Dr. Katherine (Katie) Arendt is Professor of Anesthesiology and the Vice Chair for the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at Mayo Clinic, Rochester where she leads the department in the areas of People and Culture.  Dr. Arendt is also the Associate Medical Director for Bold. Forward. Unbound. in Rochester, Mayo Clinic’s $5B multiyear strategic initiative to transform healthcare.  Dr. Arendt completed medical school and residency in anesthesiology at Mayo Clinic, Anesthesiology fellowship at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and a Regional Anesthesiology fellowship at Mayo Clinic.  She initiated the ACGME-accredited Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellowship Program at Mayo Clinic.  Dr. Arendt is an American Board of Anesthesiology Oral Board Examiner and has served on the Board of Directors for the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology. She has held multiple leadership roles within her department including Medical Director of Obstetric Anesthesiology, Division Chair and Associate Practice Chair.  Her research interests include the obstetric anesthesia management of patients with complex cardiac disease on which she has published over 70 peer reviewed publications, participated on the writing committees for multiple guidelines and statements and authored numerous book chapters.  Dr. Arendt believes that the role of an anesthesiologist on a labor and delivery floor is to be a peri-delivery clinician who, above all else, works seamlessly with her multidisciplinary team to keep women safe.  She is invited to speak throughout the world through which she works to inspire safer and more satisfying childbirth experiences for women everywhere.