This article focuses on the master surgical scheduling (MSS) problem. In order to make an effective coordination between case mix planning problem (CMPP), a strategic level problem, and MSS, the results obtained from solving the CMPP is used as an input for the respective MSS. The MSS states which patient types receive surgery on which day. In this study, a mix integer linear programming model is developed to construct an MSS. The proposed model is based on a lexicographic goal programming approach. The aim of the developed model is minimizing the OR spare time while considering the results of the CMPP. In this paper, data required to solve MSS, is collected from a medium-sized Iranian hospital. The results show that the performance of the proposed method is better than the solution put in practice in the hospital.

KEYWORDS: Master Surgical Scheduling, Mathematical Programming, Goal Programming.