Schedule by Day

Registration and Conference Materials Pick Up

2:00pm - 5:00pm

First-time Attendee Lounge and Meet Up

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Chapter Officer Networking Breakfast

6:45 AM - 7:45 AM

Registration and Conference Materials Pick Up

6:00 AM - 8:00 PM

First Time Attendee Lounge

7:00 AM - 3:45 PM

International Lounge

7:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Session - Role of Emotional Intelligence: Management of Bullying in the Perioperative Context (Ambulatory Hub)

Speaker - Joana Afonso

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Session - A Study on Motivation of OR Nurses and Management of an Interdisciplinary Team

Speaker - Yuhong Sun

8:00 AM - 8:45 AM

Session - Specimen Success: A Network Quality Improvement Project

Speaker - Sara Angelilli

8:00 AM - 8:45 AM

Session - Growing Our OR Workforce

Speaker - Rebecca Amato

8:00 AM - 8:45 AM

Session - Traumatic Stress in the Perioperative Nurse: Is Your Body Keeping Score?

Speaker - Marie Nutter

8:00 AM - 8:45 AM

Session - Escape Room: A "HOT" New Way to Engage Learners

Speaker - Farah Barnes

Can you save the patient before time runs out in this interactive session? Advance registration is required.

8:15 AM - 9:00 AM

Session - Escape Room: A "HOT" New Way to Engage Learners

Speaker - Farah Barnes

Can you save the patient before time runs out in this interactive session? Advance registration is required.

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM

Session - Bundle Up: Implementing an Evidence-Based Pressure Injury Prevention Bundle in the OR

Speaker - Ray-An Talatala

9:15 AM - 10:00 AM

Session - A Phased Program for Teaching Registered Nurses Scrubbing Skills in the Operating Room

Speaker - Allison Mayfield

9:15 AM - 10:00 AM

Session - From Chaos to Control: The Power of a Code Team Response to Intraoperative Emergencies

Speaker - Marissa Tierney

9:15 AM - 10:00 AM

Session - We Are Not the Same: Beyond Culturally Competent Care of the Asian Patient

Speaker - Hung-Fu Lin

9:15 AM - 10:00 AM

Session - Operating Room Odyssey: A Surgical Escape

Speaker - Derek Pozzessere

This session is intended for educators. Each attendee will need a laptop with PowerPoint and will leave the session with an interactive education module that can be used in your facility. Advance registration is required.

9:15 AM - 10:00 AM

Session - Escape Room: A "HOT" New Way to Engage Learners

Speaker - Farah Barnes

Can you save the patient before time runs out in this interactive session? Advance registration is required.

9:45 AM - 10:30 AM

Session - Operating Room Odyssey: A Surgical Escape

Speaker - Derek Pozzessere

This session is intended for educators. Each attendee will need a laptop with PowerPoint and will leave the session with an interactive education module that can be used in your facility. Advance registration is required.

10:15 AM - 11:00 AM

Session - Escape Room: A "HOT" New Way to Engage Learners

Speaker - Farah Barnes

Can you save the patient before time runs out in this interactive session? Advance registration is required.

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Session - Navigating the Human Connection: Mastering Surgical Patient Communication (Ambulatory Hub)

Speaker - Kaycee Spendley

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Session - CVOR Preparatory School: Novice Nurse to RNFA

Speaker - Taccoa Harris

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Session - Peri-Op 101 Magic: Enhancing Perioperative Nurse Education

Speaker - Christina Garbarino

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Session - Sustainability Within Perioperative Services and Beyond The Closed Doors

Speaker - Jennifer Collins

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Session - Ticket to a Life Changing Experience: Nursing Volunteering in Other Countries

Speaker - Kate McPhail

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Session - Escape Room: A "HOT" New Way to Engage Learners

Speaker - Farah Barnes

Can you save the patient before time runs out in this interactive session? Advance registration is required.

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Session - Operating Room Odyssey: A Surgical Escape

Speaker - Derek Pozzessere

This session is intended for educators. Each attendee will need a laptop with PowerPoint and will leave the session with an interactive education module that can be used in your facility. Advance registration is required.

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Session - CCI Research Foundation Showcase: Advancing Perioperative Nursing Science

Speaker - Christopher Stucky

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

Session - One, Two, Three, Come Count with Me

Speaker - Valerie Tiu

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

Session - Streamlining Communications with Materials Management

Speaker - Matthew Chowaniec

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

Session - Surgical Smoke Safety: Implementation of an Evidence-Based Safety Algorithm

Speaker - Johnson Ogundare

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

Session - Escape Room: A "HOT" New Way to Engage Learners

Speaker - Farah Barnes

Can you save the patient before time runs out in this interactive session? Advance registration is required.

