2015 ASC Symposium Faculty Biographies
Akhil Agrawal
PRESIDENT
AMERICAN MEDICAL DEPOT
Mr. Agrawal has been the President of American Medical Depot (AMD), since 1993. AMD is a specialty
healthcare distribution and manufacturing company focused in the areas of acute healthcare, primary care, and
providing complex integrated delivery network supply chain solutions.
Mr. Agrawal is also a principal of AMD Equities, an early stage venture capital and middle market healthcare
investment fund.
Mr. Agrawal is a recognized expert in the field of healthcare distribution and logistics and has been a frequent
speaker at numerous industry events, government conferences, and educational programs over the last decade.
Mr. Agrawal was honored with the Industry Award of Distinction by the Health Industry Distributors Association
(HIDA) in 2010. He is an active member of and has served in leadership roles in numerous professional groups,
corporate boards, and trade associations. In addition, he has been appointed to several government commissions
over the last two decades. Some of his activities have included serving on the US Small Business Administration
National Advisory Committee, the State of Florida Council for Efficient Government, the Governors Healthcare
Policy Team, as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Health Industry Distributors Association in 2003, as
President of the National Minority Medical Suppliers Association (2001-2005), as President of the Board of
Directors of the National Healthcare Alliance, as Founding Board member of the Healthcare Supplier Diversity
Alliance (HSDA), and as Board Member for the American Heart Association of South Florida among others.
Mr. Agrawal received his degree in Business Administration from the University of Florida. He and wife, Mavara,
have two children.
2015 ASC Symposium Faculty Biographies
Barry Arbuckle, Ph.D.
PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
MEMORIALCARE HEALTH SYSTEM
Dr. Arbuckle is President and Chief Executive Officer of MemorialCare Health System, a leading Southern
California not-for-profit integrated health care delivery system with $2.0 billion in annual revenues. Its hospitals
include Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, the West's second largest academic-community hospital campus;
Miller Children's Hospital Long Beach, the state's biggest children's hospital; Saddleback Memorial Medical
Center-Laguna Hills, listed among America's Top 100 Hospitals by Thomson Reuters; Orange Coast Memorial
Medical Center-Fountain Valley, the region's fastest growing hospital; and Saddleback Memorial Medical CenterSan Clemente, the area's primary hospital. MemorialCare also includes active Graduate Medical Education, clinical
training, research programs, numerous outpatient and satellite services, retail health facilities, a Medical Foundation
and philanthropic foundations with over $200 million in assets.
Under Dr. Arbuckle's leadership, MemorialCare has experienced unprecedented growth and financial performance
and has grown in prominence regionally and nationally. Its many accolades include Top Leadership Team in the
U.S. by HealthLeaders, Most Wired Health System for eight consecutive years from Hospitals & Health Networks,
Top 100 Most Integrated Health Systems listed in Modern Healthcare, Best Governed Hospital Systems in the U.S.
by The Governance Institute and HealthGrades 5 Star Performer for many clinical services, among numerous other
honors.
Dr. Arbuckle serves on many boards, including: Chair of March of Dimes-California, Officer of Integrated
Healthcare Association, Past Chair of VHA West Coast and member of the Healthcare Leadership Council in
Washington, DC. Dr. Arbuckle was Chair of the California Hospital Association, one of the largest health care
trade associations in the nation, representing 450 hospitals and health systems. He speaks frequently nationally and
internationally on a variety of topics in health care, including The U.S. Healthcare System; Economic Comparisons
of U.S. and International Health Care; Unbridled Expense Growth in U.S. Healthcare; Solutions to Health Care
Delivery Challenges; Preparing for Health Care Reform, and more.
A graduate of Missouri State University, Dr. Arbuckle earned his master's degree from Arizona State University
and a Ph.D. from University of North Carolina. He served on the adjunct faculty for the departments of psychology
and sociology at California State University Long Beach and currently serves on its adjunct faculty at the Graduate
School of Nursing.
2015 ASC Symposium Faculty Biographies
Jennifer Baldock
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT & GENERAL COUNSEL
SURGERY PARTNERS LLC
Jennifer Boyd Baldock has served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Surgery Partners since its
acquisition of Symbion in November 2014. She previously served as General Counsel and Chief Compliance
Officer of Symbion. Prior to joining Symbion, she served as Assistant General Counsel for both Ambulatory
Services of America and Renal Care Group. Prior to that, she practiced law with Waller Lansden Dortch and Davis
in Nashville, Tennessee, concentrating in corporate law with an emphasis on healthcare mergers and acquisitions.
She is also a Certified Public Accountant.
2015 ASC Symposium Faculty Biographies
Curtis H. Bernstein, ASA, CPA/ABV, CVA, CHFP, MBA
DIRECTOR OF VALUATION SERVICES
ALTEGRA HEALTH
Curtis H. Bernstein is a Managing Director of Valuation and Transaction Services for Altegra Health, Inc. For over
a decade, Mr. Bernstein has specialized in providing valuation, transaction advisory, strategic and operational
consulting services to clients. Prior to providing valuation and transaction services, Mr. Bernstein held management
positions in a publicly traded hospital system and publicly traded pathology company. Mr. Bernstein currently sits
on the advisory board for the National Association of Valuation Analysts’ Healthcare Practice Group and recently
updated sections of the study materials for NACVA’s Healthcare Consultant Training Institute. Mr. Bernstein is
also an expert within the Healthcare Financial Management Association forums.
2015 ASC Symposium Faculty Biographies
Brad Bickham
CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER
UNITED SURGICAL PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL
Brad Bickham is the Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of USPI. He joined USPI in September 2014.
Prior to joining USPI, he was the Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of Correctional Healthcare
Companies. He has also served as Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of CCS Medical, DentalOne
Partners and DSI Renal and as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Odyssey Healthcare. Brad
received his undergraduate degree in accounting from Louisiana State University–Shreveport and his Juris Doctor,
Order of the Coif, from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University.
2015 ASC Symposium Faculty Biographies
Henry Bloom
PRESIDENT & FOUNDER
THE BLOOM ORGANIZATION LLC
Henry Bloom founded The Bloom Organization in 1990 to provide project-related services to healthcare providers.
Today, The Bloom Organization is the preeminent surgery center advisory firm representing physicians and
facilities in their efforts to maximize value and pursue growth opportunities. Mr. Bloom has over 20 years of
experience in healthcare including both physician practices and healthcare facilities.
The Bloom Organization concentrates on advising Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs), ASC companies and
hospital systems along with physician groups looking to develop their own ASC. In the past several years, Mr.
Bloom has garnered a national reputation and has guided numerous ASCs and physicians into partnerships with
surgery center companies, hospital systems, ancillary providers and private equity funds. Mr. Bloom is currently
involved with projects throughout the United States. The Bloom Organization has also assisted private equity,
venture capital and corporate partners providing expertise on a myriad of ASC projects. Mr. Bloom is a managing
partner for South Shore Ambulatory Surgery Center in Lynbrook, NY and also for Center for Ambulatory and
Minimally Invasive Surgery, LLC in Eatontown, NJ, which opened in September 2011. Mr. Bloom speaks
regularly at ASC and healthcare related conferences and is a national figure in the ASC industry.
To find out more information, please visit The Bloom Organization’s website at www.bloomllc.com or you can
contact Mr. Bloom directly at hbloom@bloomllc.com.
2015 ASC Symposium Faculty Biographies
Brett Brodnax
PRESIDENT & CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
UNITED SURGICAL PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL
Brett Brodnax serves as President and Chief Development Officer of United Surgical Partners International (USPI).
Before joining USPI in 1999, he was an executive with Baylor Health Care System in Dallas, where he gained
extensive experience creating physician and hospital partnerships and developing surgical facilities. He holds a
bachelor’s and master’s degree in industrial engineering from Texas A&M University and a master’s degree in
business administration from the University of Texas at Dallas.
2015 ASC Symposium Faculty Biographies
Tim Buono
VICE PRESIDENT, DEVELOPMENT
SURGICAL CARE AFFILIATES
Timothy M. Buono joined Surgical Care Affiliates (SCA) in 2013, where he leads development activities - existing
and potential health system relationships and transactions with ASCs - in the northeast United States. Prior to
joining SCA, he spent three years with CVS Health where he was responsible for business development, growth
initiatives and payer relations within their MinuteClinic business unit. Tim has devoted his entire career to
investment and development in the healthcare services field, including over ten years as a Partner with TullisDickerson, a mid-sized, healthcare focused family of private equity funds. He also serves on the boards of directors
of both Five Star Physician Services and Echo Management Group. Tim graduated from Connecticut College with
a BA in economics, and lives with his family in Norwalk, CT.
