Charles Lambert | Treasurer & Managing Director |
Edward K. Aldag, Jr. | Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer |
Steven Hamner | Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer |
Michael Carroll | RBC Capital |
Drew Babin | Baird |
Tayo Okusanya | Jefferies |
Jordan Sadler | KeyBanc |
Chad Vanacore | Stifel |
Karin Ford | MUFG Securities |
Todd Stender | Wells Fargo |
Good day, ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the Q1 2019 Medical Properties Trust Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later, we’ll conduct a question-and-answer session, and instructions will follow at that time. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference call is being recorded. I would now like to introduce your host for today's conference Mr.