8:00 AM - 9:00 AM ETJohn F. Di Capua, MDChief Executive Officer
John F. Di Capua, MD
Chief Executive Officer
John Di Capua, MD serves as the Chief Executive Officer for North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA), the leading Anesthesia, Pain Management and Perioperative Management company in the United States. Dr. Di Capua has been a principle driver of NAPA’s growth. When he first became a partner in NAPA in 1998 the organization served 2 hospitals with a team of 100 clinicians. As CEO of NAPA, Dr. Di Capua now supervises over 5,600 anesthesia providers and a team of 1,200 administrators serving over 600 institutions in 20 states, covering over 3.2 million Anesthesia cases per year.
Board certified in anesthesia and pain management; Dr. Di Capua joined the Northwell Health System in 1994. He served as the Chairman of Anesthesiology at North Shore University Hospital, Long Island Jewish Medical Center and The Cohen Children’s Medical Center from 2006 to 2020. He also served as the Senior Vice President of Anesthesia Service Line for the Northwell Health System in the same time period. Dr. Di Capua was the Peter F. R. Walker Associate Professor and the founding Chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra University between 2011 and 2020. As the Academic Chair, he organized the academic mission for the Department of Anesthesiology at the newly created School of Medicine, which led to the development of an Anesthesia Research division, a new Anesthesia Residency program and several Anesthesia Fellowships.
Dr. Di Capua trained in anesthesiology at Harvard’s Massachusetts General Hospital, followed by fellowships in pain management and cardiothoracic anesthesia. He was on the faculty of Harvard Medical School for a year before joining the Northwell Health System. He has successfully grown NAPA from a NY regional practice to the nation’s largest anesthesia company. Dr. Di Capua is passionate about infusing a Performance Based Culture into Healthcare and aligning clinicians to reach for quality and economic improvements. He is integrally involved in the issues of perioperative operational management, clinical staffing models and lectures nationally on how anesthesia departments can provide quality and operational value to hospitals.
Leo J. Penzi, MdExecutive Vice President & Chief Medical Officer
Leo J. Penzi, Md
Executive Vice President & Chief Medical Officer
Leo J. Penzi, MD, serves as a member of the Board of Directors, Executive Vice President, and Chief Medical Officer for NAPA.
He has been a NAPA team member since 1991 and has spent the vast majority of his career as a clinical anesthesiologist. He has served in many leadership roles during this period, which included an Executive Vice Chairman position at one of NAPA’s quaternary care hospitals. He has also served on numerous hospital and health system leadership committees and has extensive experience in operating room operational efficiency, quality improvement, and patient safety.
He is a diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiologists and holds an academic appointment of Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell in New York. He received his medical degree from New York University and completed his anesthesia residency training at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
He has dedicated his career to helping NAPA develop its collaborative support network of like-minded clinicians, which has allowed NAPA to grow into the nation’s leading anesthesia provider. His current concentration is nurturing NAPA’s collaborative process improvement culture, supported by a quality metric framework, to facilitate the continuous improvement of clinical services, patient outcomes, and patient safety.
Julie Marhalik-helms, RN, BSNVice President of Quality Improvement
Julie Marhalik-helms, RN, BSN
Vice President of Quality Improvement
Julie Marhalik-Helms, RN, BSN, serves as NAPA’s Vice President of Quality Improvement. In this role, she is responsible for the strategic oversight of the organization’s patient safety and quality program at clinical sites that provide anesthesia and managed care services. Julie led a dedicated team of quality staff to establish the NAPA Anesthesia Patient Safety Institute PSO, which was listed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) in 2019.
Julie received her nursing degree from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA. She was selected by Becker’s Healthcare as one of the “50 Experts Leading the Field of Patient Safety” in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2020. In 2018, Julie accepted the nomination as Vice Chair of the Anesthesia Business Group’s (ABG) Qualified Clinical Data Registry (QCDR), an entity that demonstrates clinical expertise in medicine and quality measurement development, approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for participation in the CMS Quality Payment Program. From 2014 through 2017, Julie served on the American Society of Anesthesiologist’s Anesthesia Quality Institute’s Patient Quality Improvement Council.