2015 ASC Symposium Faculty Biographies
Kyle Burtnett
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, OUTPATIENT SERVICES
TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
Kyle Burtnett serves as Senior Vice President of Tenet Healthcare Corporation’s (Tenet) outpatient services
division, overseeing the development and management of Tenet’s ambulatory surgery centers, urgent care centers
and diagnostic centers.
Previously, Burtnett served as vice president of outpatient service. Prior to his leadership in this division, Burtnett
served as vice president and chief of staff for Tenet’s president and chief executive officer, Trevor Fetter. In this
role, he was responsible for developing corporate strategy and overseeing key initiatives on quality and growth.
Burtnett joined Tenet in 2003 as an associate in Tenet’s Leadership Development Program. Upon completion of the
program, he worked with Tenet’s hospital leadership teams to improve patient throughput processes, develop
strategic business plans and led the company’s Balanced Scorecard implementation. This program was designed to
improve the quality of care at Tenet hospitals by promoting evidence-based practices around quality, service,
people and performance metrics. He also played a key role in developing and executing the company’s
Commitment to Quality program and Targeted Growth Initiative.
Burtnett earned his Bachelor of Science degree in management from the United States Air Force Academy in 1998,
and his master’s degree in business administration from the University of Southern California, Marshall School of
Business in 2003.
He is a former board member of Downtown Dallas, Inc. and a member of the Greater Dallas Chamber 2008
Leadership Class, a program designed to promote leadership and civic involvement.
2015 ASC Symposium Faculty Biographies
Phillip A. Clendenin
PRESIDENT, AMBULATORY SERVICES
AMSURG
Philip Clendenin is President of AMSURG Corp with responsibility for the Ambulatory Services Division of the
company where he oversees the operations of the company’s 243 surgery centers. He has over 27 years of
healthcare experience working with hospitals, health systems and healthcare corporations. Previously at
AMSURG, he was executive Vice President of Operations, with responsibility for Quality, Clinical, Human
Resources, Strategy and Marketing in addition to operational responsibility for the company’s centers. Mr.
Clendenin joined AmSurg in March of 2009 as Senior Vice President, Corporate Services and Chief Compliance
Officer.
Prior to joining AMSURG, Phillip gained 21 years of experience in the hospital industry working with Barnes
Hospital in St. Louis, Tenet in Louisiana and Tennessee, HCA in Dallas and KY before joining Triad Hospitals.
His most recent position prior to joining AMSURG was CEO of River Region Health System in Vicksburg, MS, a
position he held since 2001. There he completed construction of the largest hospital project in the state of
Mississippi at the time culminating in a fully integrated health system. During his career, Phillip has worked with
just about every physician specialty and sub-specialty and corresponding line of business.
Phillip has served as a Board member of the ASCQC since its inception and has considerable Board and committee
experience with hospital associations over the years.
He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from The University of Tennessee, Martin
and his Masters of Health Administration from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
2015 ASC Symposium Faculty Biographies
Ira J. Coleman
PARTNER
MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY
Ira J. Coleman is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP and is based in the Firm’s Miami
office. He is the partner-in-charge of the Miami office and head of the Miami Health Industry Advisory practice.
Ira also sits on various Firm committees including the Management, Billings and Collections, Technology and
Compensation Committees. He also serves as the Chair of the Firm’s highly regarded annual Healthcare Services
Private Equity Symposium and Healthcare Services Private Equity Leadership Forum.
Ira focuses his practice on health care mergers and acquisitions, health care private equity and health system
representation. In addition, he has served as counsel in connection with compliance matters and defense of antikickback and qui tam suits for health care clients.
Ira has handled matters on behalf of many clients, including Goldman Sachs, Altaris Capital Partners, The
Blackstone Group, Halifax Health, The Carlyle Group, TEAMHealth, Harvest Partners, CCMP Capital Advisors,
Frontier Healthcare Holdings, IntegraMed, Sagard Capital, MEDNAX National Medical Group, Miami Children’s
Hospital, MTS Health Investors LLC, HIG Capital, and Ryder Systems Inc.
Ira has obtained the highest ranking in Chambers USA 2007-2014: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and is
categorized as “exceptional, very commercially minded and understands how to protect the client while facilitating
transactions”; “very talented, client service-oriented and confident”; and “understands the key issues and solves
problems rather than just identifying them”. Ira is also ranked in The Best Lawyers in America.
Ira currently serves on the board of various organizations, including Frontier Healthcare Holdings, Jewish
Federation of Broward County, and Nova Southeastern University. He is also a member of the Southeastern
Chapter of the Society of Corporate Secretaries. Ira also serves as general counsel to the Healthcare Private Equity
Association (HCPEA), a nonprofit trade association that represents the U.S. healthcare private equity industry. He
has served in numerous leadership positions for the Florida Bar, the American Bar Association, the American
Health Lawyers Association, the Florida Academy of Healthcare Attorneys and the American College of
Healthcare Executives.
Ira co-authored Navigating Your Way Through the Federal Physician Self-Referral Law: A Guidebook to Stark II
(Atlantic Information Services, Inc., 1995; revised 1996; second edition 1998): A Guide to Complying with Stark
Physician Self-Referral Rules (Atlantic Information Services, Inc., 2004) and has authored and has been quoted in
numerous articles on health law topics. Ira also presents regularly at national health care conferences on a variety
of topics.
2015 ASC Symposium Faculty Biographies
Gary Scott Davis
PARTNER
MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY
Gary Scott Davis, P.A. is a partner in the Health Law Department of McDermott Will & Emery LLP’s Miami
office. A “Board Certified Health Law Attorney” as recognized by The Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization
and Education, he concentrates his practice on managed care including emerging health benefit plans, strategic
restructurings and reorganizations, dispositions, mergers, joint ventures and contractual matters.
His many writings in the area of managed care include: “The Insider’s Guide to Managed Care: A Legal and
Operational Roadmap” (Contributing author, AHLA Education in Print Series), the BNA Health Law and Business
Series Portfolio titled “Managed Care Contracting: Advising the Provider,” “International Managed Care
Opportunities in Emerging Latin American Health Care Markets” (Co-Author, The Health Law Handbook, West, A
Thomson Business, 1997) and “What Is This Thing Called “Consumer Directed Health Care” (Co-Author, The
Health Law Handbook, West, A Thomson Business, 2005). He also is a frequent contributor to articles appearing
in the local, state and national news and trade publications.
Mr. Davis is a nationally recognized speaker on organizational and reimbursement issues relating to managed
health care, health care contracting and joint ventures. He has lectured at approximately 160 seminars sponsored by
numerous trade, educational and professional organizations.
Mr. Davis presently serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of “Managed Care Magazine” and the Board of
Advisors of “Managed Care Contracting and Reimbursement Advisor” (HCPro, Inc.). Previously, he served on the
editorial board of the “Managed Care Law Manual” (Aspen Publishers).
Mr. Davis has served as an adjunct lecturer of health care law for the Graduate School of Business Administration
(MBA Programs for Executives), University of Miami and on the Advisory Board and faculty of the Nova
Southeastern University Institute of Continuing Education for Health Care Professionals.
Mr. Davis is a Fellow (Inaugural Class) and a past member of the Board of Directors of the American Health
Lawyers Association (AHLA). While a member of the board, he served on the AHLA Executive Committee as the
Chairman of the Membership Committee. He is the recipient of the AHLA’s prestigious David J. Greenburg
Service Award. Mr. Davis presently serves on the Board of Directors, and as an officer, of the Florida Academy of
Health Care Attorneys.
Since its inaugural listing in 2005, Mr. Davis has given the highest ranking as one of the leading health care
attorneys in Florida by Chambers & Partners. In 2010, 2011, and 2012 he was one of eight attorneys given
Chambers & Partners highest national ranking among all health care transactional attorneys. In 2012 Legal 500
included Mr. Davis in its inaugural group of national Leading Lawyers in the Healthcare: Service Providers
category. In 2007, he was selected as one of Nightingale’s Healthcare News’ “Outstanding Healthcare Transaction
Lawyers.”
