About Us

History of SPAQI

  • Headquarters

    Glenview, IL USA

  • Founded

    2006

  • Founders

    Drs. Angela Bader, David Hepner, Darin Correll, and BobbieJean Sweitzer

  • Members

    650+

About SPAQI

The Society for Perioperative Assessment and Quality Improvement (SPAQI) is a collaborative forum of multidisciplinary professionals who continue to learn, educate, innovate, and collaborate to deliver high-value, safe perioperative practices.

SPAQI was created in 2006 to transform perioperative care through multidisciplinary collaboration. Founding board members Drs. Angela Bader, David Hepner, Darin Correll, and BobbieJean Sweitzer came together with the shared goals of fostering perioperative learning, research, and high-level patient care. Dr. Angela Bader served as the first president of SPAQI.

SPAQI leadership consists of the Executive Committee composed of SPAQI Officers charged with the oversight and leadership of the Society--president, vice president (president elect), secretary, treasurer, and immediate past-president. The secretary and treasurer role were initially combined in one position but split into two roles to expand the size of the Society leadership team. Our past presidents have remained very active in the Society and the Perioperative Summit:

Board of Governors

The Board of Governors additionally serves to guide and support SPAQI’s educational mission. The members of the BOG represent a diverse group of international clinicians with unique clinical backgrounds and expertise in perioperative medicine. The Board of Advisors was also established in 2019. In it’s decade and a half, SPAQI has broadened the services and support offered to members: