Hardwiring Smoke-Free Surgical Practice to Protect the Perioperative Team and Patients

Annet Adegboyega is a Nursing Practice Specialist at Sinai Hospital/LifeBridge Health with experience in perioperative nursing practice, patient safety, evidence-based practice, and quality improvement. In her role, she supports interdisciplinary teams in translating evidence into practical workflows that improve safety for patients and healthcare workers in the perioperative setting.

Annet has led and supported perioperative initiatives focused on reducing preventable harm, standardizing practice, and strengthening compliance with evidence-based recommendations. Her work includes surgical site infection prevention, retained foreign object prevention, fire risk assessment, normothermia best practices, and smoke-free operating room efforts. She is especially interested in helping teams move from policy to reliable practice through education, workflow design, frontline engagement, and multidisciplinary collaboration.

Annet’s work around smoke-free operating rooms reflects her commitment to creating safer surgical environments by reducing exposure to surgical smoke and supporting sustainable practice change. She is passionate about making evidence-based practice clear, practical, and meaningful for perioperative teams.

Dr. Mihyun (Rose) Jang, DNP, MSN, MPH, RN, CNOR, is aperioperative nurse leader with expertise in surgical services, nursingleadership, quality improvement, and patient safety. Her clinical experiencespans multiple surgical specialties, including orthopedic, trauma, pediatric,robotic, and general surgery. Throughout her career, she has led initiativesfocused on operational excellence, evidence-based practice implementation,workforce engagement, and improving patient outcomes across the surgicalcontinuum.

Dr. Jang earned her Doctor of Nursing Practice in Leadership and Master ofScience in Nursing Administration from Penn State University, as well as aMaster of Public Health from Johns Hopkins University. She is also acommissioned officer in the United States Navy Reserve Nurse Corps. Herprofessional interests include surgical site infection prevention,implementation science, perioperative quality improvement, healthcareleadership, and high reliability principles. She has presented nationally onpreoperative bathing protocols, smoke evacuation compliance, patient safety,healthy work environments, and perioperative process improvement. Dr. Jang ispassionate about translating evidence into practice and advancing excellence inperioperative nursing care.

With 34 years of perioperative nursing experience, Renilda has served in a variety of clinical, leadership and educator roles, culminating in the current position of Executive Director for Perioperative Services at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore. 

Passionate about advancing evidence-based practices, Renilda is committed to driving excellence and promoting gold standards of patient care especially in surgical services.  Known for people-centered leadership style, Renilda believes that dedication, collaboration, and unwavering commitment are the key forces that move organizations forward in achieving meaningful outcomes.