2015 ASC Symposium Faculty Biographies
Gary Scott Davis
PARTNER
MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY
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For more than 20 years, Mr. Davis has been recognized by his peers for his expertise in health law in The Best
Lawyers In America, which in 2011 named him as one of its Lawyers of the Year in Health Care. Among his other
recognitions for his expertise in health law are: Euromoney’s Expert Guide to the Leading U.S. Healthcare
Lawyers, Euromoney’s Best of the Best 2009 USA, Florida Trend Florida Trend, South Florida Legal Guide, Super
Lawyers, Leading American Attorneys and The Best Attorneys Network. The South Florida Business Journal
identified him as a “Heavy Hitter in Health Care” and The National Law Journal has recognized him as one of the
“National Leading Lawyers of Managed Care.” Florida Medical Business twice voted Mr. Davis “Best Healthcare
Attorney.” Among his other recognitions, he has been listed by Who’s Who in American Law and given the
Healthcare Financial Management Association’s Follmer Bronze Merit Award for Outstanding Service.
Mr. Davis holds a B.A. (1979), with honors, from Binghamton University, where he was inducted into Phi Beta
Kappa and Pi Sigma Alpha. He earned his J.D. (1982) with honors from the George Washington University.
For nine years Mr. Davis served on the Board of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Southern Florida, Inc. including
terms on the Foundation’s Executive Committee and being elected Chairman of the Board. He also served as the
Chairman of the Board of Wish Friends of Southern Florida, an endowment that supports the Make A Wish
Foundation. Presently, Mr. Davis serves as the Foundation’s pro bono General Counsel.
From 2007 through 2010, Mr. Davis served on the Muhlenberg College Parents Council.
Mr. Davis is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association, the American Bar Association, Health Law
Section; The Florida Bar, Health Law Section; the Florida Academy of Healthcare Attorneys; and the Healthcare
Financial Management Association.
2015 ASC Symposium Faculty Biographies
Shelby Decosta
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS & PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
TRINITY HEALTH
Shelby Decosta is the Senior Vice President of Mergers, Acquisitions and Partnership Development for Trinity
Health, one of the largest multi-institutional Catholic health care delivery systems in the nation. In this position,
Shelby plays an integral role in the advancement of the system’s diversification strategy with primary responsibility
to expand its footprint through innovative partnership development. Trinity Health serves people and communities
in 21 states from coast to coast with 86 hospitals, 128 continuing care facilities and home health and hospice
programs that provide nearly 2.8 million visits annually. With annual operating revenues of about $13.6 billion and
assets of about $19.3 billion, the new organization returns about $900 million to its communities annually in the
form of charity care and other community benefit programs. Since her arrival in 2013, Trinity Health has added
$1.3B in net revenue through strategic merger and divestiture activity and developed strategic partnerships in retail,
health plan, population health risk management and digital health.
Prior to this role, she was Vice President, Mergers & Acquisitions at Dignity Health, a $10.6B health system with
acute operations in 3 states and an ambulatory network across 21 states. In this capacity she led the development of
new ventures and partnerships across the care continuum. Ms. Decosta joined Dignity Health (formerly Catholic
Healthcare West) in 2005 and served in various strategic planning roles including Chief Strategy Officer, Vice
President of Business Development & Clinical Integration, and Director of Strategy for the system’s Nevada
market. During her tenure in Nevada, she led an effort to clinically integrate 600+ physicians, established Dignity
Health Nevada Medical Group—a direct employment model for primary care physicians and developed an
academic affiliation with Stanford Hospital & Clinics to provide cardiovascular surgery and neurosurgery services
in Southern Nevada. Shelby’s experience also includes Southern California Permanente Medical Group (Kaiser
Permanente) Regional Service and Access.
Ms. Decosta received both her Masters in Healthcare Administration and Bachelor of Science degree in Health
Promotion and Disease Prevention/Health Policy and Management at the University of Southern California in Los
Angeles, California. In 2012, she was named one of InBusiness Las Vegas’ “40 under 40” award recipients. She is
a current board member of The Care Alliance (Livonia, MI) and previously served on a number of boards including
Community Ambulance (Henderson, NV), Dignity Health/United Surgical Partners International, Inc. (Phoenix,
AZ) and SMI Imaging LLC (Phoenix, AZ).
2015 ASC Symposium Faculty Biographies
Michael Doyle
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
SURGERY PARTNERS LLC
Michael Doyle is the Chief Executive Officer of Surgery Partners and is a member of the Company’s Board of
Directors. He is a healthcare industry veteran with both clinical experience and an extensive healthcare
management background. Prior to joining Surgery Partners, Michael spent more than a decade in various
leadership positions at a large, publicly-traded healthcare organization; at the time of joining Surgery Partners, he
held a national position as Senior Vice President of Operations with that company. He has been with Surgery
Partners since the Company’s outset, systematically growing the Company both organically and through
acquisitions, as well as horizontally integrating the business within the healthcare delivery system. Michael leads
the Company by combining a hands-on management style with his wealth of practical experience in corporate
development, oversight of multi-site operations, and healthcare services familiarity across national, state and local
levels.
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Physiotherapy from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia and a Master of
Business Administration from Troy State University in Alabama.
2015 ASC Symposium Faculty Biographies
Robert C. Goettling, Esq.
PRINCIPAL
THE BLOOM ORGANIZATION LLC
Robert Goettling has over 20 years of healthcare experience, most of which has focused on Ambulatory Surgery
Centers (ASCs). Mr. Goettling joined The Bloom Organization in early 2007 bringing his vast expertise in surgery
centers to help widen the scope of services offered by the firm.
Prior to joining Bloom, Mr. Goettling co-founded NovaMed Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVA), one of two publicly traded
ASC companies, where he held a variety of senior level executive positions during his 12 years with the company
including Senior Vice President Corporate Development. Mr. Goettling had both operational and development
responsibility and conducted numerous acquisitions, divestitures and mergers while heading NovaMed’s
development team for over 10 years. Mr. Goettling also had operational responsibility for both ASCs and physician
practices during his years with NovaMed.
Before NovaMed, Mr. Goettling founded (and eventually sold) an optical consulting company, an optical laboratory
and practiced law with Katten Muchin & Zavis in Chicago where he specialized in general and business litigation.
Mr. Goettling received his B.S.B.A. with honors in Economics from Creighton University in 1985, and his J.D.
from the University of Notre Dame Law School in 1988. He speaks regularly at many ASC and healthcare related
conferences.
Mr. Robert Goettling is Registered Representative of and Securities Products are offered through:
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Four Tower Bridge, 200 Barr Harbor Drive, Suite 400, W. Conshohocken, PA 19428
Member FINRA SIPC
The Bloom Organization, LLC is a separate entity from BA Securities, LLC
The Bloom Organization, LLC and BA Securities, LLC are not affiliated entities
To find out more information, please visit The Bloom Organization’s website at www.bloomllc.com or you can
contact Mr. Goettling directly at RGoettling@Bloomllc.com.
2015 ASC Symposium Faculty Biographies
Danielle E. Golino
ASSOCIATE
MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY
Danielle Golino is an associate in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP and is based in the Firm’s Miami
office. Danielle focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions in the health care sector and health care private
equity. Her transactional health care experience includes the acquisition and sale of physician group practices,
ambulatory surgery centers, immediate care centers, pharmacies, emergency department staffing companies,
imaging centers, home health agencies, hospital and medical schools. Danielle also has experience structuring
transactions to comply with state and federal health care fraud and abuse laws, state licensure issues, corporate
practice of medicine prohibitions and other health care regulatory compliance matters.
Danielle graduated magna cum laude from the University of Miami School of Law and earned a B.S. from Cornell
University. While in law school, she was a member of both the University of Miami Law Review and the Moot
Court Board. Danielle also served as a judicial intern for the Honorable Shelby Highsmith of the U.S. District
Court for the Southern District of Florida. Prior to entering law school, Danielle served as an executive in the
fashion industry. Danielle is currently a member of the Florida Bar.
2015 ASC Symposium Faculty Biographies
Eric B. Gordon, M.D.
PARTNER
MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY
Eric B. Gordon is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP and is based in the Firm’s Los
Angeles office. He is the partner-in-charge of the Los Angeles office and head of the California Health Industry
practice.
Eric focuses his practice on fraud and abuse and compliance issues and health care transactions. Eric represents a
wide range of clients, including proprietary and tax exempt hospital systems, medical groups, academic medical
centers and faculty practice groups, pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers, and group
purchasing organizations.
Eric has assisted clients in the development of corporate compliance programs, OIG audits and investigations, and
defense of Stark and kickback-based qui tam actions. He has organized and represents medical schools, teaching
hospitals and faculty practice groups nationally with respect to fraud and abuse, self-referral, recruitment, tax
exemption and other transactional, regulatory and organizational issues and serves as outside HIPAA counsel to
medical schools and academic medical centers.
Eric is the author of the book, Faculty Practice Plans, published as part of the BNA Health Law & Business Series,
co-author of A Guide to Complying with Stark Physician Self-Referral Rules (AIS, 2007) and AHLA’s Annotated
Redlined Stark Regulations (2008), and author of “Teaching and Research Hospitals” in Health Care Corporate
Law: Facilities and Transactions. He is a frequent speaker on a wide range of health law topics, and has spoken
before the America Health Lawyers Association, AdvaMed, Health Care Compliance Association, Healthcare
Financial Management Association and Medical Group Management Association.
Eric is ranked in Tier 1 in California – Healthcare in Chambers USA 2014 (one of 12 statewide) as well as ranked
in Tier 1 in the Chambers national rankings for Healthcare: Regulatory (one of 16 nationally). Eric was recognized
in 2005 as a Nightingale’s Healthcare News’ Outstanding Fraud & Compliance Lawyer. He was named to the
Legal Media Group Guide to Leading U.S. Healthcare Lawyers. Eric has been listed in both the Best Lawyers in
America and Southern California Super Lawyers editions since 2010. He is also listed in the Euromoney
Institutional Investor Expert Guide to the Leading U.S. Healthcare Lawyers.
Eric was the former Vice Chair of the Teaching Hospitals and Academic Medical Centers Practice Group of the
American Health Lawyers Association.
2015 ASC Symposium Faculty Biographies
Bernard P. Grondin
PARTNER
MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY
Bernard P. Grondin is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP and is based in the Miami office.
He focuses his practice on representing private equity funds and strategic investors in complex corporate
transactions, including leveraged buyouts, mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity investments, and joint
ventures. He also has a unique skill set critical to representing buyers, sellers or joint venture partners in
negotiating, documenting, facilitating and closing transactions involving health care companies.
Bernie previously advised private equity funds as well as public and private companies with respect to their
domestic and international acquisitions, divestitures, investments, and corporate governance. He also represented
issuers in initial public offerings, including blank check companies, and acted as corporate counsel to publicly
traded companies.
Bernie is admitted to practice in Florida and the District of Columbia and is a member of the American Health
Lawyers Association.
Bernie is listed as a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers magazine, Florida Super Lawyers, 2009-present.
2015 ASC Symposium Faculty Biographies
Michael Guarino
PRESIDENT
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OF AMERICA
Michael Guarino has been a part of the ASC industry for over 2 decades and currently serves as the Chairman of
the ASCA Political Action Committee. Mr. Guarino has testified to Congress regarding hospitals forming
monopolies, explaining how access will decrease and cost will increase. Mr. Guarino is responsible for
collaborating with and creating an Independent Physician Association made up of over 400 physicians and serves
as their Executive Director. In addition, Mr. Guarino recently created Practice Management of America an MSO
where he serves as the President and CEO. Mr. Guarino continues to be actively involved as a consultant across the
country and is a national speaker on the subject of the current healthcare marketplace.
2015 ASC Symposium Faculty Biographies
Clint Hailey
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT & CHIEF MANAGED CARE OFFICER
TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
Clint Hailey serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Managed Care Officer for the Tenet Healthcare Corporation.
Hailey, 50, oversees the company’s managed care payor relationships and portfolio performance. He developed
and oversaw Tenet’s move to a national managed care contracting strategy for all of Tenet’s hospitals, majorityowned freestanding outpatient centers and employed physicians nationally. He reports to Dan Cancelmi, Tenet’s
Chief Financial Officer.
Clint joined Tenet in May 2006. He is a lawyer who has focused his entire career on working with managed care
companies on behalf of providers. He came to Tenet after spending eight years with HCA, with his last position
being vice president, managed care, for HCA Texas. Previously, he worked in various managed care contracting
and other positions with Texas Health Resources in Dallas from 1993 to 1998. From 1991 to 1993, he was a staff
associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
He holds a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in business administration from Texas Christian University and
a law degree from Texas A&M University School of Law. He is a member of both the American and Texas Bar
Associations and is a fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.
2015 ASC Symposium Faculty Biographies
Andrew Hayek
PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
SURGICAL CARE AFFILIATES
Andrew Hayek is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Surgical Care Affiliates (SCA). Andrew has served
as President and Chief Executive Officer, and a member of the Board of Directors, of Surgical Care Affiliates Inc.
(“SCA”, NASDAQ: SCAI) since 2008. SCA owns and operates more than 180 surgical facilities in 34 states, in
partnership with more than 40 hospital systems and 2,500 physician partners. Prior to joining SCA, Andrew was as
President of a division of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. (NYSE: DVA), a renal dialysis and population health
management company, and he was President and Chief Operating Officer of Alliance Healthcare Services Inc.
(NYSE: AIQ), a diagnostic imaging and radiation therapy company. Andrew worked previously for Kohlberg
Kravis Roberts & Co., a global private equity firm, and the Boston Consulting Group, a global strategy and
operations consulting firm. Andrew is a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute, and he earned a Bachelor of
Arts summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Yale University.
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Steve Helgemo, M.D.
MURDOCK SURGERY CENTER
Dr. Stephen Helgemo is a Florida native educated at the Florida State University and then spent the next 11 years in
Baltimore, receiving his M.D. and completing an Orthopedic Surgery residency at Johns Hopkins. He then went on
to do a Hand Surgery fellowship at the prestigious Curtis Hand Center at Union Memorial Hospital. He is board
certified in Orthopedic Surgery and holds an additional certificate of added qualifications in Hand Surgery. He has
limited his practice to exclusively hand and arm surgery.
Dr. Helgemo has practiced in Charlotte county Florida since 1999 at the Florida Hand Center and was one of the
co-founders of Murdock Surgery Center in 2006. He recently served as president of the Murdock ASC and was part
of the leadership effort that lead to a partnership between Murdock Surgery Center and Tenet Healthcare. He is an
active triathlete and endurance sports fanatic.
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Darin Jay (DJ) Hill
FOUNDER
COMPASS SURGICAL PARTNERS
Darin Jay (DJ) Hill is Chief Executive Officer of Compass Surgical Partners. He is recognized as an accomplished
outpatient services executive. He has specific expertise in hospital joint ventures, turnaround situations and new
ambulatory surgery center developments. DJ is well known for his strategic competency and problem solving
acumen. DJ leads his firm’s efforts to provide high value solutions to its clients in the ambulatory surgery center
market. He earned his MBA from University of North Carolina.
Previously, as Chief Development Officer of Titan Health Corporation, DJ led the national development growth
initiatives of the firm until its successful sale to United Surgical Partners, International.
Prior to that, DJ served as Worldwide Sales Director for an international medical equipment firm, as Senior Vice
President of a national workers’ compensation case management firm and as part owner of regional chain of
occupational health clinics.
DJ, his wife, and three girls reside in Raleigh, NC. He participates in several nonprofits locally. His avocations
include running, snowboarding, sailing and Wake Forest University basketball.
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I. Naya Kehayes, MPH
MANAGING PRINCIPAL & FOUNDER
EVEIA HEALTH CONSULTING & MANAGEMENT
I. Naya Kehayes is the Founder and Managing Principal of Eveia Health Consulting & Management. Ms. Kehayes
has over 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry with expertise in surgery operations, business analysis,
reimbursement methodologies and payor contract negotiations. She is a guest lecturer at Yale University School of
Public Health. She is Past President of the Washington Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, and currently
serves as a Board member and Chairs the Payment Policy Committee. Ms. Kehayes is also a member of the ASCA
Government Affairs Committee. Ms. Kehayes earned a Masters of Public Health with thesis distinction from Yale
University School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, and a Bachelor of Arts and a Certificate in
Management Studies from the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York.
