At the Center of Perioperative Performance
From capacity constraints to patient flow, PACU teams sit at the operational crossroads of surgical services. Periop Leader Week, formerly OR Manager Conference and OR Business Management Conference, equips PACU leaders with strategies to improve throughput, strengthen communication, and lead safer, more efficient recoveries.
Tools, Answers, and Allies—For Every Perioperative Leader.
When PACU Backs Up, Everything Slows Down.
As a PACU leader, you manage:
- Pre-to-post surgical capacity and staffing pressure
- OR-to-PACU handoff quality
- Discharge delays and boarding challenges
- Throughput bottlenecks affecting the entire surgical schedule
- Cross-department coordination with anesthesia, OR, and inpatient units
Your unit is at the core of surgical flow.
Designed for Leaders Driving Throughput & Safety
PACU-focused programming at Periop Leader Week delivers practical, implementable strategies. Here are a few hand-picked sessions specific to you role:
- Patient throughput and its impact on profitability and volume
- Integrating technology without negatively impacting perioperative workflows
- Designing ORs for maximum efficiency, safety and throughput
- When less must be more: A resource prioritization roundtable
- Who, who are you? Why knowing the patient isn’t enough
- Are you as integrated as you think? Strategies for sustainable organizational standardization
- Build your bench: Strategies and insights to develop your perioperative leadership pipeline
- Don’t go it alone: How and why you should partner with your NPD/educator to solve problems and develop staff
- Embrace it, don’t fear it: How and why to use AI and other technology to be a more effective and efficient leader
- Emotional regulation in leadership: The hidden superpower in high-stakes surgical environments
- Managing generational and cultural diversity: How to build cohesive, respectful, successful clinical teams in today’s perioperative settings
- Eye on supplies: Negotiating better deals and preparing for supply chain disruptions
Stronger Collaboration. Better Flow.
At Periop Leader Week, PACU leaders connect directly with:
- OR directors managing case scheduling
- Business leaders analyzing utilization
- ASC and hospital administrators balancing capacity
Because improving recovery throughput requires alignment across the entire perioperative continuum.
Your voice belongs in the strategy conversation.
If You Lead Perianesthesia Care, This Is Your Space.
PACU Nurse Managers
PACU Directors
Perioperative Nursing Leaders
Directors & Managers of Surgical Services
Clinical Practice Leaders
You’ll gain perspective and partnerships, and strengthen your impact across the entire perioperative continuum.