12:30 PM - 1:15 PM

Session - Operating Room Odyssey: A Surgical Escape

Speaker - Derek Pozzessere

This session is intended for educators. Each attendee will need a laptop with PowerPoint and will leave the session with an interactive education module that can be used in your facility. Advance registration is required.

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Session - Escape Room: A "HOT" New Way to Engage Learners

Speaker - Farah Barnes

Can you save the patient before time runs out in this interactive session? Advance registration is required.

1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Session - Infection Control is a Team Sport, Let's Play! (Ambulatory Hub)

Speaker - Beth Hogan

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Session - To Infinity and Beyond: Advancing Perioperative Nursing through Technology

Speaker - Louie Ang

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Session - Perceived Safety and Quality of Care, Job Satisfaction & Emotional Competencies

Speaker - Francisca Pinto

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Session - Blueprint for Change: Transforming Culture in the OR

Speaker - Maria Raffucci-Cooper

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Session - Presentation to Manuscript: Avoiding Imposter Syndrome

Speaker - Joy Baker

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Everybody’s Work: Film Screening & Fireside Chat

Join us for a powerful screening of Everybody’s Work, a compelling documentary by Chad Tingle that exposes the pervasive impact of racism in healthcare. Through the voices of fearless nurses advocating for change, the film challenges us to confront the invisible risk factors that harm patients and perpetuate disparities. Following the screening, engage in a thought-provoking fireside chat to reflect on the film’s themes, share perspectives, and explore actionable steps toward health justice. Because healing the system is everybody’s work.

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Session - Escape Room: A "HOT" New Way to Engage Learners

Speaker - Farah Barnes

Can you save the patient before time runs out in this interactive session? Advance registration is required.

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Session - Escape Room: A "HOT" New Way to Engage Learners

Speaker - Farah Barnes

Can you save the patient before time runs out in this interactive session? Advance registration is required.

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM

Session - Critical Sterile Processing Knowledge: Enhancing OR Efficiency and Safety (Ambulatory Hub)

Speaker - Kevin Anderson

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Session - Implementing a Mentorship Program in a Hospital-Based Operating Room Department

Speaker - Gabrielle Mundie

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Session - Using Simulation to Hone your Surgical Skills

Speaker - Ben Marthey

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Session - PURSI4SAFE - Prevention of Unintentional Retained Surgical Items for Patient Safety

Speaker - Maria Augusto

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Session - CHECKPoint Tool for Assessing Checklist Use

Speaker - Rachel Moyal-Smith

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Welcome and Opening Keynote

Speaker - Phil Hanson

4:15 PM - 5:45 PM

Kick Off Party - Boston Harbor Carnival

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

First-Time Attendee Lounge

7:00 AM - 1:45 PM

International Lounge

7:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Registration and Conference Materials Pick Up

7:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Specialty Assembly Meetings

7:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Session - Are you a Perioperative or Operating Room Nurse?

Speaker - Ruth Shumaker

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Session - Together We Rise: Soaring through Skills with the Tiered Skills Acquisition Model

Speaker - Kathryn Colabufo

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Session - Behind the Scenes with Nurse Planners: Crafting Impactful Educational Experiences

Speaker - Ayumi Fielden

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Session - Enhancing Patient Safety: A Comprehensive Intervention to Prevent Foley Trauma

Speaker - Kelly Exezidis

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Session - Escape Room: A "HOT" New Way to Engage Learners

Speaker - Farrah Barnes

Can you save the patient before time runs out in this interactive session? Advance registration is required.

8:15 AM - 9:00 AM

Session - Escape Room: A "HOT" New Way to Engage Learners

Speaker - Farrah Barnes

Can you save the patient before time runs out in this interactive session? Advance registration is required.

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM

First Forum

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Session - Setting the Stage for Surgical Success: Crafting an Orientation Program for an ASC (Ambulatory Hub)

Speaker - Alisa Jaganjac

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Session - Development of the CORN IAPI Risk Assessment Form based on Evidence and Safety Strategy

Speaker - Li Guo

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Session - Empowering New Leaders: A Relational Leadership Approach

Speaker - Kerri Hensler

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Session - Design and Implementation of a Surgical Technology Apprenticeship Program

Speaker - Victoria Butler

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Session - Safety Checklists: The Good, The Bad & The Missing

Speaker - Michael Sinnott

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Session - Where do We Start? Prioritizing the AORN Guideline Research Gaps

Speaker - Carole Gert Mayes

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Session - Equitable Care for All Patients? Implementation of ERAS

Speaker - Lisa Spruce

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Session - Escape Room: A "HOT" New Way to Engage Learners

Speaker - Farrah Barnes

Can you save the patient before time runs out in this interactive session? Advance registration is required.

9:45 AM - 10:30 AM

Session - Escape Room: A "HOT" New Way to Engage Learners

Speaker - Farrah Barnes

Can you save the patient before time runs out in this interactive session? Advance registration is required.

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Session- Employee Engagement (Ambulatory Hub)

Speaker - Jennifer Parrot

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM

Session - Nurse Advocacy & Leadership: How to Step Up and Outside of the OR to Advocate

Speaker - Jennifer Pennock

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Session - "What did you say?" Communication failures and Noise in operating room

Speaker - Louise Grant

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Session - Virtual Nurse, Immersive and Interactive Virtual Reality Training Software

Speaker - Antonia Oliva Lopez

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Session - Presentations from the 2025 Research Symposium

Speaker - Michelle Hawkins

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Session - Doing the Right Thing Isn't Always Easy

Speaker - Leigh Anne Bartlett

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Specialty Assembly Meetings

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Session - Escape Room: A "HOT" New Way to Engage Learners

Speaker - Farrah Barnes

Can you save the patient before time runs out in this interactive session? Advance registration is required.

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Session - Escape Room: A "HOT" New Way to Engage Learners

Speaker - Farrah Barnes

Can you save the patient before time runs out in this interactive session? Advance registration is required.

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Video-sim Workplace Violence Workshops:  Incivility

Speaker - Alexander Hannenberg

12:15 PM - 1:15 PM

AORN Celebration and Keynote Speaker

Speaker - Marisa Hamamoto

1:30 PM - 3:45 PM

Expo Hall Opening Reception

4:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Registration and Conference Materials Pick Up

7:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Foundation General Session - The Courage to Go Together

Speaker - Shola Richards

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Expo Hall Open

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Student Program

9:15 AM - 1:30 PM

Faculty Program

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Meet the Poster Authors - Even Numbers

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Session - Sterile Processing Live! Optimizing SPD Operations

Speaker - John Kimsey

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Meet the Poster Authors - Odd Numbers

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Session - Sterile Processing Live! Optimizing SPD Operations

Speaker - John Kimsey

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Session - Sterile Processing Live! Optimizing SPD Operations

Speaker - John Kimsey

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Session - From a Dream to a Reality: Creating an Ambulatory Surgery Center (Ambulatory Hub)

Speaker - Brett Maxfield

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM

Session - The Impact of the Patient Ambassador Role on Quality Outcomes in Perioperative Services

Speaker - Cheryl Kelley

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM

Session - Don't Put Baby in the Corner: The Perioperative Student Experience

Speaker - Michael Rempel

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM

Session - Cross-training Staff Throughout the Perioperative Department

Speaker - Courtney Scott

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM

Session - Improving Operating Room Preceptor Satisfaction in the Post-Pandemic Era

Speaker - Kizzie Charles

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM

Second Forum

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM

Session - Exploring Experiences of Racism Among Perioperative Nurses in the Work Environment

Speaker - Joanne Muyco

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Session - “You Want a Bigger Storage Room": Designing a Surgical Environment from End-Users (Ambulatory Hub)

Speaker - Dawn Pfeiffer

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Session - We're All In This Together: Challenges in Perioperative Practice. International Ed.

Speaker - Hung-Fu Lin

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Session - Bacteria in Brain Surgery: The Infection Preventionists' Response

Speaker - Charles Vickery

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Session - OR BlackBox Project

Speaker - Douglas Smink

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

AORN Foundation Boston Boogie Bash (separate ticket required)

8:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Registration and Conference Materials Pick Up

7:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Periop Challenge

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM

Expo Hall

8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Session - Sterile Processing Live! Optimizing SPD Operations

Speaker - John Kimsey

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Session - Charting New Territory: AI-Driven Insights for the Modern Perioperative Leader

Speaker - Amy McCarthy

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

AORN Congress: House of Delegates & Closing Ceremony

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Registration and Conference Materials Pick Up

