AestheticMed/ LaserMed Consulting International LLC
Patti Owens provides consultation services in medical safety programs and medical compliance services. She has been an active member of AORN for 30 years, and presently, Patti is serving as a Board member of the eChapter for the 2025-2026 term. In addition, Patti is the AORN representative on the ANSI SSC-3 “Safe Use of Lasers in Health Care.” She was also selected as a Subject Matter Expert for the 2021 AORN “Guideline for Laser Safety.” In addition, Patti is the recipient of the 2020 AORN Outstanding Achievement in Perioperative Clinical Nursing Practice award.
She has been the Nursing/Allied Health Chairperson of ASLMS and, in 1999 and 2014, received the Nurse Excellence Award. She served three years as the ASLMS Nursing-Allied Health Representative to the Board and was the Laser Safety Officer from 2019 to 2022. Patti is a national consultant for various laser companies and professional organizations, including an instructor for Rockwell Laser Industries and Perioperative Consultants with OR Today. Patti is an active member of the ANSI Z136.3 committee, where she has been appointed as the acting Secretary from 2012 to 2024. She also serves as a member of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) TC 76 WG4 and WG12. Patti's educational work extends into development and multiple presentations at the recent 2025 International Laser Safety Conference, where she received the 2025 R. James Rockwell Jr. Education Achievement Award.
Patti Owens works with a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon as a clinical, aesthetic, compliance, and administrative advisor, and now an administrative consultant in Rancho Mirage, CA. Patti’s previous employment, spanning 11 years, was with a Dermatologist in Olympia, WA. Patti’s experience also includes 13 years as a Laser Manager at Providence St. Peter Hospital. Her responsibilities included program development, education, and supervision of 13 laser systems. She also implemented the laser perioperative role, developed a multi-system laser in-house and mobile program, and enforced safety policies as the facility’s acting Laser Safety Officer.
The Compliance Blueprint for Medical Laser Safety Programs
Saturday, May 9, 2026
11:50 AM - 12:30 PM EDT