aric Christal, MD of Proliance Surgeons.