Prior to joining NAPA, Julie owned a consulting company in which she created and ran a number of quality, risk, and infection control programs for several outpatient organizations seeking national accreditation. She also maintained long-term management contracts with numerous ASCs to oversee compliance with federal and state regulations and maintain accreditation standards. In addition, Julie has 18 years of hospital experience in a variety of roles, primarily in surgical services.
Director of Clinical Excellence & Performance Improvement
Brent Lee, MD, MPH, serves as a Director of Clinical Excellence and Performance Improvement for NAPA. Dr. Lee is a Diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology. He received his medical degree from Brown University School of Medicine in Providence, RI and completed his anesthesia residency at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC. Dr. Lee completed his fellowship in trauma anesthesia at the University of Maryland/Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, MD. He also received his Master of Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health in Cambridge, MA. Dr. Lee served in the U.S. Public Health Service as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Susan Scovill, MSN, RN, CPHQSoutheast Region Quality Nurse
Susan Scovill, MSN, RN, CPHQ
Southeast Region Quality Nurse
Susan Scovill, MSN, RN, CPHQ, serves as the Quality Nurse for the Southeast Region.
Prior to joining NAPA, she was the Patient Safety Coordinator and Quality Analyst at Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City, MO. Her clinical practice was in Labor & Delivery and Levels I & II Neonatal Intensive Care.She also served as Compliance Specialist for American Red Cross Blood Services. Ms. Scovillreceived her Master’s in Nursing Education at Walden University and Bachelor’s in Nursing atthe University of Missouri-Columbia.
Ms. Scovill is a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality and was inducted into the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing.
John Di Capua, MD serves as the Chief Executive Officer for North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA), the leading Anesthesia, Pain Management and Perioperative Management company in the United States. Dr. Di Capua has been a principle driver of NAPA’s growth. When he first became a partner in NAPA in 1998 the organization served 2 hospitals with a team of 100 clinicians. As CEO of NAPA, Dr. Di Capua now supervises over 5,600 anesthesia providers and a team of 1,200 administrators serving over 600 institutions in 20 states, covering over 3.2 million Anesthesia cases per year.
Board certified in anesthesia and pain management; Dr. Di Capua joined the Northwell Health System in 1994. He served as the Chairman of Anesthesiology at North Shore University Hospital, Long Island Jewish Medical Center and The Cohen Children’s Medical Center from 2006 to 2020. He also served as the Senior Vice President of Anesthesia Service Line for the Northwell Health System in the same time period. Dr. Di Capua was the Peter F. R. Walker Associate Professor and the founding Chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra University between 2011 and 2020. As the Academic Chair, he organized the academic mission for the Department of Anesthesiology at the newly created School of Medicine, which led to the development of an Anesthesia Research division, a new Anesthesia Residency program and several Anesthesia Fellowships.
Dr. Di Capua trained in anesthesiology at Harvard’s Massachusetts General Hospital, followed by fellowships in pain management and cardiothoracic anesthesia. He was on the faculty of Harvard Medical School for a year before joining the Northwell Health System. He has successfully grown NAPA from a NY regional practice to the nation’s largest anesthesia company. Dr. Di Capua is passionate about infusing a Performance Based Culture into Healthcare and aligning clinicians to reach for quality and economic improvements. He is integrally involved in the issues of perioperative operational management, clinical staffing models and lectures nationally on how anesthesia departments can provide quality and operational value to hospitals.
Rafael Cartagena, MdExecutive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
Rafael Cartagena, Md
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
Rafael Cartagena, MD, serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) for NAPA.
