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12th Annual Spine, Orthopedic and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference + The Business of Spine - call (800) 417-2035 Vivek Taparia is administrator at Chicago's Center for Ambulatory Surgery at Swedish Covenant. He previously served as director of business development for Regent Surgical Health. Larry Taylor is president and CEO of Practice Partners in Healthcare. He previously served as president and COO for a large provider of ASCs. Dan Thomas is the president and CEO of Provista, a group purchasing company. He is the former CEO of VIant, a large independent PPO network. Joyce (Deno) Thomas is senior vice president of operations for Regent Surgical Health. Previously, she served as the executive director of Loveland (Colo.) Surgery Center. Jill Thrasher, CASC is the administrator for Precision Surgery Center of Dallas. George Tinawi, MD, is a co-founder of Surgery Center Partners and its management subsidiary, Endoscopy Management Services Organization. Daniel J. Tomes, MD, is a neurological and spine surgeon, and president of Southwest Lincoln (Neb.) Surgery Center, a Blue Chip Surgical Partners facility. 45 LoAnn Vande Leest, RN is the CEO at Northwest Michigan Surgery Center and a surveyor for AAAHC. Randy Ware is the president and founder of West Coast Medical Resources, a medical supplies surplus company. Andrea Venezio is the practice partner for the Ambulatory Surgery Center and Surgical Hospital practice for Kaye/Bassman International. Kelly Webb is vice president and general manager of the ASC billing division of MediGain. Pedro Vergne-Marini, MD, is founder and vice chairman for PCI | HealthDev, formerly Physicians' Capital Investments. Jonathan Vick is founder and president of ASCs Inc., and has assisted in development, merger and acquisition transactions for more than 200 physician-owned facilities. George A. Violin, MD, is a board-certified ophthalmologist and one of the three founding principals of ASCOA. Brice Voithofer is vice president — anesthesia and ASC services at AdvantEdge Healthcare Solutions. Jack Wagner is president and CEO of MicroScientific Industries, a company focused on producing products to prevent microbial transmission in the healthcare industry. Robert Westergard, CPA is the CFO of ASCOA. He previously served as the controller for Truman Capital Advisors. Thomas Wherry, MD, is co-founder of Total Anesthesia Solutions. He has also been medical director for the Surgery Center of Maryland. Kathleen Whitlow, RN, BS, CASC serves as COO for Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners. She joined the company as a partner and vice president of operations. William H. Wilcox serves as the president and CEO of United Surgical Partners International. He previously served as president of the Surgery Group of HCA. John C. Wilson Jr., is the CEO of Meridian Surgical Partners, a role he assumed on Oct. 1, 2013. He has been the company's CFO since 2006.