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Ben Kocaj, MBA
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
PUGET SOUND SURGICAL CENTER
Ben Kocaj is the Executive Director at Puget Sound Surgical Center (PSSC) in Edmonds, WA. His responsibilities
in this role encompass managing and directing the operations of a busy multi-specialty surgical practice with ten
surgeons, multiple locations and a total of twenty eight providers specializing primarily in bariatric surgery and
offering orthopedic, general and cosmetic surgery as well. Mr. Kocaj joined Puget Sound Surgical Center in
January of 2010 and has been instrumental in enhancing the practice’s bariatric program as well promoting the
growth that the company has experienced in the last five years. Prior to joining PSSC, Mr. Kocaj was the Executive
Director at Sunrise Medical Campus in Puyallup, WA, a 100,000 square feet medical center that opened in
November of 2004 and which Mr. Kocaj managed successfully until August of 2011. Mr. Kocaj holds a B.A. in
Business Administration and Finance from the University of Washington and a Masters in Business Administration
(MBA) from Pacific Lutheran University.
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Luke Lambert
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
AMBULATORY SURGICAL CENTERS OF AMERICA
Luke M. Lambert is the Chief Executive Officer of Ambulatory Surgical centers of America (ASCOA). He first
joined ASCOA as its Chief Financial Officer in 1997 and become its Chief Executive Officer in 2002. Prior to
joining ASCOA, Mr. Lambert worked at Smith Barney in sell side equity research. At Booz, Allen & Hamilton and
Ernst & Young, Mr. Lambert consulted with entities starting new ventures, entering new markets and reengineering
business processes. Mr. Lambert is a graduate of Harvard College, where he studied economics, and obtained his
MBA from the Columbia Graduate School of Business. Mr. Lambert was among the first to earn the CASC
designation in 2002.
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Marian Lowe
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, PAYER & EMPLOYER STRATEGY
UNITED SURGICAL PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL
Marian Lowe is the Senior Vice President of Payer and Employer Strategies at United Surgical Partners Intl, Inc.
(USPI). Marian is primarily responsible for the development and deployment of reform-based strategies to
approach payers, employers and third parties to drive profitable business to USPI facilities. She is leading the
implementation of a Medicare Shared Savings Program ACO under USPI’s subsidiary IPA in St Louis as well as
convening over 400 physicians to participate in Medicare’s bundled payment demonstration program around for
orthopedic and spine surgery episodes. Marian joined USPI in 2013 from Strategic Health Care where she was a
partner working with some of the nation’s largest healthcare systems to improve financial performance and
business strategy. She has also represented the ASC industry in Washington since 2005. Prior to Strategic Health
Care, Marian worked with the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, a federal advisory agency, where she
gained extensive experience in payment policy and reform during the period in which Medicare implemented many
of the current prospective payment systems. Earlier in her career, she directed workforce policy for the American
Hospital Association’s nurse executive subsidiary, served as the executive director of the California affiliate of the
American Nurses Association, and consulted with professional associations and hospitals for a boutique healthcare
consulting firm in Washington, DC.
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Daniel H. Melvin
PARTNER
MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY
Daniel H. Melvin is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP and is based in the Firm's Chicago
office. Daniel focuses his practice on counseling clients on Federal health care program fraud and abuse, Stark law,
and Medicare reimbursement issues.
He has substantial experience auditing hospitals and other health care organizations for Medicare and other
regulatory compliance, and structuring ambulatory clinical joint ventures, including ambulatory surgery centers,
cardiac and vascular labs, imaging centers, radiation therapy centers, sleep labs and in-office physician diagnostic
facilities.
Co-chair of the firm’s Reimbursement / Fraud & Abuse Affinity Group and co-author of the book, A Guide to
Complying with Stark Physician Self-Referral Rules, Daniel speaks and writes frequently on health care regulatory
and payment issues, and clinical joint ventures. In 2009, he was named to Nightingale's Healthcare News' list of
Outstanding Healthcare Fraud & Compliance Lawyers. Daniel's latest practice focus is on legal strategies for
hospital-physician alignment on efficiency and quality.
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Anne J. Miller, M.D.
ENGLEWOOD ORTHOPEDIC ASSOCIATES
Board Certification: American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, July 1991
Certificate of Added Qualifications in Hand Surgery, August 1992
Re-certification via CAQ Hand Surgery, August 1999, September 2009
Education:
May 1983
Harvard Medical School, M.D.
June 1978
Princeton University, AB
Magna Cum Laude
Major: Biochemistry
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Chi
Professional Training:
July, 1988-June, 1989 Fellow, Hand Surgery
New England Baptist Hospital/Tufts New England Medical Center
Drs. Nalebuff, Millender, Ruby, Leslie
Boston, Massachusetts
July, 1987-June, 1988 Montefiore Hospital Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York
Chief Resident, Orthopedic Surgery
July, 1984-June, 1987 Montefiore Hospital Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York
Resident, Orthopedic Surgery
July, 1983-June, 1984 New England Deaconess Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
Intern, General Surgery
Hospital Affiliation:
Englewood Hospital & Medical Center (EHMC)
Englewood, New Jersey
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Holy Name Hospital (HNH)
Teaneck, New Jersey
Metropolitan Surgery Center
Hackensack, New Jersey
Hackensack University Medical Center at Pascack Valley
Pascack Valley, New Jersey
Honors & Awards:
Castle & Connolly – “Best Doctors” NY Metropolitan area
Hand Surgery 1997 through 2014
N.Y. Magazine “Best Doctors” 1999-2014
Sergio Award, Healing the Children Midlantic 2007
Professional Societies:
American Society for Surgery of the Hand
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
American Orthopedic Association
New York Society for Surgery of the Hand
Ruth Jackson Orthopedic Society
NJ Medical Society
Bergen County Medical Society
American Medical Association
Board Memberships-Non Medical:
Thomas Cole National Historic Site: 2010 ongoing
Greene County Council on the Arts, Catskill Arts Initiative 2011
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Committee Work:
Local:
Metropolitan Surgery Center
I helped to build this center and was involved in all phases of planning including finance and management. I have
served on the executive committee since its beginning in 2004
Medical Director 2010-present
Immediate Past President 2008 to 2010
President 2006 to 2008
Vice President 2004-2006
Englewood Hospital Medical Center
Bylaws Committee 2003 to present
Chair, Englewood Hospital Emergency Department Chief search committee 2006
Quality Management Chairperson, Department of Orthopedics 1994-2001
Procedure Review Committee, January 1998-2001
Clinical Resource Management 1994-2000
Coordinator Care Progression Patterns, Department of Orthopedics
Physician Advisory Council Member
Length of Stay Physician Education Committee Member
Utilization Committee 1990-1994
Chair Utilization Review Committee 1991-1994
Credentials Committee 1994-1997
EHMC Long Stay Board 1995-1997
EHMC Operating Room Committee January, 1993-January, 1995
Regional:
New York Society for Surgery of the Hand
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Secretary- June 2006 to June 2008
Vice President- June 2008 to June 2009
President elect- June 2009 to June 2010
President 2010-2011
Past President 2011-2012
NJ Medical Society
PACmember 2004 to present
New Jersey Medical Society Committee on Women in Medicine-Member 1991-1994
National:
American Board of Orthopedic Surgery
Oral Boards examiner 2001 through 2014
American Foundation for Surgery of the Hand
President, 2005 to 2009
Vice President 2003-2005
Secretary 2001-2003
Member Board of Trustees 1999-2009
Annual Meeting Campaign Committee Chair 2008-2009
Member-to-Member committee 2008-2009
Future in Hand Capital Campaign Advisory Committee 2006 -2009
Nominating Committee 2002
Member-to-Member Campaign Chair 2001-2002
Coordinator Eastern Half of Country 2000
Coordinator Southeast Region 1999
American Society for Surgery of the Hand
Chair Business of Hand Surgery: 2012-2014
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Chair Pre course: Is there a Future for Private Practice?: ASSH Annual meeting 2014
Anne J. Miller, M.D.
ENGLEWOOD ORTHOPEDIC ASSOCIATES
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Chair pre course: Basic Economics for Hand Surgeons: Annual meeting 2012
Chair pre course: Ambulatory Surgery Centers A to Z: Annual meeting 2011
ASSH Representative to RUC, 2009-ongoing
Identity Task Force 2011-12
Implant Catalogue Task Force, Chair 2010
Commercial Support Committee 2006-ongoing
Physician Reimbursement and Coding 2003-2013
Corporate Advisory Council 2009
Member Relations Task Force 2007-2009
Finance Task Force 2008-2009
Membership Task Force 2009
Intellectual Property Task Force 2008
Finance Committee (guest) 2005-2009
AFSH Task Force 2008
JIPCO member 2005-2007
Research Task Force 2006-2007
Emergency Room Coverage Task Force 2005
Task Force on Travel Clubs, Chair 2004
Lend a Hand program, Local Coordinator 2005-2008
Journal of Hand Surgery:
Consultant Reviewer 2009 to present
Teaching/mentorships:
AAOS Ruth Jackson Mentorship Program: Over the past 7 years I have acted as an advisor and mentor to a young
woman who is now a third year resident at the Hospital for Special Surgery.
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Princeton University Internships: For the past 9 years I have been the mentor and advisor to a young woman who is
now a second year resident in Orthopedics at Harvard
Anne J. Miller, M.D.
ENGLEWOOD ORTHOPEDIC ASSOCIATES
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Bergen Academy for the Advancement of Science and Technology,
Internship Program, 1998-1999
ASSH Lend a Hand Program 2005 to present
AANA Wrist and Elbow Arthroscopy Course- Instructor 2007
Englewood Hospital Medical Center: medical resident teaching and clinic, surgery residents from Mt Sinai
Presentations:
“Compression Neuropathy” EHMC Rehab Grand Rounds October, 1994
“Treatment of Emergency Hand Conditions” EHMC Grand Rounds, November 1999
“Pediatric Hand Trauma” EHMC Pediatric Grand Rounds September 1995, 2000
“Wrist Arthroscopy”, Holy Name Hospital Grand Rounds May 2003
“Trapezial Arthoplasty” Montefiore/Einstein Hospital Orthopedic Guest Lecture
April 2004
“Creating a Travel Club” Instructional course/luncheon annual meeting 2004
“Osteoarthritis of the Hand”, NYSSH Review Course, 2007, 2008
“Lateral Epicondylitis”, Elbow Demystified Course, Roosevelt/St Lukes 2008
“Study Groups: Tax Deductible Fun” Young Members Forum, ASSH annual meeting 2008
“Carpal Tunnel Syndrome” Demystified Course, Roosevelt/St Lukes 2009
“Ulnar Nerve Compression”, Demystified Course, Roosevelt/ St Lukes 2009
“Real Life 101”, Hand Service Grand Rounds May 2009
“2010 ASC Symposium” Faculty, Miami Florida, February 2010
“Upper Extremity Anatomy”, Demystified Course, Roosevelt/St Lukes 2010
“Common Clinical Complaints in the Upper Extremity”, Grand Rounds, Department of Medicine, Englewood
Hospital Medical Center May 2010
“Coding and Reimbursement” Roosevelt St Lukes Hand Service Grand rounds, June 2010, June 2011
“Rheumatoid Arthritis” Roosevelt St Lukes Hand Service grand rounds June 2012
Publications:
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Miller-Breslow, A.J., Terrono, A., Millender, L:The Non-Operative Treatment of Anterior Interosseous Nerve
Palsy.J. Hand Surgery, 15A:493-496. 1990
Miller-Breslow, A.J., Feldon, P., Millender, L:The Complicated Hand in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Hand Clinics of
NorthAmerica, May.1989
Anne J. Miller, M.D.
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Kirchenbaum, IH, Miller-Breslow A. J., Macy, NJ:Potts Paraplegia: Einstein Quart. J. Biology Med. 7:94-102.
1989
Miller-Breslow, A.J., and Szporn, M.:Scaphocapitate Syndrome. Orthopedic Grand Rounds, 5:9-15, 1988
Miller-Breslow, A.J., and Dorfman, H.:Dupuytren’s (Subungual) Exostosis.
American J. Surg. Path., 12:368-378, 1988
Kipnis, J., Miller-Breslow, A.J. and Lopez, R.:The Occult Primary in Solitary Bone Metastases.Ortho. Grand
Rounds, 4:10-16, 1987
Davis, R.L. Rifkin, D.B., Tepper, R. Miller, A. and Kucherlapati, I.:A Polypeptide Secreted by Transformed Cells
that Modulates HumanPlasminogenActivator Syntheses. Science, 221:171-173, 1983
Scientific Presentations:
Fatti, J., Nalebuff, E. Miller-Breslow, A.:Silicone Arthroplasty in the Autofused PIP Joint.Presented at the annual
meeting. American Society for Surgery of the Hand
Toronto, 1989
Rose, J., Miller-Breslow, A., Belsky, M. and Millender, L.:Intrinsic Muscle Coverage of Digital Nerve
Neuromas.Presented at the New England Hand Society, Essex, Connecticut, 1988
Miller-Breslow, A., Terrono, A., and Millender, L.:The Non-Operative Treatment of Anterior Interosseous Nerve
Palsy. Presented at the National Meeting of the American Academy ofOrthopedic Surgeons, Las Vegas, Nevada,
1988
Scientific Posters:
The Non-Operative Treatment of Anterior Interosseous Nerve Palsy. Presented at the Meeting of the American
Orthopedic Association, Boston, Massachusetts, June 1990
The Non-Operative Treatment of Anterior Interosseous Nerve Palsy. The annual meeting of the American Society
for Surgery of the Hand, Seattle, Washington, September 1989
2015 ASC Symposium Faculty Biographies
Rajesh Patel, M.D.
VICE CHAIRMAN
INTERVENTIONAL SPINE & PAIN MANAGEMENT
Dr. Rajesh Patel is a board certified anesthesiologist practicing Pain Management in Atlanta area. He joined Cobb
Anesthesia in 1999 to start their Pain Management program. In 2005 he started Comprehensive Pain Management
and rapidly expanded this Pain Management practice to nine locations including seven ASCs. He also added a
toxicology lab and an MRI to add to the revenue streams.
In 2013 he started looking for a liquidation event and was successfully able to sell his practice to Interventional
Spine and Pain Management (ISPM) in 2014 and is now vice chairman at ISPM.
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Michael Patterson
PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY HEALTH
Michael J. Patterson is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Mississippi Valley Health (MVH). He is
responsible for overseeing the day-to-day business operations and providing leadership and direction for all aspects
of patient care, operational excellence, and business development services provided by MVH. This includes
Mississippi Valley Surgery Center, Mississippi Valley Endoscopy Center, Mississippi Medical Plaza Development
Corporation and its related entities.
For the past 15 years his professional career has encompassed a variety of positions in the healthcare field ranging
from a Registered Nurse in a Level I Trauma Center to the Chief Administrative Officer of a 350 bed community
hospital and Chief Nurse Executive of a 3 hospital health system. In addition, he has served on several not-forprofit community Boards as well as the Red Cross and the national ASC association (ASCA) Board.
Michael has served over 23 years in both the Active and Reserve components of the US Navy. He has received the
Navy Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Navy Achievement Medal, Meritorious Service Medal
and many others and is certified as a Combat Warfare Specialist. He has previously held the position of Officer in
Charge of the Expeditionary Medical Force Detachment located on the Rock Island Arsenal. He retired from Naval
Service with full honors in April of 2012.
Michael is a graduate of Northern Illinois University with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, and the University of
Illinois at Chicago with a Master’s of Science in Nursing and Administration. He is a Fellow in the American
College of Healthcare Executives, and is the President and a founding member of the Iowa Association of
Ambulatory Surgery Centers.
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Robert Powell
VICE PRESIDENT OF PLANNING
VIRTUA HEALTH
Robert (Bob) Powell is Vice President of Planning at Virtua Health in Marlton, NJ. Since joining Virtua in 1996,
Bob has been responsible for the development of a variety of hospital/Physician partnerships at Virtua in both the
inpatient and outpatient arenas. Since 2006, Bob has led the development and implementation of Virtua’s
Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) strategy, which has led to partnerships with over 200 Physician partners in nine
ASCs throughout the state of New Jersey. Virtua’s ASC family performs 46,000 surgical procedures a year
generating $98,000,000 in revenue. Three of the six ASC transactions in active development feature holding
partnerships with two national ASC companies.
