Leadership

Former ASC executive director John Frederick May, 82, died Jan. 10, the Austin Daily Herald reports.

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare CEO Ronald Rittenmeyer said the company is "aggressively" exploring outsourcing numerous positions, the Dallas News reports.

Healthcare Solutions Consulting Principal and former ASC Administrator John D. Brock shared four leadership tips for medical directors in the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association's ASC Physician Focus newsletter.

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Patricia Thomas, RN, began a three-year term on the National Certifying Board for Ophthalmic Registered Nurses Jan. 1. 

A video posted by eye surgeon Blake Williamson, MD, was among the top 10 featured on ophthalmic surgical video platform Eyetube in 2018, according to Cataract and Refractive Surgery Today.

Gilmore Jasion Mahler's Matt Cavanagh is being promoted to partner, effective Jan. 8, the Sentinel-Tribune reports.

Bridgeport (Conn.) Hospital Ambulatory Services Vice President Gina Calder said her biggest pet peeve is when an employee regularly complains that something is an issue or needs to be done, Refinery29 reports. 

Aiken (S.C.) Ophthalmology and Carolina Surgery Center's newest hire is ophthalmologist and glaucoma specialist Anthony Greer, MD, the Aiken Standard reports.

Springfield, Pa.-based Crozer-Keystone Health System honored surgery center nurse Tammy McCauley, RN, with The DAISY Award.