Category: Q&A

Orthopedic spine surgeon at Excel Spine talks fostering a ‘tribe mentality’ with his team

Choll Kim, MD, PhD, is the founder of Minimally Invasive Spine Centers of Excellence, founder and former president of the Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and currently an orthopedic spine surgeon at the San Diego-based Excel Spine Center.

Medical director of research and academics at Virginia Mason Center for Neuroscience and Spine: Providers need ‘a seat at the table’ in decision-making

Philip Louie, MD, is the medical director of research and academics at the Center for Neurosciences and Spine at Virginia Mason Franciscan Health in Seattle.

Manhattan Reproductive Surgery Center administrator describes the organization’s recruiting strategy

Gabriel Figureroa is administrator at Manhattan Reproductive Surgery Center in New York City.

NorthShore University Healthsystem orthopedic vice-chairman: ‘Centers of excellence are where healthcare is headed’

Ravi Bashyal, MD, is vice-chairman of patient and provider experience, director of outpatient hip and knee replacement surgery and site medical director for Professional Football Hall of Fame Health at NorthShore University Healthsystem, as well as a c…

Forecasting is an ‘ever changing prospect’: Bend Surgery Center CEO on expanding amid changing workforce, supply chain dynamics

Todd Currier is administrator of Bend Surgery Center in Ore.

Spine Team Texas CEO discusses ASC expansion plans

Mark Hood is the CEO of Southlake-based Spine Team Texas.

Humboldt Park Health chief of neurosurgery wants to use technology to “create a more value centric process”

George Cybulski, MD, is chief of neurosurgery at Humboldt Park Health in Chicago.

CEO of Covenant High Plains Surgery Centers discusses making centers ‘comfortable with constant change’

Alfonso del Granado is administrator and CEO of Covenant High Plains Surgery Centers in Lubbock, Texas.

Northwoods Surgery Center administrator discusses cultivating teamwork and staff satisfaction

Jacqueline McLaughlin, RN, is the administrator at Northwoods Surgery Center in Woodruff, Wis.

Fox Valley Orthopaedic Institute President on the organization’s increase in total joint cases

Vishal Mehta, MD, is president and managing partner of the Geneva, Ill.-based Fox Valley Orthopaedic Institute.