Jeff Peters as a seasoned healthcare leader, Jeff specializes in driving organizational performance with a focus on strategy, financial improvement, ambulatory care, physician practice management, value-based care. Jeff is adept in addressing the operational, financial, and political issues of healthcare organizations – from community-based hospitals to the large, complex quaternary academic medical centers. Jeff started his career at Ingalls Hospital which is now a part of the University of Chicago Medicine. He developed and was operationally responsible for three offsite Family Care Centers including the Ambulatory Surgery Center in the State of Illinois. This ambulatory healthcare strategy included Urgent Aid, Ambulatory Surgery, Imaging, and physician offices throughout South Metropolitan Chicago. This work led to the founding of Health Directions. Health Directions was a pioneer in the formation of MSOs, hospital employed physician groups and integrated delivery systems. Jeff then founded Surgical Directions LLC which has helped over six hundred hospitals improve perioperative performance. Jeff is a national speaker and has published numerous articles. His work has shaped the way ambulatory and surgical care is organized and delivered in the United States.