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EDITORIAL BOARD
FEATURES
63 8 Great Tools To Enhance Cataract Surgery
Make complex cases easier,
speed turnover and avoid delays.
Stewart Shofner, MD
77 Smart Ways To Save on Anesthesia
How our facility has maximized efficiency and
cost savings to maintain the anesthesia budget.
Steven Sheinman, MD
83 Who Doesn't Like LEDs?
The question isn't if you should upgrade
your lights, but what to look for when you do.
Daniel Cook | Executive Editor
92 Secrets to Our No-Flash Policy
One of the busiest cataract centers in the nation
has gone nearly 7 years without immediate-use
flashing. What's their secret?
Nancy Lord, RN, BSN
102 Adding Pain Management Painlessly
If you've got a C-arm and a table,
there's no reason why you can't add pain cases.
Connie Casey, RN, CNOR, LHRM
O C T O B E R 2012 | O U T PAT I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E O N L I N E
Marlene Brunswick, RN, MSN, CNOR, RNFA
Blanchard Valley Hospital
Findlay, Ohio
Nancy Burden, RN
BayCare Health System
Tampa, Fla.
Pam Canfield, RN, MPA
The Eye Center of Columbus
Columbus, Ohio
Gregory P. DeConciliis, PA-C
Boston Out-Patient Surgical Suites
Waltham, Mass.
Vangie Dennis, RN, BSN, CNOR, CMLSO
Spivey Station Surgery Center
Jonesboro, Ga.
John F. Dombrowski, MD, PC
Georgetown University Hospital
Washington, D.C.
Lynda Dowman Simon, RN
St. John's Clinic: Head & Neck Surgery
Springfield, Mo.
Eric Donnenfeld, MD
NYU Medical Center
New York, N.Y.
Pamela J. Ertel, RN, BSN, CNOR, RNFA
Surgicenter at Spring Ridge
Wyomissing, Pa.
Jerre Freeman, MD
Memphis Eye & Cataract Assoc.
East Memphis, Tenn.
Ann Geier, RN, MSN, CNOR
ASCOA
Hanover, Mass.
C. David Geier Jr., MD
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, S.C.
Barbara Ann Harmer, RN
HealthCare Consultants, Inc.
Celebration, Fla.
Jay Horowitz, CRNA
Quality Anesthesia Care Corp.
Sarasota, Fla.
Lolita M. Jones, FHIA, CCS
Lolita M. Jones Consulting
Fort Washington, Md.
Jeffrey Katz, MD
Northwestern University Hospital
Chicago, Ill.
Mary Ann Kelly, RN
Madison Surgery Center
Madison, Ala.
Robert Kershner, MD, FACS
Eye Laser Consulting
Boston, Mass.
Jay Klarsfeld, MD
Advanced Specialty Care
Danbury, Conn.
David B. Renton, MD, MPH
Ohio State University Medical Center
Columbus, Ohio
Dennis Shepard, MD
Shepard Eye Center
Santa Maria, Calif.
Donna Smith, MT (ASCP), CASC
The Surgery Center
Oxford, Ala.
Sheldon S. Sones, RPh, FASCP
Centre for Medication Safety
Newington, Conn.
Gina Stancel, HCRM, CST, COA
Eye Centers of Florida
Fort Myers, Fla.
Shirley Torwirt, MHS
The Doctors Clinic
Silverdale, Wash.
Mary Wilson, RN, BSN, CNOR
West Virginia University Hospitals
Morgantown, W.Va.
Dawn Yost, RN
West Virginia University Hospitals
Morgantown, W.Va.
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