Meridian's seasoned management team has an established track record in financing, developing, and operating ambulatory surgery centers, specialty surgical hospitals and related healthcare ancillary businesses throughout the United States.
Brian Brown
Regional Vice President, Operations
Brian has over 10 years of experience in the healthcare industry, all of them with ambulatory surgery center companies. Most recently, Brian served as an assistant vice president for Symbion Healthcare, a Nashville-based ambulatory surgery center company. In this role, he was responsible for financial operations of six outpatient surgery centers. Prior to Symbion, Brian worked for over three years as a regional controller for Surgis, Inc., (now United Surgical Partners International, an ambulatory surgery center company. Brian has over six years of experience in public accounting, four of those at Deloite, a global provider of accounting and financial services. At Deloite, he served as an external auditor for several healthcare clients including, AmSurg, and Healthways, Inc.
Brian earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from Tennessee Technological University and a Master's in Accounting from Belmont University.
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Sarah Martin, MBA, RN, CASC
Vice President, Operations
Sarah has close to thirty years of healthcare experience, focusing in the ambulatory surgery area for the past decade. Prior to joining Meridian Surgical Partners, Sarah was the regional director of Ambulatory Surgery Centers for Universal Health Services, where she managed both ASCs and specialty hospitals. She also worked as a regional vice president for Symbion Healthcare, Inc, covering the Midwest Region which included ASCs, surgical hospitals and an imaging center. She has developed both single and multi-specialty ASCs.
As a current board member of the Ambulatory Surgery Foundation (ASF), Sarah was previously a board member for AAASC and is an avid supporter of state associations. She restarted the Tennessee Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (FASCA of TN) and served as president and executive director. She was a liaison member of the AORN Recommended Practices Committee representing AAASC and has been a presenter at AAASC, MGMA, AHI, and ASC Association events as well as contributed to the Ambulatory Surgery Compliance and Reimbursement Insider newsletter.
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Jovanna R. Grissom, BSN, CASC
Regional Vice President, Operations
Jovanna has over 22 years of nursing experience and several years of additional experience developing and implementing new programs including bariatrics, joints, and spine. She is founder and current president of the Nevada ASC Association, as well as, a past chairperson of the Ambulatory Surgery Foundation. Jovanna earned her Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from St. Catherine’s in Minnesota.
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James McGehee, IV, RN
Regional Vice President, Operations
James previously served as the administrator of Meridian's first de novo development facility, Cleburne Surgical Center in Cleburne, Texas, where he was hired during the construction of the facility and played a major role in staffing and managing the ramp-up phase of development and directed day-to-day operations. Prior to joining Meridian, he served for three years as an orthopedic/spine sales representative for Biomet-Texas. Additionally, he has over 17 years of nursing and management experience in the emergency and surgery departments at Texas Health Resources Cleburne.
James is a member of the Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center Society (TASCS) and serves as a member for the Political Action Committee (PAC).
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April Sackos, CASC
Director of Business Operations
April has over 23 years of healthcare experience. For the past decade her emphasis has been in the ambulatory surgery industry. Prior to joining Meridian Surgical Partners, April worked for Symbion Healthcare, Inc., a Nashville-based ambulatory surgery center company, providing regional operations support to various facilities. She also served as an administrator and business office manger for a multi-specialty surgery center in Denver, Colorado.
April served as a board member for the Colorado Ambulatory Surgery Center Association and is credentialed as a Certified Administrator Surgery Center (CASC).
Kelly Craig, RN
Director of In-Market Development
Kelly has over 16 years of healthcare experience. Kelly began her career as a registered nurse working as an emergency room and PACU nurse. Most recently, Kelly was Director of In-Market Development for Symbion Healthcare. She was responsible for physician recruitment in the Texas Region and covered six ASCs and one surgical hospital.
Kelly graduated from Middle Tennessee State University in 1994 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing.
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