As the youngest executive and only physician on AMSURG’s leadership team, Dr. Vandersall oversees clinical quality, safety and patient experience across more than 250 ambulatory surgery centers serving millions annually. She launched AMSURG’s first patient experience program, achieving record satisfaction scores in the company’s 30-plus year history, and led a pilot connecting 10,000 high-risk patients to timely colon cancer screenings. Her advocacy efforts successfully reversed Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts’ decision to stop covering anesthesia for colonoscopies. Dr. Vandersall developed a first-of-its-kind value-based ASC care model that helped align enhanced reimbursement with optimal patient care. Her team’s efforts contributed to 64 AMSURG centers being named among the nation’s best by U.S. News & World Report. She has served on national health organization boards and taskforces, including the American Cancer Society’s national colorectal cancer roundtable, the Colon Cancer Alliance’s “Never Too Young” taskforce, and the Susan G. Komen Foundation board in Nashville. Prior to AMSURG, she played a key role in Nashville, Tenn.-based Envision Healthcare’s $8 billion restructuring, ensuring care continuity for 25,000 clinicians and countless patients.
