Dr. KT Waxman is a national nurse leader and executive with extensive experience in healthcare and corporate settings. She is a Professor at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and is the Director of the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program. She is also the Director of the California Simulation Alliance (CSA). In addition to her work at UCSF and the CSA, she is the Editor-in-Chief for Nursing Administration Quarterly (NAQ). An internationally known speaker and author, Waxman is also a past president of the Association of California Nurse Leaders (ACNL) and past board member, serving as Treasurer, for the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL).  She is a Past President of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH), a 5,000+ member international, inter-professional organization. Dr. Waxman's work has been published extensively and can be found in journals such as the Journal for Simulation in Healthcare, Clinical Simulation for Nursing, JONA, Journal of Nursing Education, NAQ, Nurse Leader and Creative Nursing journals. She has authored 3 books on Finance and Budgeting and the 3 rd edition of “Financial and Business Management for the DNP”, published by Springer will be out this Spring. She co- authored “Healthcare Simulation Program Builder”, is co-editor of “Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation: Nursing” to be published in 2022, and has authored several chapters in simulation and leadership textbooks. Dr. Waxman received her DNP from the University of San Francisco, with an emphasis on health systems leadership and a concentration in clinical simulation. She holds certifications as Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL), Certification in Executive Nursing Practice (CENP), Certification as a Simulation Healthcare Educator (CHSE) and is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN), the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (FAONL), and the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (FSSH).
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Amar Patel is a clinician, researcher, and renowned educator with a Doctorate in Health Science from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and a Master of Science in Emergency Health Services Education from the University of Maryland Baltimore County. He currently serves as chief learning officer at CAE Healthcare. Founder and past chair of the North Carolina Simulation Collaborative, Dr. Patel is a simulation expert and much-published key opinion leader with 60+ abstracts, articles and textbook chapter publications to date. With a professional history that includes stints as a firefighter, paramedic, educator, researcher, and curriculum developer. Dr. Patel maintains over 17 certifications and is currently involved in several healthcare quality committees. Dr. Patel has most recently held the position of executive director of WakeMed Innovations at WakeMed Health & Hospitals, having been responsible for healthcare innovation, idea generation, innovation investments, technology-based educational programs (such as patient simulation and online learning), and simulation-based research.

Adam Cheng is Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine at the University of Calgary in Calgary, Canada. As a scientist and researcher at the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, he oversees a program of simulation-based research focused on improving outcomes from cardiac arrest. He co-founded the INSPIRE network, an international research simulation collaborative with over 250 institutions that has fostered the global dissemination of simulation-based research. He has served on the Board of Directors of both the Society for Simulation in Healthcare and the International Pediatric Simulation Society. He has provided leadership for various international simulation conferences and delivered lectures and workshops at conferences around the world. Dr. Cheng conducts research with interests in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and debriefing, and has led numerous multicenter simulation-based research trials. He has edited several textbooks and authored various American Heart Association Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation guidelines and scientific statements.

Dr. Robert Louis is the Chief of Neurosurgery, Director of the Skull Base and Pituitary Tumor Program, and Director of Extended Reality (XR) Development at Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute at Hoag Memorial Hospital. He also serves as Managing Partner of Neuroscience Management Associates LLC, Principal at Brain Spine MD Consulting LLC, and Diplomate at American Board of Neurological Surgery. He was also appointed Empower360 Endowed Chair for Skull Base and Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery. Dr. Louis has expertise in endoscopic and minimally invasive treatment of benign and malignant brain tumors, sellar and parasellar tumors and skull base tumors. Through the use of cutting-edge neuroimaging and neuro-navigational equipment, he utilizes the concept of keyhole neurosurgery, minimizing the damage to surrounding brain, vascular and soft tissue structures. Dr. Louis has been at the forefront of the development and implementation of Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) guidance for neurosurgery and other medical applications. As Director of PFNI’s Skull Base and Pituitary Tumor Program, he spearheaded the deployment of VR and AR across the patient treatment continuum from patient consultation through surgical planning to intraoperative 3D guidance in 2015, which has yielded both clinical and economic value.

Lynn is a strategic sales and marketing leader focused on simulation, training and technology innovation. Profiled in Forbes and the Wall Street Journal for leadership and technology vision. Strong expertise leading growth focused marketing and sales teams that deliver successful product market expansion and revenue. Driver of brands focused on training, VR/AR, simulation, and AI technology for Healthcare and Security/Defense sectors. Development of strategic partnerships to enhance revenue, market share, brand recognition and bottom-line performance. Adept in overseeing organizational transformation and positioning companies for profitable acquisition.

