Daniel Zismer, is co-founder and managing director of Castling Partners, and Wegmiller professor emeritus, graduate programs in healthcare administration, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota. Prior to joining the University of Minnesota, Dr. Zismer focused a 20-year career in healthcare on provider-side mergers, acquisitions and related integrated strategies. He served as the head of two national healthcare consulting firms and headed operations of a large, multi-state, integrated health system. Dr. Zismer has authored and co-authored more than 100 professional publications.