Rafael joined NAPA in 2014 through the acquisition of Total Anesthesia/Anesthesia Associates of Richmond. His numerous promotions over the past six years are a testament not only to his incredible work, but also to our organization’s commitment to developing and promoting our internal talent, including providing opportunities for those who join us through acquisitions. Rafael has held several roles across NAPA, including his most recent position as Senior Vice President of Clinical Services for the Southern Zone. He has been instrumental in the growth of several business lines and has shown effective leadership, as well as the operational and clinical capability required for success.
He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology. Dr. Cartagena received his medical degree from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA. He fulfilled his residency at the Hospital of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA.
His professional affiliations include membership in the American Society of Anesthesiologists and Virginia Society of Anesthesiologists.
When not at the office, Rafael enjoys travel and hiking.
Beth GreenExecutive Vice President & General Counsel
Beth Green
Executive Vice President & General Counsel
Beth Green serves as Executive Vice President and General Counsel for NAPA. Before joining NAPA in April of 2014 as their first general counsel, Ms. Green had been a corporate lawyer for over 25 years, representing healthcare providers, hospitals, institutional specialty pharmacies, healthcare technology companies, and business owners in connection with a wide range of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, the formation of single-specialty and multi-specialty groups, joint ventures, management arrangements, technology licensing agreements, and shareholders’ agreements and partnership agreements.
Ms. Green received her Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School in Cambridge, MA. She earned her undergraduate degree from Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, PA.
Ms. Green has spent her professional career in the Boston area, Washington DC, in the Philadelphia area, and on Long Island. She was an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center for many years. Her professional background includes significant experience within consulting firms, law firms, and non-profit organizations. She lives with her son on Long Island in New York.
Rafael Cartagena, MdExecutive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
Rafael Cartagena, Md
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
Rafael Cartagena, MD, serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) for NAPA.
Rafael joined NAPA in 2014 through the acquisition of Total Anesthesia/Anesthesia Associates of Richmond. His numerous promotions over the past six years are a testament not only to his incredible work, but also to our organization’s commitment to developing and promoting our internal talent, including providing opportunities for those who join us through acquisitions. Rafael has held several roles across NAPA, including his most recent position as Senior Vice President of Clinical Services for the Southern Zone. He has been instrumental in the growth of several business lines and has shown effective leadership, as well as the operational and clinical capability required for success.
He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology. Dr. Cartagena received his medical degree from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA. He fulfilled his residency at the Hospital of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA.
His professional affiliations include membership in the American Society of Anesthesiologists and Virginia Society of Anesthesiologists.
When not at the office, Rafael enjoys travel and hiking.
Kristine MeadeExecutive Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer
Kristine Meade
Executive Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer
Kristine Meade is a highly developed business leader with more than 20 years of experience in Human Resources (HR) strategy, business partnership, transformation, talent management, change management, communications, and organizational design and effectiveness.
Kristine joined North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA) in March 2018 as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. In this role, she has expanded the HR function to align with the company’s exponential organic and transactional growth, including the May 2020 acquisition of American Anesthesiology (AA), a Mednax company, which more than doubled NAPA’s total employees during the Covid-19 pandemic. While clinicians pivoted to caring for critically ill patients, and operational employees worked remotely, Kristine launched OneNAPA, a massive integration initiative designed to onboard and welcome the AA employees and build cultural alignment. As this program continues, she is overseeing the introduction of new technologies to streamline a spectrum of HR functions. Among her many corporate innovations, NAPA’s marketing department is a function of HR, representing the synergy between HR, Recruitment, and Business Development pillars, and underscoring that NAPA defines itself as a “people company.”
Prior to NAPA, for 16 years she served in HR leadership roles at Quest Diagnostics, the largest independent provider of clinical and esoteric laboratory services in the U.S. Kristine held several leadership roles during her tenure at Quest including the HR leader for their largest business line, HR service delivery, talent acquisition, leadership development, and workforce analytics. In addition, Kristine was involved in mergers and acquisitions as a part of the company’s growth strategy while there. Kristine was a member of the HR Leadership Team for Quest Diagnostics from September 2008 until joining NAPA.
