Your Periop Leadership Community
Meets in Savannah This October
Meet the Voices Behind Periop Leader Week
The speakers at Periop Leader Week are leaders just like you: directors, managers, administrators, and business professionals who live and breathe perioperative services every day. They represent the full spectrum of our community: hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, perianesthesia care, sterile processing, and beyond.
These aren’t just keynote names on a program. They’re colleagues who’ve tackled the same staffing challenges, navigated the same operational pressures, and built teams that thrive in some of healthcare’s most demanding environments.
Come ready to learn from people who get it, because they’re in it with you.
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Hazel Boyd, MBA
Operations Manager, Transition & Occupancy PlanningBoston Children's Hospital -
Robert Campbell, PharmD, BCSCP
Vice President of Accreditation/Certification Program Development and Accreditation ManagementJoint Commission -
Janet L. Carlson, MSN, BSN, RN, NE-BC, FACHE
CEO and Co-FounderVertex Surgical Solutions -
Leiran Cornish, MBA-HM, BSN, RN, LSSGB
Assistant Vice President, Surgical ServicesSt. Joseph's Health -
Geri Eaves, BSN, RN, CASC, CNOR
Vice President of Ambulatory ServicesMedHQ/Avanza Strategies -
Jeffrey Eckdahl, RN, BSN, MBA, CSSM
Director of Surgical ServicesGuthrie Lourdes Hospital -
Laurie Farmer, MSN, RN
Principal ConsultantPatton Healthcare Consulting -
Nyleen I. Flores, BA, FMSP, CPMSM, CPCS, CPCO, CPES, CASC
AdministratorLake Oconee Orthopedics -
Edna Gilliam, DNP, MBA, RN, CNOR, NEA-BC
Assistant Vice President, Perioperative Services and SPD, DVNemours Children's Health -
Sharon Goodman, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, CPNP
Director of Clinical Professional Development, Pediatric Service LineNorthwell Health Cohen Children's Medical Center -
Katherine Gonzales, RN, BSN, MSM, CSSM, CNOR
Director of Surgical ServicesMemorial Healthcare System -
Cindy Hess, MSN, RN, FNP-C, CNAMB
Director of NursingNortheast Missouri Ambulatory Surgery Center -
Kathleen Hickman, RN, BSN, MS, CASC, CLI
Administrator/Clinical DirectorDutchess Ambulatory Surgical Center -
Karen Hinsley, MSN, RN, CCRN
Clinical Operations Manager, Transition & Occupancy PlanningBoston Children's Hospital -
Tracy Hoeft-Hoffman, MBA, MSN, RN, CASC
AdministratorHeartland Surgery Center -
Garrett Hollembeak CRCST, CIS, CHL, CER, CIC
Editor-in-ChiefTransmission Control -
Dekeisha Howard, MSN, RN, NE-BC
Director of Perioperative ServicesChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia -
Georgina Hurley, MSN, RN, CNOR
Senior Clinical Director, Perioperative Nursing, Hospital of the University of PennsylvaniaPenn Medicine -
Sinéad Ingersoll, FACHE, FACMPE, MHA
Chief Operating OfficerSt. Lawrence Region of Rochester Regional Health -
Jacqueline Jenkins, RN, MSN, CNOR
Director of Perioperative ServicesNemours Children's Health -
Leslie Jebson, MHA, MBA, FACHE, FACMPE
System Administrator, The Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Institute/Outpatient TherapiesPrisma Health -
Jennifer Jump, DNP, MSN, MBA, BSN, RN, NE-BC, CRNFA-E, CNOR
CEOJenVo Strategies -
Beverly Kirchner, MSN, RN, CNOR, CNAMB
Vice President of ComplianceTriasMD -
Malcolm Ladines, MS, MLS, BSN, RN, CSSBB, CQIA
Business Director, Perioperative Services, Baylor University Medical CenterBaylor Scott & White Health -
Lee Levanduski
CEOTriasMD -
Paige MacConnell, MHA
System Manager, Business Operations | Surgical ServicesThe Guthrie Clinic -
Jacquelyn Mancini, MBA
Director, Perioperative Business ServicesJefferson Health-Lehigh Region -
Ann Marie Morris, MSN, RN, CNOR, CSSGB
Associate Clinical Director, Perioperative Quality, Safety, and Education, Hospital of the University of PennsylvaniaPenn Medicine -
Barry A. McElyea, MSN, RN, CNOR, NE-BC, FACHE
System Vice President, Perioperative ServicesThe Guthrie Clinic -
Carol Pehotsky, DNP, RN, CPAN, NEA-BC
Associate Chief Nursing Officer, Surgical, Procedural, and Dialysis NursingCleveland Clinic -
Heidi Pieper, MHA, LSSGB
Program Director, Robotic and Minimally Invasive Surgery ProgramThe Ohio State University Wexner Center -
Dykisha Potter, MPP
Workforce Pipeline Development CoordinatorNemours Children's Health -
Smiley Poswolsky
Workplace Culture & Belonging ExpertSmiley Poswolsky LLC -
Douglas Reynolds, MBA
Business Manager, SLH Surgical Services, Canton Potsdam Hospital, Massena Hospital, Gouverneur HospitalSt. Lawrence Region of Rochester Regional Health -
Jennifer Rovegno, RN, BSN, ACC
FounderJSR Coaching -
Yessenia V. Salgado, DNP, RN, NE-BC, CNOR
Senior Director of Clinical Operations, Surgical and Procedural ServicesTampa General Hospital -
Barbara Shannon, DNP, MBA, MSN, BSN, RN, CNOR
Administrator, Surgery Center, MalvernNemours Children's Health -
Jennifer L. Simonetti, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, CPN, CPXP
Senior Director, Patient & Customer Experience; Magnet Program, Cultural LeaderNorthwell Health Cohen Children's Medical Center -
Carmen Sincerbeaux, MA, BSN, RN, CNOR, NPD-BC
Consulting Nurse Educator -
Sharon Udy-Janczuk, EdD, MSN, RN, CNOR-PEDS, CPN, NE-BC
Perioperative Services, Clinical Nurse Educator, Transition to PracticeNemours Children's Health -
Kate Ulrich, MS, BSN, RN, NEA-BC
Nurse Executive, Perioperative and Surgical Services Leader -
Alexandre Warman, DBA, CEBA
Administrator, Perioperative Business ServicesJefferson Health-Lehigh Region -
Wayne Zeh Wellington, DNP, MSN, RN, NE-BC
Director of Surgical Services - Procedural CareAnn & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
