QUAD A NOW - A Global Accreditation Podcast

In this episode of QUAD A NOW, host Tom Terranova sits down with Susan Williamson, CEO of Mission Plásticos. Susan shares how the nonprofit began in 1999 as a spinoff of Interplast, founded by plastic surgeon Dr. Larry Nichter after he saw local surgeons left unable to continue care once visiting teams went home. Susan walks through what it takes to run a safe surgical mission overseas, from securing approvals and temporary licenses to site visits where the team tests every machine before a sin

In this episode of QUAD A NOW, host Tom Terranova sits down with Alex Lirtsman, founder and CEO of CorralData, to discuss what healthcare organizations need to get right before AI can deliver meaningful operational insight. Alex brings more than two decades of experience in data and digital strategy and now works with organizations navigating increasingly complex data environments. He explains what an AI-native data layer does and what he sees across healthcare organizations: critical informati

In this episode of QUAD A NOW, host Tom Terranova sits down with Alex Lirtsman, founder and CEO of CorralData, to discuss what healthcare organizations need to get right before AI can deliver meaningful operational insight. Alex brings more than two decades of experience in data and digital strategy and now works with organizations navigating increasingly complex data environments. He explains what an AI-native data layer does and what he sees across healthcare organizations: critical informati

In this episode of QUAD A NOW, host Tom Terranova sits down with Dr. Sylvia Ramirez, Medical and Scientific Director of Cutis Medical Laser Clinics in Singapore. A U.S. board-certified physician whose career bridges nephrology, public health, and outcomes research, Dr. Ramirez has become one of the field's most recognized voices on ethics in aesthetic medicine. She traces her path from life-saving medicine into non-surgical aesthetics and walks through the survey she conducted in partnership wit

In this episode of QUAD A NOW, host Tom Terranova sits down with Jenny Hartley, ACNP, founder, CEO, and medical director of Skin Synthesis in Seattle, Washington, the first practice to achieve accreditation under QUAD A's new Non-Surgical Aesthetic & Wellness Accreditation Program for MedSpas. Skin Synthesis has become an early leader in advancing patient safety, clinical oversight, and accountability in the rapidly growing non-surgical aesthetics industry. Jenny shares her journey from critical

In this episode of QUAD A Now, Tom Terranova sits down with Dr. Meghan Valach, Anesthesiologist-in-Chief at Ambulatory Anesthesia Care Midwest, Chair of the Office-Based Anesthesia Committee for the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia (SAMBA), and a member of the SAMBA Board of Directors, for an in-depth conversation on the role of contract anesthesiologists in ambulatory and office-based surgical settings. Dr. Valach shares how the rapid shift toward outpatient procedures is reshaping anesthesia