As one of New Jersey’s largest health systems, Virtua helps people be well, get well and stay well through a
comprehensive range of health care services. Services are delivered through three health and wellness centers, three
fitness centers, three acute care hospitals, primary and specialty physician practices with more than 240 physicians,
urgent care centers, nine ambulatory surgery centers, home health services, two long-term care and rehabilitation
centers, 12 paramedic units and a wide range of outpatient services. An innovator in clinical and information
technology such as electronic medical records, Virtua is recognized for its ground-breaking partnerships with GE
Healthcare, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), and the Fox Chase Cancer Center. Virtua employs more
than 8,400 people and has been honored as the #1 Best Place to Work in the Delaware Valley for nine consecutive
years. It is the recipient of the Consumer Choice Award from the National Research Corporation.
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William Main Prentice
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTER ASSOCIATION
Bill Prentice is the Chief Executive Officer of the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASCA) and
Ambulatory Surgery Foundation (ASF). ASCA is the national organization representing the approximately 5,400
ambulatory surgery centers in the US, and provides advocacy, education, benchmarking and staff training for its
many members.
Under his tenure, ASCA has achieved record membership numbers, significantly increased revenue while reducing
expenses, developed a number of new membership programs and services and dramatically strengthened its
advocacy efforts on Capitol Hill and with relevant federal agencies.
Before joining ASCA, Mr. Prentice was a senior executive at other national and state associations, a lobbyist at
both the federal and state levels and vice president of a contract lobbying and public affairs firm in New Jersey. He
started his career on Capitol Hill, where he worked for both a member of congress and on the staff of a House
Committee.
Bill holds an undergraduate degree in political science from The George Washington University, a master’s degree
in government administration from the University of Pennsylvania and a law degree from Rutgers School of LawNewark.
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Robert Quinn, M.D.
BEND SURGERY CENTER
Dr. Quinn is the founder of Mountain View Cosmetic Surgery. Along with his commitment to the medical
community, he is committed to our community. He is an annual corporate sponsor to the local school district fund
raisers and has been a “secret santa” to supply books for under privileged kids. Educational scholarships have also
been awarded to fund school activities for those that cannot afford to participate.
Dr. Quinn is held in high esteem for his commitment to medicine and the community. He was recently nominated
by the American Cancer Society for Outstanding Cancer Physician. A patient nominated Dr. Quinn for his
reconstruction work with breast cancer survivors. He takes his work very seriously but maintains a down to earth
rapport and good humor with all his patients. He cares deeply for all his patients and has been active with the Sara
Fisher Project and assisted the Volunteers in Medicine Clinic with their needs.
He is a gifted surgeon and enjoys cosmetic surgery which requires fine motor skills due to the delicate nature of the
procedures. He is a participating surgeon in some of the national studies that are ongoing for evaluation of cosmetic
implants. This helps the patients that want to participate by tracking outcomes and gives long term continuity of
care.
Before Dr. Quinn was an award winning plastic surgeon, he was a rocket scientist at NASA. There was a time when
NASA required his signature before they would launch any shuttle mission into space. Dr. Quinn decided to move
from aerospace engineering to surgery to fulfill his lifelong dream of pursuing medicine.
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James A. Saling
PARTNER
MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY
James A. Saling is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP and is based in the Firm’s Miami
office. James concentrates his practice on health care mergers and acquisitions and regulatory matters. James has
counseled clients on a wide range of matters, including structuring financial arrangements and transactions to
comply with the Anti-Kickback Statute and the Stark Law; Medicare certification and reimbursement; state
licensure issues affecting health care providers; corporate practice of medicine and dentistry; joint ventures between
health care providers; tax exemption; development of integrated delivery systems; and structuring incentive
compensation and risk sharing arrangements.
He has devoted much of his practice to hospital-physician affiliations and joint ventures, including those with
ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, IDTFs, cancer centers, cardiac catheterization labs, block lease
arrangements, clinical co-management arrangements, "under arrangement" relationships and physician practice
acquisitions and integration. This experience includes the development of hospital outpatient departments and freestanding facilities, the acquisition of existing facilities, counseling clients in developing new service lines, strategic
planning and governance issues, and restructuring facility operations for compliance reasons.
James has assisted hospital system clients (for profit and tax exempt) with strategic expansion and restructuring,
including syndications, acquisitions and mergers. As a response to health care reform and continued market
consolidation, James has assisted clients in a number of innovative affiliation transactions, including the
representation of insurance companies in physician practice acquisitions.
He has also advised private equity clients in their acquisitions and worked closely with their due diligence teams to
quickly identify health care regulatory issues, especially with regard to private equity investments in physician and
dental practice management companies.
James was recently appointed to the American Health Lawyer’s Association Young Professional’s Council.
He is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association and the American Bar Association. He is admitted to
practice in the District of Columbia and Florida.
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Robert Scoskie
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, STRATEGIC VENTURES
NORTH SHORE – LIJ HEALTH SYSTEM
Robert (Rob) Scoskie is the Executive Director of Strategic Ventures for North Shore-LIJ Health System (Great
Neck, NY). In this role, Mr. Scoskie is responsible for ambulatory strategic growth, physician alignment, jointventures, and strategic partnerships. Before serving in this role, Mr. Scoskie led physician alignment activities at
North Shore-LIJ as the Vice President, Business Development. Prior to joining North Shore-LIJ, Mr. Scoskie
served as the Vice President of Business Development and Operations for hospitals within West Penn Allegheny
Health System (Pittsburgh, PA).
In addition to his role in the integrated hospital systems, Mr. Scoskie has experience in the pharmaceutical sector.
He led growth activities for Schering-Plough Corporation as the Group Leader of the West Coast and Desert Pacific
regions. The role afforded Mr. Scoskie an opportunity to engage with many large managed care organizations,
hospital systems and physician driven organizations.
Mr. Scoskie began his career at Monongalia Health System (Morgantown, WV), where he served in a variety of
business development, operations and administrative roles.
Mr. Scoskie holds a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Cornell University. He also holds a Bachelor’s
Degree in Genetics and Human Development from Cornell University.
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Jerry J. Sokol
PARTNER & PROGRAM CHAIRMAN
MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY
Jerry J. Sokol is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP and is based in the Firm's Miami
office. He has a national practice concentrated on the business aspect of health care law with an emphasis on
mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and various contractual arrangements in the health care industry. Jerry cochairs the Firm's national Health Transactions group.
Jerry has an active health care private equity practice with a focus on leveraged buyout transactions. Jerry and his
team are uniquely qualified to perform both the acquisition and finance components of these transactions, as well as
the required health care specific due diligence.
Jerry’s health care experience also includes numerous sales, acquisitions and mergers of a variety of health care
entities; formation of health care provider networks and; formation of various management service organizations
arrangements. He represents outpatient service facilities (e.g., MRI and multi-modality diagnostic facilities,
including PET and CT; radiation therapy centers; dialysis centers; cardiac cath labs; clinical laboratories; etc.) with
their transactional and regulatory legal needs. Jerry has developed creative models for physician collaboration with
these ancillary service provider entities taking into consideration applicable federal and state health care laws.
Jerry has also developed a particular niche in representing ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and ASC
management companies with all of their transactional and regulatory needs. His ASC transactional practice ranges
from syndicating "startup" ASCs, effectuating the sales of equity interests in existing ASCs to physicians, and
buying and selling significant equity positions in ASCs on behalf of or to large corporate buyers.
Jerry is a Board Certified Health Care Attorney. He is ranked in Chambers USA and The Best Lawyers in America.
Jerry is also listed in the Nightingale’s Healthcare News’ Outstanding Healthcare Transaction Lawyers list. He has
authored numerous articles on a variety of health care topics and lectures extensively around the country on health
care transactional and regulatory topics.
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Joshua (Jed) Spielman
PARTNER
MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY
Jed Spielman is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP and is based in the firm’s Miami office.
He has a national practice focused on the business aspects of health care law with an emphasis on mergers and
acquisitions, joint ventures, and contractual arrangements. Jed serves principally as counsel to private equity funds,
public and private corporations, hospitals, physician practices and strategic investors in connection with a wide
range of transactional, corporate, regulatory and governance matters.
Jed has devoted much of his practice to private equity transactions, including acquisitions, divestitures, growth
capital investments, joint ventures, debt and equity financings, corporate restructurings and similar commercial
transactions.
Jed has also assisted clients in the development of financial arrangements and transaction structures designed to
comply with federal and state health care laws; joint ventures and affiliations between health care providers; state
licensure; and issues related to Medicare and commercial reimbursement.
