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Dr. Keya Locke interviews Dr. Joseph Staggenborg, guest editor of July’s ASA Monitor, and Dr. Bob Johnstone, an early practice management champion. They consider the history of practice management, ASA’s efforts to advance the business of anesthesiology, the role of strategy and data, and more. Recorded May 2025.
Joseph L. Staggenborg, MD, MBA, FASA, is a system medical director of anesthesiology for TeamHealth in southeast Florida. Dr. Staggenborg is interested in OR management and has written, lectured, and consulted on block management, OR governance, and value based care with an emphasis on quality and performance metrics.
Dr. Staggenborg received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Saint Louis University and completed his anesthesiology training at The University of Pittsburgh. He later studied medical management services and received his MBA from The Johns Hopkins Carey School of Business. Dr. Staggenborg has either consulted, managed, or provided clinical services for over fifty hospitals and ASCs during his thirty year career and continues to be clinically active.
Robert Johnstone, MD, is professor of anesthesiology at West Virginia University. His 60-year anesthesiology career includes department chair, state society president, and ASA director and vice president. He is a prolific author and speaker. Dr. Johnstone previously chaired the ASA’s Committee on Practice Management.
Keya Locke, MD, MBA, serves as the medical director of perioperative services at UF-North in Jacksonville Florida. Dr. Locke has been an assistant professor at UF Jacksonville since 2017. She completed medical school at UF Gainesville, residency at UF Jacksonville, and graduated from UF Warrington School of Business with an MBA in 2020. Her current interests include practice management and organizational behavior. She hopes to bring a better understanding of how organizations “breathe” and begin to apply strategies of successful organizations to medical ones. Dr. Locke is a member of the ASA practice management and women in anesthesia committees.
Date of last update: June 16, 2025