Before joining Quest Diagnostics, Kristine worked for five years as an Account Manager at Stromberg Consulting’s New York office, where her areas of expertise included Leadership Development and Strategy, Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Training and Development, Change Management, Organization Design and Structure, Organization Effectiveness, Strategic Planning, and Strategic Communications.
Kristine received a Master of Arts in Industrial and Organizational Psychology and a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Columbia University in 1997. She received a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Ramapo College of New Jersey in 1994. Kristine has three children and lives in Northern New Jersey.
Manoj Shahane, MDCorporate Medical Director, Overlook Medical Center
Manoj Shahane, MD
Chair and Corporate Medical Director
Summit Anesthesia Associates
Summit NJ
Manoj has been part of Summit Anesthesia Associates for the last 20 years, providing excellent anesthesia care at Overlook Medical Center in Northern NJ. He has been a Clinical Director for 17 years and Chair and CMD for the last 2 years.
Dr. Shahane is a Diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology. He received his Doctor of Medicine from Seth G.S.Medical College in Mumbai, India. He fulfilled his Anesthesia residency at KEM Hospital in Mumbai and then at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ.
Dr. Shahane's professional affiliations include membership in the American Society of Anesthesiologists, New Jersey Society of Anesthesiologists. He is also part of NAPA select group for the year of 2021-2022.
Woo Chan Kim, MDChief of Anesthesia and Medical Staff President, Amita St. Marys Hospital, Kankakee, IL
Woo Chan Kim, MD
Chief of Anesthesia and Medical Staff President, Amita St. Marys Hospital, Kankakee, IL
Dr. Kim is a Diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology. He received his Doctor of Medicine degree from The University of Chicago in Chicago, IL. Dr. Kim fulfilled his residency also at the University of Chicago and a fellowship in Cardiothoracic Anesthesia at the University of Chicago and the Texas Heart Institute in Houston, TX. Dr. Kim’s professional affiliations include membership in the American Society of Anesthesiologists and Illinois Society of Anesthesiologists.
Alexander Paloma, MDDirector of Anesthesia Services
Alexander Paloma, MD
Director of Anesthesia Services
Alexander (Alex) Palomá, MD, currently serves as Director of Anesthesia Services at St. Joseph’s Hospital South in Apollo Beach, Florida.
Dr. Palomá received his Doctorate of Medicine from the University of South Florida where he also completed his residency training. He then continued his training with a Pediatric Fellowship in Chicago, Illinois, with Northwestern University. In addition to being a Diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesia, Dr. Palomá is board certified as a Pediatric Anesthesiologist. He is proud to have been born and raised in the same town in which he has practiced since completing his anesthesia training, approximately 15 years ago. His professional interests, outside of medicine, are focused on personal development, philanthropy, leadership/mentorship, and real estate
Frank Macchio, MDExecutive Vice Chairman
Frank Macchio, MD
Executive Vice Chairman
Frank Macchio, MD serves as Executive Vice Chairman of North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, NY.
Dr. Macchio completed his anesthesia residency at St. Vincent Catholic Medical Center, NY, and completed a fellowship in critical care medicine at Columbia University Medical Center, NY. He joined NAPA in 2010 at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, NY. In 2014 he attended the Anesthesia Business Group Executive Education Program at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. In 2016 he graduated as a member of the NAPA SELECT inaugural class.
Dr. Macchio is a Diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology as well as a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists and New York State Society of Anesthesiologists. He resides in Garden City, NY with his wife and four children.
John Di Capua, MD serves as the Chief Executive Officer for North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA), the leading Anesthesia, Pain Management and Perioperative Management company in the United States. Dr. Di Capua has been a principle driver of NAPA’s growth. When he first became a partner in NAPA in 1998 the organization served 2 hospitals with a team of 100 clinicians. As CEO of NAPA, Dr. Di Capua now supervises over 5,600 anesthesia providers and a team of 1,200 administrators serving over 600 institutions in 20 states, covering over 3.2 million Anesthesia cases per year.
