Dr. Cybulski Is the author of an Amazon # 1 Bestseller, “Can We Manage to Save Healthcare?” This book represents a synopsis of the experiences with the frailties of the United States healthcare system that Dr. Cybulski has encountered as a practicing Neurosurgeon and entrepreneur devising platforms such as SafeStart to address the significant issue of patient safety in the Operating Room. Dr. Cybulski has gone behind the scene to participate in the supply chain of the operating room as well (CMO, Vested Medical Inc. 2019-2021). Currently he is the developer of an Artificial Intelligence (A I) platform for spine care at Humboldt Park Health, Chicago. Dr. Cybulski completed an MBA in Health Care Management at Loyola University in 2010. Dr. Cybulski advises companies on the value proposition for health care delivery and has lectured and written on the effect of health care reform on specialty services

Dr. Randall Ostroff, MD a board certified anesthesiologist who spent 20 of his more than 30 years of clinical anesthesia practice as Chairman & Medical Director, Department of Anesthesiology at MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn, IL. Dr. Ostroff received his MD at The Chicago Medical School and completed his residency in Anesthesiology at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago. Dr. Ostroff also has considerable experience in the pharmaceutical industry. During his 8 years as a Global Medical Director for Abbott his accomplishments included 2 Presidents Awards. He has served as a consultant to several pharmaceutical companies for nearly 20 years. From 2016-2020 he served as the medical lead during the US phase 3 clinical trials for a novel IV sedative, Byfavo (remimazolam), which received FDA approval in July 2020. He continues to be a consultant and speaker for Byfavo (remimazolam) and deliver clinical anesthesia at the Surgery Center at 900 N. Michigan Ave in Chicago.

Douglas E. Ott, MD, MBA is a physician, scientist, and businessman. Dr. Ott received his MD from University of Louisville and his MBA from Mercer University. He is Adjunct Professor Biomedical Engineering and Adjunct Professor of Business and Economics at Mercer University. Dr. Ott also is the chair of the Clinical Advisory Board for The American Institute of Minimally Invasive Surgery, and an advisor for Stealth Learning. He has received multiple awards for his exemplary work. Dr. Ott was the recipient of the 1992 ASLMS Basic Science Research Award. In 1999 and 2004 he received the Kott Award for Best New Instrumentation, the 2001 Kurt Semm Award from AAGL. In 2010 he was the recipient of the SLS Excel award, as well as numerous international awards for prize papers and research. Dr. Ott founded 3 medical companies; LEXION Medical, Hemerus Medical and COAG. He serves on the board of Directors of LEXION and COAG, and currently holds 38 patents.

David Harris brings over 30 years of experience developing customer-driven products. His expertise is in management of multi-discipline teams to minimize development costs and time to market. His work in healthcare spans patient transport, material management, logistics, and video integration systems for industry leaders such as Midmark, Hill-Rom, Herman Miller, ALM Surgical Equipment, Inc., Global Device Management, and Skytron.

He also headed development for a number of seminal healthcare technology projects, including the Midmark Pediatric Crib, 405 Patient Transport System, medLYNK™ computerized pharmaceutical mobile cart, ALM C-Max operating room tables, and Skytron Linx 300 Video Integration. A leader in collaborative process, in 1993 he created the Megateam© fast track, a market-driven product development methodology for cross discipline teams recognized by the Design Management Institute.

Robert M. Vogelzang, MD is The Albert A Nemcek Professor of Interventional Radiology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and served as Chief of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, one of the largest IR sections in the United States. Dr Vogelzang has been a principal investigator or a coinvestigator on numerous clinical trials, has participated in over 400 lectures, symposia, and conferences, and has published more than 180 peer-reviewed articles, abstracts, and book chapters. Dr Vogelzang served as President of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) and has served on numerous committees of the SIR and the American College of Radiology. Dr Vogelzang received his medical degree from the Chicago Medical School, completed a residency in diagnostic radiology and a fellowship in interventional radiology and cross sectional imaging at Northwestern University Medical School. He is board certified in Vascular and Interventional Radiology.

Richard H. Pearl MD set a high bar for academic excellence, surgical innovation, and professional integrity through his 38 year clinical career and exemplary academic teaching. The US military recognized him with numerous military decorations and his peers have globally recognized his achievements in pediatric surgery across public and private health sector domains. Dr. Pearl completed a General Surgery Residency at Harvard Surgical Service, New England Deaconess Hospital in Boston Massachusetts and a Pediatric Surgery Fellowship at the hospital of Sick Children in Toronto, Canada, where he later became Chief of Pediatric Surgery. In conjunction with this medical training and service as a Colonel in the U.S. Army, he received numerous military honors including the Bronze Star with 2 oak leaf clusters and Legion of Merit during his distinguished military career spanning from 1966-1994.From 1988-1994 he served his country as Chief, Pediatric Surgical Service at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. To name just a few of Dr. Pearl’s numerous academic and professional positions and honors, Dr. Pearl is Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics(Emeritus) at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Peoria, and was Chief, Section of Pediatric Surgery, Attending Team Leader of the General Surgery Residency Pediatric Surgery Service, and Director of the Pre-Op Case Conference. He received the 2002-2003 UICOMP Faculty of the Year’ Award and the UIC all campus Faculty of the Year award as well. . The resident class of 2010 voted Dr. Pearl ‘Teacher of the Year’. For 20 years he was Children’s Hospital of Illinois Surgeon-in-Chief from 1998-2018 and directed Pediatric Trauma as well. Dr. Pearl fulfilled a professional dream by playing a pivotal role in the development and construction of the world class Jump Trading Simulation and Education Center where he served as the Director of the ACS Surgical Simulation Fellowship . Dr. Pearl is the father of three daughters, is recently retired from active practices but still serves on three boards at OSF and is active in activities at UICOMP.

Steven Serota is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Wisconsin Diagnostic Laboratories in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Prior to his role at WDL, Mr. Serota lead Surgical Services, Laboratory Services and built a Speciality Pharmacy for Northwestern Medicine, as well as leading Peri-operative services for Rush Medical Center. Mr. Serota holds a BS in Psychology from Bradley University in Peoria and MHA from Rush University in Chicago. Mr. Serota has extensive experience in operational improvement and M&A with a keen interest in patient centric healthcare optimization through clinical care redesign. Mr. Serota focuses on driving value through operational efficiency, strategic partnerships and optimizing the patient experience.