The right leaders. Real conversations.
Periop Leader Week brought hospital, ASC, and business leaders together in Savannah. Here is who walked your aisles, what they decide, and what they told us about the Periop Networking & Innovation Hall.
October 4 to 7, 2026, at the Savannah Convention Center. Tools, Answers, and Allies for Every Perioperative Leader.
- Registered attendees
- 408
- At director level or above
- 51%
- Play a role in purchasing
- 79%
- Of surveyed attendees spent 3+ hours in the Hall
- 75%
A room of experienced leaders
Hospital operations, ASC leadership, and business performance came together as equal pillars of the event. More than half of attendees were directors or above, and most have spent years leading in the perioperative space.
- 51%are director level or above
- 72%have led in a perioperative managerial role for 4 or more years
- 34%have more than 10 years in that role
- 45%of those reporting oversee 16 or more ORs
Job level
- Director or Assistant Director38%
- Manager, Supervisor, Charge, or Lead38%
- C-Level, Executive, President, or Owner9%
- SVP, VP, or AVP4%
- Coordinator3%
- Other8%
Professional title
From coast to coast
Attendees by state, from 43 states plus DC and international guests
Where they work
- Academic hospital22%
- Health system18%
- Community hospital15%
- Ambulatory surgery center13%
- Children's hospital8%
- Critical access or rural hospital7%
- Other, including consulting18%
Top states: FL (46), TX (31), CA (28), GA (23), NY (19).
Hospitals, health systems, and ASCs in the room
Unique provider organizations represented at Periop Leader Week. Names shown as entered at registration, with variations combined.
- AdventHealth
- Altru Health System
- Atrium Health
- Baptist Health
- Baylor Scott & White Health
- Bingham Memorial Hospital
- Boston Children's Hospital
- Bridgeport Hospital
- CalvertHealth
- Carolina Center For Specialty Surgery
- Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- Christus Trinity Mother Frances Hospital
- Confluence Health Hospital
- Cooper University Health Care
- Corewell Health Grand Rapids
- Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
- Dutchess Ambulatory Surgical Center
- Firelands Health
- Forrest General Hospital
- Geisinger Health System
- Guthrie
- HCA
- Highland Hospital
- Hospital for Special Surgery
- Houston Methodist
- Huntington Hospital
- Jefferson Health
- Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
- King Faisal Specialist Hospital
- LCMC Health
- Logan Health Medical Center
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Mckenzie Health
- Memorial Healthcare System
- Methodist Hospital, Park Nicollet
- Missoula Bone and Joint Surgery Center
- Nemours Children's Health
- Newton-Wellesley Hospital
- Northwell Health
- NYU
- Ophthalmology Center of Brevard
- OrthoVirginia
- Overlake Hospital
- Pelham Medical Center
- Piedmont Newton
- Prisma Health
- Regions Hospital
- Rochester Regional Health
- Saint Francis Healthcare
- Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center
- Sauk Prairie Healthcare
- Sengkang General Hospital
- Shriners Children's Lexington
- Singing River Health System
- Springfield Memorial Hospital
- St. Joseph's/Candler
- St. Luke's Health System
- Summit Orthopedics
- Sutter Health
- Tampa General Hospital
- The Surgery Center LLC
- U of L Hospital
- UConn Health
- UK HealthCare
- Unity Physicians Hospital
- University Medical Center
- University of Maryland Medical System
- University of Rochester Medical Center
- UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
- UVA Health
- Valley Health
- Virtua
- Woman's Hospital
- WVU Medicine
- Alexandra Hospital
- Ascension Jane Phillips Medical Center
- Banner University Medical Center
- BayCare
- Benefis Health System
- Blaine Orthopedic Surgery Center
- Bozeman Health
- Brown University Health
- Carlinville Area Hospital and Clinics
- Central Peninsula Hospital
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles
- Children's of Alabama
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital
- Cook Children's Medical Center
- Copper Ridge Surgery Center
- Crawford Memorial Hospital
- Duke
- Emory Healthcare
- FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital
- Froedtert & ThedaCare Health
- Grant Regional Health Center
- Hartford Surgery Center
- Heartland Surgery Center
- HonorHealth
- Hospital of the University of PA
- Hunterdon Center for Surgery
- Inova Loudoun Ambulatory Surgery Center
- Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare
- Kaiser Permanente
- Lake Park Surgery Center
- Lima Memorial Health System
- Madison Surgery Center
- Mayo Clinic
- MedStar Health
- Memorial Hermann
- Midland Memorial Hospital
- National Institutes of Health
- New London Hospital
- Northeast Missouri ASC
- Northwestern Medicine
- OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital
- Orlando Health
- OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center
- Pain Treatment Centers of Georgia
- Phoenix Children's
- Precision Care Surgery Center
- Redlands Community Hospital
- Riverfront Surgery Center
- Rush University Medical Center
- Salem Health
- Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
- Scheurer Health
- Shannon Medical Center
- Sinai Chicago
- Southern Illinois Healthcare
- St. Joseph's Health
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
- Suburban Hospital
- SUNY Upstate Medical University
- Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare
- The Ohio State University
- TriasMD
- UAB (University of Alabama at Birmingham)
- UF Health
- UNC Health
- Universal Health Services (UHS)
- University of Iowa Healthcare
- University of Miami
- University of Washington Medical Center
- UTMB
- VA San Diego Healthcare System
- Virginia Mason
- Wellstar Health System
- Wray Hospital
They shape what gets bought
These leaders came with budgets, evaluation committees, and shortlists. Nearly all surveyed attendees said they influence purchasing of the products and services exhibited.
- 79%play a role in purchasing at their institution
- 56%recommend new products
- 27%hold final decision-making authority
- 94%of attendees have sole, joint, or advisory influence over what is exhibited
Their role in purchasing
What they asked to see
- 47%Patient Safety
- 41%Capital equipment
- 41%Education
- 38%Infection control and prevention
- 37%Scheduling
- 36%Career, staffing, and recruitment
- 33%Cleaning and sterilization
- 32%Robotics
- 30%Positioning
- 29%IT, software, and hardware
- 63%heard about the event from a colleague or a prior attendee
- 73%of surveyed attendees came with at least one colleague
- 51%of surveyed attendees had attended before
A Hall built for conversations
The Periop Networking & Innovation Hall was open Monday afternoon and Tuesday, with education, receptions, and activities right beside your booth. Every pass included Hall access.
- Opening Welcome Reception in the HallMonday, 4:30 to 6:00 PM, with food, drinks, and interactive experiences.
- Education on the Hall floorPartner theaters, poster presentations with CE credit, peer-to-peer roundtables, and a live game show.
- The Break Room and moreChair massages, coffee, puppies, headshots, prize giveaways, and a dessert break.
increase in exhibitor company and exhibitor representative views in the mobile app over 2025
Exhibitors got more attention in the app
Attendees used the Periop Leader Week mobile app to find exhibitors, connect with peers, and book meetings. Compared with 2025, engagement grew across the board.
- ~3%increase in connections made in the mobile app
- 3.5%increase in accepted meetings made in the mobile app
What attendees told us
Attendees shared their feedback in our post-event survey. Here is what stood out for the Hall and for the partners in it.
What the Hall delivered
Share fairly or very satisfied that they achieved each goal, among attendees who rated it
Objectives met
Share fairly or very satisfied, among attendees who named each objective
Met their goal of seeing new products and innovations 84%
Met their goal of networking across the industry 83%
Met their goal of meeting current suppliers and vendors 91%
Time spent in the Hall
Share of survey respondents
Source: Periop Leader Week 2026 attendee survey
In their words
“The educational presentations were very insightful and I enjoyed the exhibit hall and all the things offered to disconnect and relax. I have a lot to take back to my team.”
“Content options are amazing, networking opportunities, abundance of cutting-edge vendor technology.”
“Very well run, very organized, great assortment of topics, lots of oversight, great vendor hall plus activities.”
“It was a great place to connect and network with colleagues across perioperative services. People that understand and are dealing with the same type of issues.”
See you in Indianapolis in 2027
Periop Leader Week returns next year. Tell us you want to be in the Hall.