Jed is admitted to practice in Florida and New York.
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Michael Stroup
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, ACQUISITIONS
UNITED SURGICAL PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL
Mr. Stroup serves as United Surgical Partner’s (USPI) Senior Vice President of Acquisitions and has over eighteen
years of health care experience in surgical center development, health care investment banking and management
consulting. Before USPI, Mr. Stroup was an investment banker with RBC Capital Markets and JPMorgan in San
Francisco and a management consultant with William M. Mercer's Healthcare Practice in Atlanta. Mr. Stroup’s
health care experience includes acquiring and funding companies, establishing joint ventures with leading health
systems, and implementing managed care strategies for employers and providers. Mr. Stroup has an MBA from
Wharton and an undergraduate degree from University of Michigan.
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Jennifer A. Vecchio
COUNSEL
MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY
Jennifer A. Vecchio is counsel in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP and is based in the Firm’s Miami
office. Jennifer focuses her national practice on the representation of ambulatory surgery centers, hospitals, health
systems, health care joint ventures and ancillary service providers. She has significant experience in all aspects of
transactional health law, including the acquisition and disposition of health care companies, as well as the
formation and establishment of ambulatory surgical center joint ventures and provider joint ventures. Jennifer has
served as lead counsel in connection with major health care merger and acquisition transactions and the myriad of
health care regulatory issues that arise from such transactions.
Jennifer has represented numerous ambulatory surgery centers, hospitals and physician organizations for purposes
of determining compliance with state and federal anti-kickback and anti-referral laws, including the federal “Stark”
laws. Working under the regulatory framework of federal and state health care laws, she has been significantly
involved with the development and implementation of creative business models for health care clients.
Jennifer has extensive experience in drafting agreements to effectuate a multitude of relationships between health
systems, health care providers, suppliers and other corporations and organizations.
Jennifer has been ranked as one of the leading health care attorneys in Florida by Chambers & Partners. For
multiple years, Jennifer has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America. She has also been
recognized by her peers for her health law expertise in publications such as Florida Super Lawyers.
Jennifer is a member of the Florida, Iowa and Illinois bars.
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Kristian A. Werling
PARTNER
MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY
Kristian Werling is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP and is based in the Firm’s Chicago
office. He focuses his practice on representing medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers and healthcare
service providers in a wide variety of transactional matters. Concomitant with his practice in the contemporary
landscape of healthcare and life sciences is a related depth of experience in representing private equity and venture
capital investors. In this capacity he works with cross-disciplinary teams to conduct legal due diligence and execute
acquisitions, add-on acquisitions and divestitures, as well as provide ongoing legal services to portfolio companies.
In the healthcare services space, Krist has particular experience with transactions and joint ventures involving
ambulatory surgical and dialysis facilities.
From 2005-2006, Kristian served as in-house counsel to Hospira, Inc., a generic specialty pharmaceutical and
medical device manufacturer in Lake Forest, Ill. He regularly counsels life sciences clients in transactional and
regulatory issues, particularly in negotiating licensing and partnership agreements, clinical research agreements
(including clinical trial and CRO agreements), contract manufacturing agreements and distribution agreements. He
has also assisted various medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers with the implementation of compliance
plans and related policies, the formation of medical affairs departments, and appropriate grant-making procedures.
Krist currently serves as the Chair of the Life Science Practice Group of the American Health Lawyers Association.
Additionally, Krist co-authored The Fundamentals of Life Sciences Law: Drugs, Devices, and Biotech, serving as
Editor-in-Chief for the American Health Lawyers Association’s second edition of the publication.
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Eric Zimmerman
PARTNER
MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY
Eric Zimmerman is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP based in the Firm’s Washington,
D.C. office. Eric also serves as a principal of McDermott+Consulting LLC. Eric is a recognized Medicare law and
policy authority and registered lobbyist who represents clients before Congress and administrative agencies, and
helps clients navigate federal legislative and regulatory processes related to Medicare coverage, coding,
reimbursement and compliance. Eric primarily counsels and represents hospitals and health systems, ambulatory
surgery centers, clinical laboratories, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and device manufacturers and suppliers,
medical trade associations and professional societies.
Representative Experience
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Representing some of the country’s largest health systems and service providers, diagnostics companies,
and pharmaceutical and device manufacturers before Congress, the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and other federal agencies
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Advancing legislative and regulatory changes achieving Medicare coverage, improving reimbursement, and
revising regulatory obligations
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Developing and implementing lobbying strategies
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Forming and managing advocacy coalitions
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Providing financial analysts and investors with specialized due diligence to understand the implications of
federal legislative and regulatory developments, and evaluate investments in healthcare companies
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Representing providers before the Provider Reimbursement Review Board, Medicare Geographic
Classification Review Board, Administrative Law Judges and federal courts
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Counseling clients on Medicare reimbursement strategies and transaction implications
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Advising clients on specific compliance questions and working with providers to establish compliance
programs
Recognitions
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Recommended by The Legal 500 for government regulations and representation before agencies (2011)
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"Most Influential Lawyers,” The National Law Journal (2011)
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Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2006 - 2012)
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Washingtonian Magazine Top Lawyer (2013)
Affiliations
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American Health Lawyers Association, Board of Directors (2008-2013)
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Advisory board member – Bureau of National Affairs’ Medicare Report
Eric is admitted to practice in Maryland and the District of Columbia.
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Jeffrey Zipper, M.D.
PAIN MANAGEMENT PHYSICIAN
Education and Training
Adelphi University – Garden City, New York
B.S. Biology, 1983 – Graduated Cum Laude
Barry University – Miami Shore, Florida
M.S. Biomedical Services, 1984
University of Miami, School of Medicine – Miami
Florida Doctor of Medicine, 1987 with Honors
Selected for membership in Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
North Shore University Hospital – Manhasset, New York
Affiliate: Cornell University Medical College
General Surgery Internship, July 1987 – June 1988
State of the University Hospital Health Science Center of Brooklyn Downstate Medical Center – Brooklyn,
New York
Affiliates: Kings County Hospital and V.A. Medical Center – Brooklyn, New York
Staten Island Hospital – Staten Island, New York
Resident in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation – July 1998 – June 1991
Chief Resident, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation – July 1990 – June 1991
Medical Licenses
State of Florida, License #ME 57494 (Active)
State of Colorado, License #43545 (Active)
State of Arizona, License #34833 (Active)
State of Pennsylvania, License #MD 41 9934 (Inactive)
State of New York, License #174914 (Active)
State of Michigan, License # 4301071362 (Inactive)
Board of Certification
Diplomate of the American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation – May 1992
Diplomate American Academy of Pain Management – July 1991
Hospital Affiliations
Boca Raton Community Hospital – Boca Raton, Florida
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National Surgical Centers of America – Winter Park, Florida
January 2013 – November 2014
President of Prospira Paincare Inc.
May 2001 – 2012
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the National Pain Institute, National Surgical Centers of America &
National Pain Research Institute.
July 1996 – May 1998
Chief Medical Officer of HCR/Manorcare Physician Services, Resigned from position in May of 1998
June 1991 – June 1996
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the South Florida Pain and Rehabilitation Center. Facilities acquired by
HCR (Heartland Healthcare Service) a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange in June 1996.
Professional Affiliations
American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
American Academy of Pain Management
American College of Physician Executives
American Medical Association PAC
Florida Medical Association
Florida Society for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Florida Academy of Pain Medicine
Community Service Affiliations
Chairman of the Board for American-Israel Chamber of Commerce, Florida Chapter (AICC) 2011 – present
Steering Committee Member of League for Educational Awareness of the Holocaust (LEAH) 2011 – present
Member of the Board of Directors for the Florida Academy of Pain Medicine (FAPM) 2010 – present
President of the Florida Academy of Pain Medicine 2013 – present
Founding Member, American Principals PAC – 2011 – present
Member, Physician Council for Responsible Reform, A special project of the National Republican Congressional
Committee – 2009 – present
Finance Committee Member, Adam Hasner for U.S. Senate – 2011 – present
Member of the Board of Trustees for Temple Beth El – Boca Raton, FL 2004 – 2006
South East Regional Board of Directors for American Red Magen David for Israel (ARMDI) 2002 – 2006
Cub Scout Master; Pack #333, Boca Raton, FL 1996 – 1999
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