Plan your experience
The program is built around the decisions you're actually trying to make — not a predetermined path. Every session, every track, every conversation is yours to choose. Here's what to expect.
Session tracks
All 3 tracks are open to every attendee. Most leaders move across tracks over the two days, following the decisions they're trying to make rather than staying in one functional lane.
Access and Business Foresight
Workforce and Staffing Strategies
Data, AI and Modeling
Program
Each day is anchored by key conversations, with time between sessions for the discussions that shape how ideas are applied. Some of the most valuable moments happen outside the session room, in the exhibit hall, over lunch, and between meetings.
8:35 AM
Keynote Panel
April Kranz
DNP, RN, CENP, CNOR, Vice President, Procedural Areas
Emory Healthcare
Laurie Antonik
MD, MBA, Associate Chief Medical Officer & Medical Director of Perioperative Services
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Michael C. Lewis
MD, FASA, Chair, Anesthesiology, Pain Management and Perioperative Medicine Department, Henry Ford Health System; Professor and Chair, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
Anesthesiology Professor, Wayne State University
Adam Kopelan
MD, FACS, Chief, General Surgical Services North
RWJBarnabas Health
Guy Petruzzelli
MD, PhD, MBA, FACS, Surgeon in Chief
OSF HealthCare Cancer Institute
Jeffrey B. Matthews
MD, FACS, Chair, Department of Surgery, Surgeon-in-Chief, Dallas B. Phemister Distinguished Service Professor
The University of Chicago Health System
Trevor Bennett
MBA, MSN, RN, FACHE, Chief Administrative Officer| Perioperative Services
UCSD Health
Brian Kann
MD, Chair, Department Of Colon & Rectal Surgery And Surgical Director, Operating Room
Ochsner Health
Jill Cohen
DNP, RN, NEA-BC, Vice President, Perioperative Services
Lenox Hill Hospital, Northwell Health
Nathaniel McQuay Jr
MD, Chief Acute Care Surgery
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Scott James
MBA, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Growth Markets Provider Network
Parkview Health
Continuing education
Becker’s 2026 Perioperative Summit is applying for continuing education hours applicable toward perioperative nursing and surgical leadership certifications. Details will be confirmed closer to the event.
Seeking a different credit type? We recommend self-reporting to your certifying organization. We’re happy to provide a certificate of attendance to support that process — email continuingeducation@beckershealthcare.com after the event.
September 14–15, 2026 · Hilton Chicago
The leaders running perioperative services at scale will be in Chicago in September. Two days with the people who've done it, are doing it, and will tell you exactly how.
