Anthony Rizzo
World Series Champion and Three-Time MLB All-Star
Speakers
200+ Speakers — The Leaders Running ASCs Today
The lineup at Becker’s 32nd Annual: The Business and Operations of ASCs reflects the people making decisions inside leading ASCs right now. It includes CEOs, administrators, COOs, and physician leaders responsible for growth, operations, and financial performance. This is one of the few events where more ASC executives are in the room than at any other conference. The same leaders you benchmark against are the ones on stage.
About the Conference
Speakers come to be part of the conversations you need to be in
The roster is built around one question: who does this audience need in the conversation? Speakers are selected based on the decisions they own, the systems they run, and the peers they work alongside.
Featured Speakers
Celebrity Keynotes
Leadership looks the same at the top
Select sessions bring in leaders from outside healthcare who have performed at the highest level under pressure. Their perspective sits alongside a program built around hospital and health system executives.
Kevin O'Leary
Star of ABC’s 'Shark Tank', Top Business Speaker, Serial Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist and Investor Featured in Harvard Business Review Case Study in 2023
Speaker Lineup
Explore the full 2026 speaker lineup
Browse and explore all 200+ confirmed speakers across the program.
| Full Name | Job Title | Company |
|---|---|---|
| Abdul Aadam | Director, Interventional Endoscopy and Medical Director, Global Services | Northwestern Medicine |
| Alaa Abd-Elsayed | Medical Director | UW Health Pain Services, UW Pain Clinic |
| Jason Acevedo | President | Elm Place Ambulatory Surgery Center |
| Stacy Acketz | Chief Executive Officer | Allina Health Minneapolis Heart Institute Surgery Center |
| JC Alvarez | Medical Director | Bone and joint Surgical suites |
| Anish Amin | System Medical Chief, Cardiac Electrophysiology | OhioHealth Heart and Vascular Physicians |
| Magdalena Anitescu | President-elect, North American Neuromodulation Society; Pain Management Division Chief and Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Professor | University of Chicago Medicine |
| Solomon Aronson | Associate Chief Medical Officer | Somnia Anesthesia |
| Elisa Auguste | Administrator | Precision Care Surgery Center |
| Ruben J. Azocar | Professor and the Merryl and Sam Israel Chair, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine | Tulane University School of Medicine |
| Vijay Bachani | President and Chief Growth Officer | Strive Surgical |
| Lauren Baker | Vice President, Strategy - Strategic Partnerships | Ascension Texas |
| Ravi K. Bashyal | 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 |
| Braden Batkoff | Senior Vice President, Service Line Development and Strategic Partnerships | Constitution Surgery Alliance |
| Linda Bedwell | Director | Powder River Surgery Center |
| Curtis Bernstein | Partner | Pinnacle Healthcare Consulting |
| Adam Berry | Chief Executive Officer | Summit Orthopedics |
| Basil R. Besh | Founder | Farwell Surgical Partners |
| John Brady | Chief Executive Officer | Fox Valley Orthopedics |
| Peter Bravos | Chief Medical Officer, Surgery Center Division and North Medical Group | Sutter Health |
| Ray Brown | Chief Executive Officer and Director, Business Development | Lake Lucien Surgery Center |
| Beverly Bryant | Administrator | Bluffton-Okatie Surgery Center |
| Kendra Budziszewski | Perioperative Supervisor | Orthopaedic Associates of Wisconsin |
| Lori Callahan | Director, ASC Regional | OrthoIllinois |
| Kenneth Candido | Former Chairman and President, CAA and CAPS | Chicago Anesthesia Pain Specialists |
| Kayla Carey | Chief Operating Officer | Ambulatory Anesthesia Care |
| Janet Carlson | Chief Executive Officer and Founder | Vertex Surgical Solutions |
| Jaclyn Carney | Vice President, Health System Partnerships | Surgery Partners, Inc |
| Clinton Cerreta | Clinical Nurse Manager | Surgery Center at TGH Brandon Healthplex |
| Bipan Chand | Surgery Department Chair, St. Joseph Hospital, Ascension; Professor, Surgery | University of Illinois Chicago |
| Faisal Chaudhry | Administrator | Des Peres Square Surgery Center |
| Charlene Cioe | CNO | Summit Center for Surgery LLC |
| Shannon Cliett | Chief Operations Officer | US Pain Care |
| Andrew Colbert | Senior Managing Director | Ziegler |
| Elizabeth Coombes | Regional Administrator, Edmonds, Fremont, and Kirkland | Gastro Health Endoscopy |
| Lisa Cooper | Chief Executive Officer | Santa Cruz Surgery Center |
| Brenna Couch | Purchasing and Operations Manager | Surgery Center of Athens |
| Whitney Courser | Chief Operating Officer | NueHealth |
| Rena Courtay | Vice President | Trinity Health |
| Brian Cunningham | Vice Chair and Director, Inpatient Orthopaedics, Methodist Hospital; Director, Ambulatory Surgery | TRIA Orthopedic Center |
| Todd Currier | Chief Executive Officer and Administrator | Bend Surgery Center |
| Michael Curtis | Medical Director | Twin River Ambulatory Surgery Center |
| George Cybulski | Clinical AI Leader and Chief, Neurosurgery | Humboldt Park Health |
| Jennifer Danner | Senior Director, Ambulatory Surgery Centers | Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute |
| Karen Davidson | Director, Nursing and Infection Control Officer | Advanced Heart & Vascular Center of New Mexico |
| Kristen L. Davis | Chief Executive Officer | Maine Eye Center |
| Daniel Decker | Co-Founder and Urologist | Vitality Plus Urology Clinic |
| Greg DeConciliis | Administrator | Boston OutPatient Surgical Suites |
| Alfonso del Granado | Board Member, Ambulatory Surgery Center Association; Administrator | North Cypress Surgery Center |
| Harel Deutsch | Co-Director, Rush Spine Center | Rush University Medical Center |
October 29–31, 2026 · Swissotel Chicago
See the Speakers Live And Continue the Conversation After
Every session is open to every attendee. After the session, speakers are in the hallway, at receptions, and at roundtables. That's where the real conversations happen.