Board of Directors

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President

Joseph Alhadeff, MD
OSS Health
York, PA

Secretary

LuAnn Puvogel, RN, MBA
Salina Surgical Hospital
Salina, KS

Treasurer

John Harvey, MD
Oklahoma Heart Hospital
Oklahoma City, OK

Director

Robb Linafelter
Lincoln Surgical Hospital
Lincoln, NE

Director

Carlos Cardenas, MD
Doctors Hospital at Renaissance
McAllen, TX

Immediate Past President

Frederic Liss, MD
Royersford, PA

Director

Whitney Courser
ValueHealth
Leawood, KS

Director

Bharat Desai, MD
Panorama Orthopedics and Spine Center
Golden, CO

Director

John Dietz Jr, MD
Indiana Orthopaedic Hospital
Indianapolis, IN

Director

Mike Lipomi
MedHQ
Southern Pines, NC

Director

Amber Mitchell, RN, MSN
Northwest Hills Surgical Hospital
Austin, TX

Director Emeritus

R. Blake Curd, MD
Orthopedic Institute
Sioux Falls, SD

Presidential Advisory Committee

Brett Gosney
Animas Surgical Hospital
Durango, CO

Paul Kerens 
Kansas City Orthopaedic Institute, LLC 
Leawood, KS

Michael E. Russell II, MD 
Texas Spine & Joint Hospital 
Tyler, TX

Founding Members:

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Robert Marasco
ASC Group
Park City, UT

Frank D. Shobe
Black Hills Surgery
Rapid City, SD

Alan Pierrot, MD
FSC Health, Inc.
Fresno, CA

Jackie Street
Idaho Falls Recovery Center
Idaho Falls, ID

Integrated Medical Delivery
Oklahoma City, OK
John T. Perri

Harvey E. Billig III, MD
Medical Malls, Inc.
Phoenix, AZ

Frank Gordon
MediSphere Health Partners, Inc.
Nashville, TN

James Grant
National Surgical Hospitals
Chicago, IL

Lori Wenham
Patients’ Hospital of Redding
Redding, CA

Mark Kennedy
Rockwall Hospital Corp.
Dallas, TX

Patricia Porras
Salina Surgical Hospital
Salinas, KS

Douglas Johnson
Sioux Falls Surgical Center, L.L.P.
Sioux Falls, SD

Michael Lipomi
Stanislaus Surgical Hospital
Modesto, CA

Brett Brodnax
USPI
Dallas, TX