Ariana has been with the Patient Safety Movement Foundation (PSMF) since 2015 and is currently serving as Chief Operating Officer. Ariana graduated cum laude from Loyola Marymount University with a Bachelor of Science in Biology with a minor in Studio Arts. She worked at the University of California, Irvine’s Institute for Immunology for one year and left her post at UCI to pursue a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland in 2012, with a focus on oral immunotherapy for children with egg allergy. Ariana came back to California and spent time at the Orange County Healthcare Agency in the Health Promotion Division. She then seized the opportunity to work at Masimo Corporation, in the Fire and Emergency Medical Services sector, where she worked closely with marketing and sales to develop a Grant Assistance Program, helping Fire and EMS Departments procure devices to help them screen for carbon monoxide poisoning, among department staff and the public. Ariana volunteered at the Patient Safety Movement Foundation’s 2015 Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit and knew that she wanted to step into a leadership role to support the Foundation’s audacious mission. Ariana developed the Strategic Partnership program for professional societies, associations, and other aligned healthcare-related orgs to work with the PSMF and has helped grow the number of committed orgs to nearly 5,000 across over 50 countries.

Dr. Kellie Bryant is currently the Assistant Dean of Clinical Affairs and Simulation Simulation and Associate Professor at Columbia school of nursing’s accredited Helene Fuld Health Trust Simulation Center. Dr. Bryant has over 20 years of teaching experience and 10 years of experience as a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner. Throughout her career she has become an expert in the field of simulation through her experience with designing simulation centers and implementing simulation programs for two of the top-rated nursing schools in the country. In her current role she oversees the day-to-day operations and implementation of simulation-based education for all the graduate nursing and advance practice nursing students. Additional responsibilities include implementing initiatives that promote diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) for students and the surround community.

Debra Nestel is Professor of Simulation Education in Healthcare, Monash University, and Professor of Surgical Education, Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne, Australia. Debra is founding Editor-in-Chief (EIC), International Journal of Healthcare Simulation (IJoHS), has been (EIC) of BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning (STEL), the journal of the Association for Simulation Practice in Healthcare (ASPiH) and was founding EIC at Advances in Simulation, the journal of the Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine (SESAM). Debra is program lead for the Graduate Programs in Surgical Education (Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne and Royal Australasian College of Surgeons) and the Graduate Programs in Clinical Simulation (Monash University). Debra leads a national faculty development program for simulation practitioners – NHET-Sim and a virtual network in Simulated Patient Methodology. She has received national awards for her work in healthcare simulation (Ray Page Award for service to the simulation community, Simulation Australasia and a Program Innovation Award, Australian Government) and a Presidential Citation from the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH). In 2021, Debra was made a member of the Order of Australia (AM) for her work in simulation and medical education. She has held many positions in professional associations across her career. Mainly a qualitative researcher, Debra has published over 200 peer-reviewed papers in health professions education, edited books on simulated patient methodology (2015), healthcare simulation (2017), surgical education (2019) and research methods for healthcare simulation (2019).

A national award-winning healthcare professional with extensive experience in healthcare simulation management and innovation through technology. Phillip serves as the Director of Operations for The Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation (CAMLS) and currently serves as a volunteer Site Reviewer for the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH), Chair of the Super-sized Affinity group (SSH), Mentor (SimGHOSTS). Prior to joining CAMLS, Phillip Wortham spent the last six years leading Intermountain Healthcare’s Simulation Consortium comprising of 24 hospitals and 6 simulation centers as the Simulation Business Director of Operations and Technology.

Dr. Crystal Murillo is currently the Director of Simulation at the University of South Carolina College of Nursing and President of the South Caroling Nursing Education Simulation Alliance (SCNESA). In 2020, she successfully led her team to full international simulation accreditation through the Society for Simulation in Healthcare in the area of Teaching/Education. Dr. Murillo has been an adjunct faculty for Harvard Center for Medical Simulation since 2019. Both her Master’s and Ph.D. focus were on simulation as an educational intervention in programs of nursing. She has published her data-driven work in simulation in peer-reviewed journals. Additionally, she has presented her work in simulation locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally. In a short two-year period, Dr. Murillo obtained over $1.1 million in funding to develop and deploy a standardized faculty training curriculum in simulation with the focus on the use of simulation to prepare social justice advocates for health equity. With this grant, she has currently trained over 70 simulationist in the state of South Carolina of which 5 have become nationally certified healthcare simulation educators (CHSE). Dr Murillo has had an administrative role in simulation at the College of Nursing since 2018 and has been involved in simulation since 2014. She has been recognized locally and at the state level for her contributions to simulation. Dr. Murillo was an invited speaker to the 2019 National Academy of Medicine

AnneMarie Monachino is a Senior Simulation Educator with the Center for Simulation, Advanced Education, and Innovation at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia as well as a Nursing Professional Development Specialist at CHOP. As a pediatric nurse for 30 years, she has 13 years’ experience as a simulation educator and has taught simulation curriculum at an advanced level. She achieved her advanced certification as a CHSE-A in 2017. Dr. Monachino has published eleven articles on simulation-based activities as well as 2 chapters on Just-in-Time Training. Her numerous presentations at simulation and nursing conferences include Central Venous Catheter Dress Rehearsals, Medical Emergencies in the Primary Care Setting, Managing Difficult Learners and Disruptive Behaviors, Redesigning Your Simulation Activity Using an Escape Room Format, Human Systems Integration Analysis, and Building a Better Scenario. She is the co-chair of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare Nursing Section Transition to Practice workgroup. AnneMarie is very involved in facilitating system focused simulations at CHOP and the creation of the reporting mechanism for system improvement findings.