Fireside Chat with Dr. Bryan Russell, DPM, MBA, FACFAS
What shifts when a surgeon suddenly comes the patient?
Join us for a candid fireside chat with Dr. Bryan Russell, who brings a rare dual perspective to healthcare as both a surgeon and someone who has personally navigated the system as a patient. Through this lens, Dr. Russell will explore how lived experience reshapes clinical judgement, empathy, and views on system design.
This conversation will also examine a critical challenge in modern healthcare: why specialists often focus deeply on their specific domain, yet rarely step back to ask how collaboration, coordination, and system redesign could improve efficiency and outcomes for everyone.
Together, we will discuss:
This session is ideal for students and professionals interested in healthcare leadership, innovation, interprofessional collaboration, and the business of health. Expect honest, reflective conversation about empathy. incentives, and what it truly takes tor redesign care from the inside out.
Dr. Bryan Russell is currently Chief Medical Officer at Visor Health. He Co-Founded Visor Health, a Clinical Decision Support for frontline providers, to improve diagnostic and treatment given to patients. The physician Curated AI (Augmented Intelligence) algorithm addresses Health care delivery inefficiencies. Bryan Designed and created the algorithm after years of experience as a patient and surgeon. He is a recent graduate of the 2023 weekend EMBA at UNC.
Prior to pivoting to the business side of Healthcare, Bryan was the first F&A Surgeon hired at Summit Orthopedics in St. Paul, MN. He started the Foot and Ankle Service Line and was the Chief Offsite F&A Surgical Director for Regions Hospital. Recently, Bryan was the lead F&A Surgeon at Wellstar Foot and Ankle in Atlanta, GA. An 11 hospital system with over 1500 providers, where he was involved with M&A, Strategy and Governance, and designed a DVT prophylaxis algorithm for all of Wellstar Health System.
Bryan received a BS in Biology from Kansas State University and his medical degree from Des Moines University Medical School.
Questions? Email Erin Leach, CBOH Program Manager.
