We are the audience we built this for.
Pharaoh Sargent, PA-C
PA-C · Navy Veteran · 20+ Years in Clinical PracticePharaoh has spent over two decades in clinical medicine. 10 years as Chief PA in Spine at NY Spine Specialists. 3 years in orthopedic surgery at New York-Presbyterian. First assisted in thousands of OR cases alongside the very vendors and clinicians Operative Summit serves.
He spearheaded the Senior PA role on the NYP Orthopedic service, managed PA team operations, and collaborated on OR scheduling efficiency and pain committee initiatives. Before surgery, he served in the U.S. Navy, earning the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal.
He built Operative Summit because he knows exactly what OR professionals need from a product education platform — and what vendors have been missing about how to reach them.
Michelle Sampieri, RN, LE
Perioperative RN · OR Manager · Operations LeaderMichelle's path to the OR runs through both the clinical and operational sides of healthcare. Perioperative nurse at New York-Presbyterian — orthopedics and spine were 50%+ of OR volume. She knows what device reps look like from the scrub side of the table.
She then served as OR Nurse Manager at Dr. Yael Halaas MD's surgical suite, running the full operational infrastructure: staffing, compliance, inventory management, and accreditation. Before nursing, she led cross-functional operations teams in corporate environments and grew retail revenue by 172% as Spa Manager at Equinox.
She brings to Operative Summit a rare combination of hands-on OR experience and proven operational leadership — which is exactly what building a national Virtual Summit platform requires.
"We didn't build this from the outside looking in. We built it because we've been in the OR, at the table, making these decisions. We know this audience because we are this audience."
— Pharaoh Sargent & Michelle Sampieri, Co-Founders, Operative Summit