Logic and Laughter:
Two showstopping keynotes at ASA® ADVANCE 2025

Vertical and Horizontal Consolidation in Health Care and Its Effect on Anesthesiology
Lawton Burns, PhD, MBA

Lawton Burns, PhD, MBA

 

Author of several books, including The Healthcare Value Chain, business theorist and Wharton professor, Lawton Burns, takes a detailed, critical look at integration in health care. Dr. Burns, who has been following vertical and horizontal integration in the industry for more than 25 years , delivers insights to help you better understand the key drivers and implications behind these strategies. Find out what integration is intended to achieve and what integrated environments may mean for anesthesiology professionals.

 

 

Stand-up Therapy: Finding the Humor and Humanity in Health Care
Dr. Glaucomflecken, aka William Flanary, MD

William Flanary, MD

 

A seriously funny look at sensitive topics such as interpersonal conflicts in medicine, physician burnout, and issues in the U.S. health care system, compliments of internet sensation (and real-life practicing physician), Dr. Glaucomflecken. After surviving cancer and sudden cardiac arrest, Dr. Glaucomflecken turned his scalpel-like wit to uncovering the humor in our world and encouraging empathy toward our patients and one another.

 

 

 

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Date of last update: July 24, 2024