Leadership 
On Sunday, Oct. 4, from 2:00 to 5:00 pm ET, five experienced perioperative leaders with a deep sense of mission about helping the next generation grow and thrive in their careers will assemble for our New Periop Leaders Preconference Workshop to kick off Periop Leader Week. (Register for the preconference…
Randy Heiser, MA, BA, closed out our final OR Business Management Summit in February with a dazzlingly forward-looking and enjoyable talk. Now we’re bringing his insight to the entire Periop Leader Week community. We’re excited and proud to announce that Mr. Heiser, president of Sullivan Healthcare Consulting, will be our…
When a hospital is deciding where to invest its capital dollars, every department competes for a slice of a finite pie. While ORs vie for new equipment, technology or renovations, the SPD needs a new sterilizer; radiology seeks a new C-arm, and other departments are looking for their own upgrades.…
In a new white paper, anesthesia management services provider North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA) examines how workplace culture impacts anesthesia staffing and performance. In a press release, NAPA states, “When an anesthesiology department struggles with turnover, staffing instability, or inconsistent results, healthcare leaders often respond with familiar operational solutions:…
Workplace belonging expert to open October conference with session on human connection, team retention, and leading in the age of AI ROCKVILLE, MD – June 29, 2026 – Periop Leader Week, the national perioperative leadership event uniting the OR Manager Conference and OR Business Management Summit communities, has announced that…
Periop Leader Network is looking for the ASC Leader of the Year...and we’re counting on you to help us find them by August 15! The Periop Leader Awards honor perioperative leaders who are making strides to better the experience of surgical patients, improve OR operations, drive healthcare innovation, and inspire…
“Please come to the OR. We have moisture in our tray.” My hope is that you never hear these words. But if you do, leadership must act quickly to protect patient safety. Understanding the risk Sterilization is designed to remove harmful microorganisms, but sterility depends on keeping items dry after…
I have walked into a lot of organizations over the last decade. Different industries. Different leadership teams. Different problems on the surface. But the same failure lurked underneath almost every single one. Nobody built the leaders on purpose. When I stepped into the perioperative space three years ago, I did…
Performance improvement isn’t just about turnaround times, first case on-time starts, or block utilization. A less quantitative performance measure often doesn’t receive the attention it should: the workplace culture in the perioperative suite, the ramifications of which can positively or negatively impact success in those more familiar performance metrics and…
Would you like to address your peers in the perioperative leadership community? Have you solved a problem, struggled with a challenge, identified a trend, felt a long-running frustration you can’t contain for much longer? Have you accomplished something great, and want to tell the industry about it? Have you always…
