Presented September 9, 2026 at the 2026 APSF Stoelting Conference on “SOS!: Signals of Safety… Safely across the Patient’s Perioperative Journey”
ABOUT THE SPEAKER(S)
Kenneth Cummings, MD, MS, FASA, DFPM
Director, Center for Perioperative Medicine, Cleveland Clinic
Kenneth Cummings, MD, MS, FASA, DFPM is a Professor of Anesthesiology at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University and the Director of the Center for Perioperative Medicine at Cleveland Clinic. He completed medical school and anesthesiology training at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO followed by a master’s degree in clinical research at Case Western Reserve University. His practice focuses on perioperative medicine, working to transform perioperative care at Cleveland Clinic from an episodic model to a longitudinal process. In collaboration with other perioperative stakeholders, he is working to bridge pre- and postoperative care to improve patient outcomes.
