T. Brian Callister, MD, selected as speaker for hospital Leadership Summit

Reno physician T. Brian Callister, MD, is president of the Nevada State Medical Association and national medical director for LifeCare. He will speak at the American Hospital Association Leadership Summit.

T. Brian Callister, MD, FACP, FHM, has been selected as a speaker for the American Hospital Association’s 2012 Leadership Summit, which will be held July 19-21 in San Francisco.  Billed as the “most important hospital leadership conference of the year,” the Leadership Summit draws more than 1,200 top executives who gather to hear from nationally recognized speakers on topics of strategic interest to hospitals and health systems.

Dr. Callister will be presenting on Saturday, July 21, on the topic of “Successful discharge options for your medically complex patients: The continuum and the post-acute balancing act.”   

Dr. Callister, recently nominated as one of Modern Healthcare’s 50 most influential physician executives, is a recognized leader in the field of post-acute care and is the national medical director for LifeCare, a system of 27 hospitals in 10 states.  He serves on the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Technical Expert Panels for long-term acute care hospitals and for inpatient rehabilitation facilities. He is the current president of the Nevada State Medical Association as well as president of the northern Nevada district for the American College of Physicians.