Leadership

Independent surgery centers like Richmond, Va.-based Medarva Stony Point Surgery Center face several unique challenges when it comes to standing out from the competition.

Scott White is the Florida market president of Compass Surgical Partners, an ASC management and development company.

Andrew Hayek is the CEO of OptumHealth and Surgical Care Affiliates. Optum and SCA merged in January 2017, thereby giving SCA access to Optum's platform which serves millions of U.S. customers via 20,000 affiliated physicians and hundreds of facilities spanning…

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Saul Epstein is the chief financial officer and controller of Coconut Creek, Fla.-based ParkCreek Surgery Center. In his role, he oversees the ASC's financial activities. The multispecialty ASC offers services including anesthesiology, gastroenterology, general surgery, gynecology, urology, spine, podiatry, pain…

Stanford Plavin, MD, is an Ambulatory Surgery Center Association board member. Additionally, he is the president of Atlanta-based Technical Anesthesia Strategies and Solutions, a physician-owned company. He was the president of Greater Atlanta Society of Anesthesiologists.

Stacey Berner, MD, is the principal and CEO of SurgCenter Development, an ASC development and operations company with more than 100 physician-focused ASCs nationwide.

Ann Geier, RN, is the chief nursing offer for Surgical Information Systems. In her role, she works with surgery centers on ways to improve efficiency, bolster compliance and deliver high quality care.

The International Association of HealthCare Professionals included David Makey, MD, in its publication, The Leading Physicians of the World.

Business aside, the keys to fostering strong, symbiotic relationships between specialty practices and their ASCs include the same basic tenets of any positive relationship.