NYSAASC Board of Directors

Jon Van Valkenburg

Jon Van Valkenburg, CASC
Executive Director
Upstate Orthopedics Ambulatory Surgery Center
East Syracuse, NY

NYSAASC President

Jeffrey Flynn

Jeffrey Flynn, CASC
Administrator / Chief Operating Officer
Gramercy Healthcare
New York, NY

NYSAASC Vice President

Helen Lowenwirth Helen Lowenwirth, MBA, CASC

Administrator
East Side Endoscopy
New York, NY

NYSAASC Treasurer

Steven Housberg

Steven Housberg, MHA, CASC
Administrator
Advanced Endoscopy Center
Bronx, NY

NYSAASC Secretary
Chair, Quality Committee

Elisa Auguste

Elisa Auguste, CASC
Administrator
Precision Care Surgery Center
E. Setauket, NY

Chair, Program Committee

Debbie Bielawski Debbie Bielawski

Administrator
Saratoga-Schenectady Endoscopy Center
Burnt Hills, NY 

Rowena Ferguson Rowena Ferguson

Administrator
Specialty Surgery Center of CNY
Liverpool, NY

John Goehle

John Goehle, MBA, CASC, CPA
Chief Operating Officer
Ambulatory Healthcare Strategies, LLC
Rochester, NY

Chair, Education Committee

Giovanna Guerci Giovanna Guerci, CHC

Chief Operating Officer / Principal
Friedlander & Associates, LLC
Lake Success, NY

Kathleen Hickman

Kathleen Hickman, RN, BSN, MS, CASC
Administrator / Clinical Director
Dutchess Ambulatory Surgical Center
Poughkeepsie, NY

Chair, Membership Committee

Geoffrey Smith

Geoffrey Smith, MBA
Executive Director
Specialist's One-Day Surgery Center, LLC
Syracuse, NY

Chair, Legislative Committee

 Emilie Calixte

Emilie Calixte, RN, CASC
Administrator & Director of Nursing
The Center for Advanced  Spine and Joint Surgery
Hauppauge, NY

 

Gabriel Figueroa, CASC
Administrator & COO
Manhattan Reproductive Surgery Center
New York, NY

 Kristen Jackson

Kristen Jackson BSN, RN
Perioperative Education Coordinator & Infection Preventionist
Buffalo Surgery Center
Amherst, NY

 JoAnn Vecchio

JoAnn M. Vecchio, CASC
Administrator & COO
ASC of Western New York
Amherst, NY