Director
The University of Kansas Health System
Cindy Ladner, BSN, MBA, CAPA
cladner717@gmail.com
Cell: 913-220-3064
An experienced health care leader with extensive experience in developing exceptional teams of healthcare providers that change and improve the health outcomes of patients. A strong healthcare professional skilled in strategy development and execution, business process transformation and management, and cross-functional team leadership.
PROFESSIONAL ATTRIBUTES:
• Demonstrates Perioperative Leadership with Surgical Hospital Operations and Multi-Specialty Ambulatory Surgery Operations, The Joint Commission Accreditation and Regulatory Standards, Bariatric Centers of Excellence, project development and design of perioperative facilities.
• Builds high performance teams that deliver optimal results utilizing process improvement techniques to achieve desired outcomes.
• Drives strategic vision with operational results that focus on patient safety and patient experience.
• Demonstrates effective interpersonal skills with all levels of the organization.
• Lead start-up of a new Ambulatory Surgery Center and conversion of an Ambulatory Surgery Center to a Hospital Outpatient Department.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Association of Operating Room Nurses (AORN) - Member
American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses (ASPAN) - Member
Humanitarian Global Outreach Strategic Work Team Coordinator 2020-2023
Finance Strategic Work Team Member 2018-2023
Membership & Marketing Strategic Work Team Member 2012-2020
Safety Strategic Work Team Member 2009-2014
Clinical Practice Member 2009-2011
Nominating Committee Member 2007-2008
Missouri-Kansas PeriAnesthesia Nurses Association
Board Member: Delegate to the ASPAN Representative Assembly 2009-2023
Committee Chair: Strategic Planning-Policy Procedure
Committee Member: Education
President 2007-2008
Kansas Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers
President 2015
Board Member 2013-2015
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
Overland Park Chamber of Commerce: Leadership Class of 2018
Shawnee Mission Health “Leader of the Year 2012”
Author: American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses “Safety Toolkit: Leadership Chapter– Performance Review & Assignment Making” 2009, 2012
Presenter:
Missouri-Kansas PeriAnesthesia Nurses Annual Conference 2013: PeriAnesthesia Best Practices Panel Discussion.
Missouri Kansas PeriAnesthesia Nurses Annual Conference 2007: Joint Commission Readiness.
AORN Congress 2005: PNDS and PeriAnesthesia Practice: Discharge Assessment for the Ambulatory Patient.
Article: Becker’s ASC Review: “50 ASC Administrators to Know”, August 2009.
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
2019 Uplift International Medical Mission Trip: Naga, Philippines
Operation Taghoy: Pediatric Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery