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Publisher's Letter
This issue of Becker's ASC Review focuses on leadership within the surgery
center industry and takes a look ahead at how to prepare for a successful
2014. The issue includes two key lists: "236 People in the ASC Industry to
Know" and "50 ASC Management & Development Companies to Watch in
2014." This issue also includes physician panels covering trends and topics in
orthopedic sports medicine, gastroenterology and ophthalmology.
Becker's Healthcare is also extremely excited to announce the 2014 conference schedule. Please save the date for:
• ecker's Hospital Review 5th Annual Meeting will be May 15 to
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17 at the Swissotel in Chicago. Keynote speakers are Major League
Baseball's Joe Torre; President and CEO of Cleveland Clinic Delos
"Toby" Cosgrove, MD; Former Television News Anchor Forrest
Sawyer; and Former Modern Healthcare Publisher Chuck Lauer.
• 2th Annual Spine, Orthopedic and Pain Management-Driven ASC
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Conference + The Business of Spine on June 12 to 14 at the Westin in Chicago. Keynote speakers include NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; a debate between Former Democratic National
Committee Chairman Howard Dean and Former Ambassador to
the United Nations John Bolton; and PGA Director of Instruction
Louis Sauer.
• 1st Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference on Oct. 23 to
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25 at the Swissotel in Chicago. More information on this conference
to come.
For more information about any of these conferences, please visit www.
beckersasc.com/conferences.
Should you have any questions or comments, please contact me at sbecker@beckershealthcare.com, or Editor-in-chief Laura Miller at lmiller@
beckershealthcare.com or President and CEO Jessica Cole at jcole@beckershealthcare.com.
Very Truly Yours,
Scott Becker
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