Lydia Casteel is the Manager of Perianesthesia Services and the Director of Surgical Services at WellStar Paulding Hospital. In her role, she manages the perianesthesia units, and over sees operations of Surgical and Endoscopy Services. In addition, Lydia serves on the System Trust Collaborative within WellStar which has developed a vision and mission, as well as, guidelines and training for leaders to improve employee engagement. In her 22-year career, Lydia has served as staff nurse in ICU, educator, charge nurse, Assistant Nurse Manager, Manager of Surgical and Endoscopy Services and lead the surgical services transition team to help design the surgery center and sterile processing departments for the state of the art replacement hospital in 2014. Lydia has completed her Masters of Science in Nursing and Health Care Administration from Grand Canyon University. Lydia has received several awards within her organization for leadership, as well as, Star Performer for Patient satisfaction, Guardian of Excellence Award for Patient Satisfaction from Press Ganey and her team won 2nd place in Quality and Safety from the Georgia Hospital Association for their work in pre-op efficiency. Lydia lives in Powder Springs, Georgia and is the proud mom of an active 15-year-old son. She spends her free time at her son's sporting events, volunteering at her church in the youth and feed the hungry ministries and loves dancing with her son in the living room.