The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association named 10 ASC leaders to its 2026 10 Under 40 list, released in October.
This is the second year of the program. Nominees had to be ASCA members or work at an ASCA member facility. They also had to be younger than 40 as of Dec. 31 and show measurable impact on their facility or the ASC community within the past 12 months, according to an article on the association’s website.
Three judges selected the honorees. They were Tina DiMarino, RN, co-founder and CEO of Street, Md.-based Custom Surgical Partners; Laurie Roderiques, RN, director of clinical services and infection prevention consultant for Rochester, N.Y.-based Ambulatory Healthcare Strategies; and Allison Stock, RN, COO of Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Surgical Management Professionals.
Ms. Stock said reviewing the nominations showed her “the future of the ASC industry is in very capable hands.”
Here are the 2026 honorees:
- Imoh Ikpot, MD. Division chief of ambulatory anesthesia at University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center
- Britney Smith. Director of revenue cycle management at Bladder and Bowel Institute (Harrison, Ark.)
- Brooke Damian, RN. Administrator at Grandview Urology Surgery Center (Birmingham, Ala.)
- Cidney Adams, RN. Facility administrator at MidWest Eye Surgery Center (Cincinnati)
- Raegan Christianson, RN. Administrator at Granville Health System Endoscopy Center (Oxford, N.C.)
- Crystal Janicek, RN. Perioperative nurse manager at North Memorial Ambulatory Surgery Center at Maple Grove (Minn.)
- Corbin Mankin. Regional director of operations at Solara Surgical Partners (Oklahoma City and Southlake, Texas)
- Morgan Wilson, RN. Nurse manager at Limestone Surgery Center (Wilmington, Del.)
- Kayla Boucher-Henning, RN. Clinical director at Specialty Eye Surgery & Laser Center of the Capital Region (Latham, N.Y.)
- Viviana López Rivera. Compliance officer at Puerto Rico ASC Holding Co. (Guaynabo, Puerto Rico)
The honorees’ recent work includes Dr. Ikpot leading the addition of total joint replacements at his ASC and Ms. Boucher-Henning growing her center from about 14 cases a month to 450 since it opened in 2018, according to the article.
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