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41 Becker's ASC 21st Annual Meeting – The Business and Operations of ASCs – Call (800) 417-2035 Jared Leger (Arise Healthcare). Mr. Leger is a co-founder and managing partner of Arise Healthcare. The company currently owns and operates vari- ous healthcare-related businesses with a focus on ASCs. He is a registered nurse, and his previous experience includes healthcare finance, mergers and acquisitions, development and operations. He has also syndicated and oper- ated a number of physician-owned surgery centers. Mr. Leger owns a real estate investment company based out of Austin, Texas, in addition to leading Arise. Scott Leggett (Surgery One). Mr. Leggett is CEO of Surgery One and has more than 17 years of experience in orthopedics. Surgery One manages four outpatient surgery centers located in San Diego County. He has served in a development and regional management role for U.S. Orthopedics, which was acquired by National Surgical Hospitals in 2001. Mr. Leggett previously developed and managed the OrthoMed Spine & Joint Conditioning and WellStrong Centers for the orthopedic department of the University of Cali- fornia, San Diego. He was president of the California Ambulatory Surgery Association from 2006 to 2007 and now serves on the board as the legislative co-chair. Jeff Leland (Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners). Mr. Leland is CEO of Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners. The company develops and manages surgery centers, many of them focused on spine surgery. He previously served as execu- tive director of Lutheran General Medical Group, a 260-physician, multispe- cialty medical group in Chicago, and as a senior-level executive with Advocate Health Care in Chicago, where he was responsible for both business develop- ment and Advocate's 225,000-member health plan. He was also president of HealthSpring Medical Group and CEO of Western Ohio Health Care, an HMO that was acquired by United HealthCare. Mr. Leland is an alumnus of the Har- vard Business School in Boston. Michael Lipomi (Surgical Management Professionals). Mr. Lipomi is the president and CEO of Surgical Management Professionals, a Sioux Falls, S.D.-based surgery center and specialty hospital management company. He has more than 30 years of experience operating ASCs and specialty hospitals. Mr. Lipomi has previously served as CEO of Stansilaus Surgical Hospital in Modesto, Calif., which he grew from a small surgery center into a leading specialty hospital. He also owned and operated a number of surgery centers while serving as president of RMC MedStone. Rodney H. Lunn (PhyBus). Mr. Lunn serves as the president and CEO of PhyBus, which aims at increasing profitability and improving management and operations at ASCs. He is considered by many as the original pioneer of the contemporary ambulatory surgery center concept, having transformed the traditional ASC into a practical, successful business model. During his 25-year career in the ASC industry, he has developed more than 150 ASCs throughout the United States. Mr. Lunn has also served in numerous chief management roles for various healthcare companies. His experience also in- cludes founder, director, and senior vice president of AmSurg, vice president of finance and CFO of American Medical Centers, CFO of INA (now Cigna) Healthplan of Texas, and vice president of HealthAmerica in Florida. Thomas Mallon (Regent Surgical Health). Mr. Mallon co-founded Regent Sur- gical Health in 2001 and now serves as CEO. Over the past 11 years, the surgery center management and development company has grown to include 24 facilities in the United States and Europe. Nineteen of those partnerships are hospital/ physician joint ventures, and the leadership team is committed to structuring sustainable partnerships that align the interests of all parties, and positioning its centers to meet the constantly changing market conditions. Mr. Mallon offers each facility his expertise on all aspects of clinical and financial operations, as he has significant experience in venture capital funds, turnarounds and physician recruitment. He earned an MBA from the Harvard Business School.