Board certified in anesthesia and pain management; Dr. Di Capua joined the Northwell Health System in 1994. He served as the Chairman of Anesthesiology at North Shore University Hospital, Long Island Jewish Medical Center and The Cohen Children’s Medical Center from 2006 to 2020. He also served as the Senior Vice President of Anesthesia Service Line for the Northwell Health System in the same time period. Dr. Di Capua was the Peter F. R. Walker Associate Professor and the founding Chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra University between 2011 and 2020. As the Academic Chair, he organized the academic mission for the Department of Anesthesiology at the newly created School of Medicine, which led to the development of an Anesthesia Research division, a new Anesthesia Residency program and several Anesthesia Fellowships.
Dr. Di Capua trained in anesthesiology at Harvard’s Massachusetts General Hospital, followed by fellowships in pain management and cardiothoracic anesthesia. He was on the faculty of Harvard Medical School for a year before joining the Northwell Health System. He has successfully grown NAPA from a NY regional practice to the nation’s largest anesthesia company. Dr. Di Capua is passionate about infusing a Performance Based Culture into Healthcare and aligning clinicians to reach for quality and economic improvements. He is integrally involved in the issues of perioperative operational management, clinical staffing models and lectures nationally on how anesthesia departments can provide quality and operational value to hospitals.
Kristine MeadeExecutive Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer
Kristine Meade
Executive Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer
Kristine Meade is a highly developed business leader with more than 20 years of experience in Human Resources (HR) strategy, business partnership, transformation, talent management, change management, communications, and organizational design and effectiveness.
Kristine joined North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA) in March 2018 as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. In this role, she has expanded the HR function to align with the company’s exponential organic and transactional growth, including the May 2020 acquisition of American Anesthesiology (AA), a Mednax company, which more than doubled NAPA’s total employees during the Covid-19 pandemic. While clinicians pivoted to caring for critically ill patients, and operational employees worked remotely, Kristine launched OneNAPA, a massive integration initiative designed to onboard and welcome the AA employees and build cultural alignment. As this program continues, she is overseeing the introduction of new technologies to streamline a spectrum of HR functions. Among her many corporate innovations, NAPA’s marketing department is a function of HR, representing the synergy between HR, Recruitment, and Business Development pillars, and underscoring that NAPA defines itself as a “people company.”
Prior to NAPA, for 16 years she served in HR leadership roles at Quest Diagnostics, the largest independent provider of clinical and esoteric laboratory services in the U.S. Kristine held several leadership roles during her tenure at Quest including the HR leader for their largest business line, HR service delivery, talent acquisition, leadership development, and workforce analytics. In addition, Kristine was involved in mergers and acquisitions as a part of the company’s growth strategy while there. Kristine was a member of the HR Leadership Team for Quest Diagnostics from September 2008 until joining NAPA.
Before joining Quest Diagnostics, Kristine worked for five years as an Account Manager at Stromberg Consulting’s New York office, where her areas of expertise included Leadership Development and Strategy, Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Training and Development, Change Management, Organization Design and Structure, Organization Effectiveness, Strategic Planning, and Strategic Communications.
Kristine received a Master of Arts in Industrial and Organizational Psychology and a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Columbia University in 1997. She received a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Ramapo College of New Jersey in 1994. Kristine has three children and lives in Northern New Jersey.
Will BuschManaging Director, Growth Strategies, FMG
Will Busch
Managing Director, Growth Strategies, FMG
Will leads the Private Equity practice at FMG Leading, where he brings over 15 years of experience in designing, implementing, and leading strategic human capital initiatives that accelerate profitable growth.
Prior to joining FMG Leading, Will held a variety of executive roles at Korn Ferry and Gallup, where he developed a unique approach to business transformation that incorporated strategy execution, behavioral economics, change management, and customer analytics to create and capture value. Specializing in growth-focused firms and investors, Will’s expertise leverages human capital and organizational growth levers to drive revenue generation and enhance operational efficiency.
