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 six 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 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
Regional 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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Julia Hensley
Vice President of De Novo Operations
Julia has over 29 years of experience as a registered nurse and a healthcare consultant. She began her nursing career in the hospital, were she practiced for over 15 years in the emergency department, surgery, orthopedic/neuro, and rehabilitation unit. The last 14 years, Julia has worked in the ASC industry, serving as an ASC administrator and later directing all aspects of the development /redesign of more than 50 facilities in 16 states. She has served in management positions for companies including Mercy Health Systems, Surgery Consultants of America, AmSurg, and the Bone and Joint Surgery Center. Julia graduated from Mississippi University for Women in 1979 with Associate Degree in Nursing.
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).
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