SPEAKERS

Robert Pendleton, MD, FACP
Associate Professor of Medicine
Chief Medical Quality Officer
Salt Lake City, UT

David Baldwin, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago IL

Nathaniel Birgenheier, M.D.
Assistant Professor - Anesthesiology
University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, UT

Amber Bledsoe, M.D.
Associate Professor
Director of Anesthesia for Bariatric Services
Director of Quality Assurance for Anesthesiology
University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, UT

Asokumar Buvanendran, M.D.
William Gottschalk, Professor
Chair of Anesthesiology
Vice Chair Research and Director of Orthopedic Anesthesia
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL

Frances Chung, MBBS, FRCPC
Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario

Steven L. Cohn, M.D., FACP, SFHM
Medical Director, UHealth Preoperative Assessment Center (UPAC)
Director, Medical Consultation Services
University of Miami Hospital/Jackson Memorial Hospital
Professor of Clinical Medicine
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Suparna Dutta, M.D., M.S., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medical Director, attending Directed Service
Rush University
Chicago, IL

Angela F. Edwards, M.D.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Section Head, Perioperative Medicine
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Wake Forest Baptist Health
Winston-Salem, NC

Michael J. Englesbe, M.D.
Associate Professor of Surgery
University of Michigan Health System
Ann Arbor, MI

Joanne Favuzza, D.O.
Assistant Professor
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL

Lee Fleischer, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Robert D. Dripps Professor and Chair Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Professor of Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Paul Grant, M.D., F.A.C.P., S.F.H.M.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Perioperative and Consultative Medicine
Division of General Medicine
University of Michigan Health System
Ann Arbor, MI

Holly Holmes, M.D., M.S.
Division Director, Geriatric & Palliative Medicine
UT Health Medical School
University of Texas Health Science Center
Houston, TX

Amir K. Jaffer, M.D., M.B.A., S.F.H.M.
Professor of Medicine
Associate Chief Medical Officer
Vice Chair, Quality and Patient Safety
Division Chief, Hospital Medicine
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL

Robert Pendleton, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Associate Professor of Medicine, Internal Medicine
Chief Medical Quality Officer
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT

Kurt J. Pfeifer, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Professor of Medicine, General Internal Medicine
Medical Director, Preoperative Evaluation Clinic, Froedtert and Medical College Eye Institute
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI

Debra D. Pulley, M.D.
President, SPAQI
Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
Washington University
St. Louis, MO

Jochen Reiser, M.D., Ph.D.
Ralph C. Brown Professor of Medicine
Chairman of Medicine
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL

Deborah C. Richman, MBChB, FFA(SA)
SPAQI, President
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Medical Director of Pre-Operative Services
Stony Brook University Medical Center
Stony Brook, NY

David M. Rothenberg, M.D., F.C.C.M.
The Max S. Sadove Professor of Anesthesiology
Vice Chair of Academic Affairs, Department of Anesthesiology
Associate Dean, Academic Affiliations
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL

Linda Russell, M.D.
Assistant Attending Physician, Hospital for Special Surgery
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
Director of Perioperative Services, Hospital for Special Surgery
New York, NY

Sunil K. Sahai, M.D., F.A.A.P., F.A.C.P.
Professor of Medicine, Department of General Internal Medicine
Medical Director, The Internal Medicine Perioperative Assessment Center
Medical Director, The Clinical Decision Unit
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Shital C. Shah, Ph.D.
Director of Program Development and Assessment
Assistant Professor, Department of Health Systems Management
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL

Natalie Silverton, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT

Barbara Slawski, M.D., M.S., F.A.C.P., S.F.H.M.
Professor and Interim Chief, Division of General and Internal Medicine
Chief, Section of Perioperative and Consultative Services
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI

Gerald Smetana, M.D.
Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Rachel Thompson, M.D., M.P.H., S.F.H.M.
Associate Professor, General Internal Medicine
Co-Medical Director, Enhanced Perioperative Care Program
Director, Medicine Operative Consult Clinic
Harborview Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Thomas A. Webb, MBA
Performance Improvement Consultant
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL

Shera Wiegler, Esq.
Partner and Co-Chair of Medical Negligence and Health Care Practice Group
Swanson, Martin & Bell LLP
Chicago, IL

Josh Zimmerman, M.D., F.A.S.E.
Director, Division of Perioperative Echocardiography
Medical Director, Preoperative Clinic
Associate Professor
University of Utah Department of Anesthesiology
Salt Lake City, UT