Will earned his Master of Business Administration from the J.L. Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and his Bachelor of Business Administration from Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tennessee.
Kristine MeadeExecutive Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer
Kristine Meade
Executive Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer
Kristine Meade is a highly developed business leader with more than 20 years of experience in Human Resources (HR) strategy, business partnership, transformation, talent management, change management, communications, and organizational design and effectiveness.
Kristine joined North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA) in March 2018 as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. In this role, she has expanded the HR function to align with the company’s exponential organic and transactional growth, including the May 2020 acquisition of American Anesthesiology (AA), a Mednax company, which more than doubled NAPA’s total employees during the Covid-19 pandemic. While clinicians pivoted to caring for critically ill patients, and operational employees worked remotely, Kristine launched OneNAPA, a massive integration initiative designed to onboard and welcome the AA employees and build cultural alignment. As this program continues, she is overseeing the introduction of new technologies to streamline a spectrum of HR functions. Among her many corporate innovations, NAPA’s marketing department is a function of HR, representing the synergy between HR, Recruitment, and Business Development pillars, and underscoring that NAPA defines itself as a “people company.”
Prior to NAPA, for 16 years she served in HR leadership roles at Quest Diagnostics, the largest independent provider of clinical and esoteric laboratory services in the U.S. Kristine held several leadership roles during her tenure at Quest including the HR leader for their largest business line, HR service delivery, talent acquisition, leadership development, and workforce analytics. In addition, Kristine was involved in mergers and acquisitions as a part of the company’s growth strategy while there. Kristine was a member of the HR Leadership Team for Quest Diagnostics from September 2008 until joining NAPA.
Before joining Quest Diagnostics, Kristine worked for five years as an Account Manager at Stromberg Consulting’s New York office, where her areas of expertise included Leadership Development and Strategy, Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Training and Development, Change Management, Organization Design and Structure, Organization Effectiveness, Strategic Planning, and Strategic Communications.
Kristine received a Master of Arts in Industrial and Organizational Psychology and a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Columbia University in 1997. She received a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Ramapo College of New Jersey in 1994. Kristine has three children and lives in Northern New Jersey.
John Di Capua, MD serves as the Chief Executive Officer for North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA), the leading Anesthesia, Pain Management and Perioperative Management company in the United States. Dr. Di Capua has been a principle driver of NAPA’s growth. When he first became a partner in NAPA in 1998 the organization served 2 hospitals with a team of 100 clinicians. As CEO of NAPA, Dr. Di Capua now supervises over 5,600 anesthesia providers and a team of 1,200 administrators serving over 600 institutions in 20 states, covering over 3.2 million Anesthesia cases per year.
Board certified in anesthesia and pain management; Dr. Di Capua joined the Northwell Health System in 1994. He served as the Chairman of Anesthesiology at North Shore University Hospital, Long Island Jewish Medical Center and The Cohen Children’s Medical Center from 2006 to 2020. He also served as the Senior Vice President of Anesthesia Service Line for the Northwell Health System in the same time period. Dr. Di Capua was the Peter F. R. Walker Associate Professor and the founding Chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra University between 2011 and 2020. As the Academic Chair, he organized the academic mission for the Department of Anesthesiology at the newly created School of Medicine, which led to the development of an Anesthesia Research division, a new Anesthesia Residency program and several Anesthesia Fellowships.
Dr. Di Capua trained in anesthesiology at Harvard’s Massachusetts General Hospital, followed by fellowships in pain management and cardiothoracic anesthesia. He was on the faculty of Harvard Medical School for a year before joining the Northwell Health System. He has successfully grown NAPA from a NY regional practice to the nation’s largest anesthesia company. Dr. Di Capua is passionate about infusing a Performance Based Culture into Healthcare and aligning clinicians to reach for quality and economic improvements. He is integrally involved in the issues of perioperative operational management, clinical staffing models and lectures nationally on how anesthesia departments can provide quality and operational value to hospitals.
