Shannon Marie Foster, MD, FACS, is a trauma surgeon, facilitator, coach and mediator and the founder of SMF Facilitation Services. After two decades at the head of the bed, she developed the SMF Method™ and the 10 Vital Resets™ proprietary frameworks that apply surgical precision to interpersonal or organizational conflict and team stabilization. She now facilitates strategic repair for professionals and health care systems, focusing on the tangible tools needed to restore professional autonomy and institutional flow.