6:00 AM - 8:00 PM

First-Time Attendee Lounge

7:00 AM - 3:45 PM

International Lounge

7:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Leadership Summit Networking Breakfast & Hot Topic Discussion

Sponsored by Johnson & Johnson

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Session - Leadership Summit Keynote - The Power of Presence: Unlocking Peak Performance and Transformational Leadership in the Modern Era

Speaker - Mike Lee

9:15 AM - 10:15 AM

Session - Recruiting and Retaining Nurses in the ASC (ASC Leadership)

Speaker - Kelly Kapp

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Session - Leadership Competency for the 21st Century: Navigating Persistent Uncertainty

Speaker - Phyllis Quinlan

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Leadership Summit Networking Lunch & Session – Certainty When it Counts: Technology to Improve Patient Outcomes

Speaker - Gian Alpuche, Brand Manager, Digital Solutions

Sponsored by Stryker

12:15 PM - 1:15 PM

Session - Credentialing: Who, What, Why and When? (ASC Leadership)

Speaker - Nyleen Flores

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Session - What's in Your Policy?

Speaker - Ayumi Fielden

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Session - Moving Deck Chairs without Sinking the Ship! Leading Change across Perioperative Areas

Speaker - Carol Pehotsky

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Session - Print Perfect-Ambulatory Surgical Center Implements Specimen Printing & Workflow (ASC Leadership)

Speaker - Susan Walker

2:45 PM - 3:45 PM

Session - A Tapestry for Sustaining Perioperative Excellence

Speaker - Joanne Oliver-Coleman

2:45 PM - 3:45 PM

Session - Off Brand Resources for New Leaders

Speaker - Elizabeth Williams

2:45 PM - 3:45 PM

Welcome and Opening Keynote

Speaker - Phil Hanson

4:15 PM - 5:45 PM

Kick-Off Party - Boston Harbor Carnival

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Registration and Conference Materials Pick Up

7:00 AM - 7:00 PM

First-Time Attendee Lounge

7:00 AM - 1:45 PM

International Lounge

7:00 AM - 3:00 PM

ASC Leadership Summit Breakfast (invite only)

Sponsored by PDI

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Leadership Summit Networking Breakfast

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Session - Redesigning the Traditional Nurse Manager Succession Plan

Speaker - Hannah Spell

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Session - Conversations on Leadership

Speaker - Carol Applegeet

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

Session - Maximize Staff Resouces in the Interventional Platform (ASC Leadership)

Speaker - Jacqueline Gardocki

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

Leadership Summit Networking Lunch

Sponsored by Solventum

12:15 PM - 1:15 PM

Expo Hall Opening Reception

4:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Registration and Conference Materials Pick-Up

7:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Leadership Summit Networking Breakfast

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Expo Hall Open

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Meet the Poster Authors - Even Numbers

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Meet the Poster Authors - Odd Numbers

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Session - Disruptive OR Technologies to Empower People, Optimize Processes, and Improve Outcomes

Speaker - Teodor Grantcharov

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM

Session - Navigating Succession Planning for Nursing within Surgical Services

Speaker - Kayla Simiele

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

Session - Enhancing Perioperative Safety: A Toolkit for Conducting a Root Cause Analysis (ASC Leadership)

Speaker - Tracie White

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

Session - Right Patient, Right Venue: An Academic Health System's Take on Venue Optimization

Speaker - Ronald Perez

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

Session - Triple Hatted? Become an Environment of Care and Life Safety Triple Threat 2.0 (ASC Leadership)

Speaker - Lorrie Cappellino

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Session - Growing Our Own OR Nurses

Speaker - Cynthia Garza

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Session - Transforming SPD: Enhancing Safety and Efficiency with Human Factors and Innovation

Speaker - Marjorie Wall

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Session - Navigating the Three-Legged Stool of Outcomes, Costs, and Quality in Surgical Care (ASC Leadership)

Speaker - Lisa Spruce

4:15 PM - 5:15 PM

Session - Developing A People First Culture

Speaker - Laura Gayton

4:15 PM - 5:15 PM

Session - Periop Command Center: Activated!

Speaker - Caitlin Smith

4:15 PM - 5:15 PM

AORN Foundation Boogie Bash (Separate Ticket Required)

8:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Session - The Digital Transformation of Care

Speaker - Bonnie Clipper

8:45 AM - 9:30 AM

Networking Activity

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Leadership Summit General Session

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Expo Hall

10:45 AM - 12:30 PM

House of Delegates & Closing Ceremony

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM