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3 Days. 7 Tracks. 200+ Speakers.

Name: Spine, Orthopedic & Pain Management-Driven ASC 2027
Start: 2027-06-17
End: 2027-06-19
Location: Chicago, IL

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

Find your tracks

All seven tracks are open to every attendee. Most attendees move across tracks over the three days, following the decisions they're trying to make rather than staying in one clinical or business lane.

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Business and Profitability Trends

Thought Leadership

Spine and Neurosurgery

Orthopedics and Total Joints

Technology and Business Foresight

Pain Management and Anesthesia

Staffing Strategies

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Program

What Anchors Each Day

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.

8:30 AM

A. The Inpatient-Only List Is Shrinking — Are You Ready?

Keynote Panel

Frank M. Phillips

MD, Section Head, Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, Fellowship Director, Spine Surgery and Ronald DeWald Endowed Professor, Spinal Deformities

Rush University Medical Center

Greg DeConciliis

PA-C, CASC, Administrator

Boston OutPatient Surgical Suites

Jon Schmidt

Chief Administrative Officer

Rothman Orthopaedics of Florida

Michael R. Redler

MD, Orthopedic Surgeon, Connecticut Orthopedics; Clinical Instructor, Yale School of Medicine

Assistant Clinical Medicine Professor, Frank H. Netter School of Medicine, Quinnipiac University

8:30 AM

C. Dr. Khawar Siddique, CEO and Neurosurgeon at DOCS Health

Fireside Chat

Khawar Siddique

MD, MBA, Chief Executive Officer and Neurosurgeon

DOCS Health

11:00 AM

A. AI in the Surgical Suite: Where We Are and Where We're Heading

Keynote Panel

Bethwel Raore

MD, Neurosurgeon

Apex Spine & Neurosurgery

Brian Nwannunu

MD, Orthopedic Surgeon

Texas Joint Institute

George Cybulski

MD, MBA, Attending Physician Neurological Surgery, Clinical Leader Artificial Intelligence

Humboldt Park Health

Selene G. Parekh

MD, MBA, Orthopedic Surgeon

Rothman Orthopaedics

11:00 AM

B. Dr. Craig J. Della Valle, Chief, Adult Reconstruction and Aaron G. Rosenberg Endowed Chair at Rush University Medical Center

Fireside Chat

Craig J. Della Valle

MD, Chief, Adult Reconstruction and Aaron G. Rosenberg Endowed Chair

Rush University Medical Center

3:35 PM

A. William Prentice, CEO at Ambulatory Surgery Center Association

Fireside Chat

William Prentice

Chief Executive Officer

Ambulatory Surgery Center Association

Continuing education

Continuing education credits

Becker’s 24th Annual Spine, Orthopedic and Pain Management-Driven ASC + The Future of Spine Conference is applying for continuing education credit hours applicable toward relevant medical and ASC administrator 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.

June 17–19, 2027 · Swissotel Chicago

If that's your work, you belong at Becker's.

The surgeons and administrators running spine, orthopedic and pain management ASCs will be in Chicago in June. Three days with the people who've done it, are doing it and will tell you exactly how.