NYSAASC Board of Directors

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

NYSAASC President

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

NYSAASC Past President
ASCA Board Member

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

NYSAASC Vice President
Chair, Program Committee

Administrator
East Side Endoscopy
New York, NY

NYSAASC Treasurer

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

NYSAASC Secretary

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

Founding Member
NYSAASC Past President
Chair, Education Committee

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

Chair, Veteran Outreach Committee

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

Chair, Membership Committee

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

Chair, Quality Committee

Administrator
Specialty Surgery Center of CNY
Liverpool, NY

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

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

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