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Brian Selig is the Director of Perioperative Services at The University of Kansas Health System in Kansas City, KS. In this role, Dr. Selig provides leadership to the surgical areas that include 47 operating suites, 92 prep and recovery suites, Neurodiagnostics, and Perioperative Clinical Engineering. He is also an Adjunct Professor for The University of Kansas School of Nursing, teaching graduate courses in nursing policy & advocacy. Dr. Selig has been appointed to the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Board of Directors. He has also served as a Commissioner for the ANCC Commission on Magnet Recognition from 2009-2018 and as a member of the Commission Executive Committee from 2013-2018. Brian has been named a 2019-2020 Reilly Nursing Leadership Fellow, was a 2012-2014 National Jonas Scholar, and a 2008 AONE Nurse Manager Fellow. He also served as the 2011 Kansas Emergency Nurses Association President.

Prior to this role, Brian held leadership positions in Perioperative, Procedural, and Emergency nursing units. Early in his career, he worked as a clinical nurse in a Level I trauma center Emergency Department and as a Flight Nurse. Dr. Selig has several publications and has been a speaker both nationally and internationally on topics such as nurse leader development, controlled substance diversion, organizational throughput, and improvement strategies using Lean Methodology.