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35 Becker's ASC 21st Annual Meeting – The Business and Operations of ASCs: For more information, call (800) 417-2035 Englewood (Colo.) Surgery Center has staff, treatment protocols and services customized for spine care. The ASC is located on the Colorado Comprehensive Spine Institute's main campus, which also includes physical therapy and MRI. In- stitute physicians perform artificial disc replace- ments, minimally invasive surgery and fusions. Frontenac (Mo.) Surgery & Spine Care Center includes two operating rooms and three treatment rooms where physicians perform orthopedic, pain management, plastic surgery and podiatry proce- dures in addition to spine care. The AAAHC-ac- credited center includes Medical Director D. Ras- kas, MD, and Administrator Kelly Miller. GNS Surgery Center in Athens, Ga., is an 8,000-square-foot surgery center and completely spine-focused. It has two operating rooms and is affiliated with Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners. Five physicians are affiliated with GNS Surgery Center focused on spinal surgery and injections. Honolulu Spine Center involves three orthopedic surgeons and five neurosurgeons. This Symbion- affiliated center includes minimally invasive spine procedures, neurosurgery, interventional ortho- pedics and pain management. The 7,800-square- foot center opened in 2007. Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery, based in Dallas, was opened in fall 2011. The 9,255-square-foot surgery center includes two operating rooms and one procedure room. It was designed for surgeons to perform minimally inva- sive spine surgery and includes the O-arm Spine Surgical Imaging system with StealthStation Nav- igation. Surgeons partnered with Meridian Surgi- cal Partners to construct the center. Lake Ridge Ambulatory Surgery Center in Woodbridge, Va., is a Blue Chip Surgical Partners- affiliated ambulatory surgery center. It is a joint venture with Sentara Potomac Hospital. The mul- tispecialty facility includes orthopedics and spine in its 9,500-square-foot facility. The ASC has one operating room and one procedure room. Laser Spine Institute is based in Tampa, Fla., and includes ASC locations in Arizona, Philadelphia and Oklahoma City. The surgery centers attract patients from across the country for various pro- cedures, including minimally invasive stabiliza- tion, disc replacement, endoscopic surgery and stem cell procedures. Loveland (Colo.) Surgery Center includes ortho- pedic spine surgery, pain management and otolar- yngology procedures. The facility is connected to a convalescence center for overnight stays and is ac- credited by The Joint commission. National Surgical Care and physicians are joint owners in the center. Microsurgical Spine Center in Puyallup, Wash., was founded by Richard Wohns, MD, JD, MBA, medical director of the center. Physicians perform minimally invasive spine surgery, artificial disc replacement and pain management procedures at the center, which is affiliated with Symbion. Middlesex Surgery Center in Edison, N.J., was founded by the physicians of IGEA Brain & Spine. The ASC physicians perform several procedures, including lateral surgery, X-Stop Spacer and spi- nal cord stimulation along with pain procedures. The practice includes four physician partners. Millennium Surgical Center in Cherry Hill, N.J., is an advanced outpatient surgery center focusing on spine, pain management, orthopedics and po- diatry. The center was opened in 2007 and received Joint Commission accreditation. Spinal procedures include disc nucleoplasty, minimally invasive spine surgery and anterior discectomy with fusion. The Minimally Invasive Spine Center of Para- dise Valley in Phoenix is an 8,400-square-foot fa- cility with two operating rooms. The surgery cen- ter is affiliated with Blue Chip Surgical Partners and includes orthopedic and pain management procedures in addition to spine care. Neurological Institute of Savannah (Ga.) Am- bulatory Surgery Center includes 10 surgeons focused on providing a high standard of neuro- surgical and spine professional care. The surgery center is AAAHC-accredited and serves as one of the largest neurosurgical groups in the Southeast. NeuroSpine Institute includes an Orlando-based outpatient surgical facility with microsurgical procedures. Robert L. Masson, MD, founded the Institute to focus on spinal injury and sports-re- lated injury to the spine. He has performed more than 11,000 microsurgical procedures and 4,000 minimally invasive lumbar spinal reconstructions and revisions. NeuroSpine and Pain Surgery Center in Ft. Wayne, Ind., is a joint venture between neurosur- geons and the physical medicine physicians of the NeuroSpine and Pain Center and Lutheran Hos- pital of Indiana. Opened in January 2007, the cen- ter has three operating rooms and one procedure room as well as overnight stay capabilities. Northern Wyoming Surgical Center in Cody provides outpatient surgery for spine, neurosur- gery, pain management, ophthalmology, gyne- cology and gastroenterology among other spe- cialties. The center has provided services to the community for more than 10 years. Northwest Spine and Laser Surgery Center in Wilsonville, Ore., includes ACDF, pain manage- ment procedures and minimally invasive spine surgery. The center includes five physicians who are board-certified. Orthopaedic Surgery Center of La Jolla (Calif.) is the orthopedic ASC of Surgery One, a network of outpatient surgery centers in the San Diego area. The ASC hosts spine surgeons, orthopedic surgeons and pain management physicians. Both cervical and lumbar spinal procedures are per- formed there. The surgery center is accredited by AAAHC. Orthopedic Surgery Center of Orange County in Newport Beach, Calif., includes lumbar discecto- my, single-level lumbar fusion and anterior cervical fusion. Spine patients are able to spend the night to recover at the center, which includes two registered nurses for one to three patients overnight. Parkway Neuroscience & Spine Institute in Hag- erstown, Md., is a one operating room, one pro- cedure room ambulatory surgery center including four neurosurgeons, one neurologist and seven physiatrists. The center also has physical thera- pists and chiropractors, and is affiliated with Blue Chip Surgical Partners. Physicians Surgery Center of Frederick (Md.) is a multispecialty ambulatory surgery center affiliated with Blue Chip Surgical Partners. The 5,800-square-foot facility includes two operating rooms and one procedure room. Prairie SurgiCare in Peoria, Ill., was founded by Richard Kube, MD, and offers outpatient spine and pain procedures. Dr. Kube is focused on motion preservation and has given more than 20 interna- tional presentations on his craft. The center and practice is focused on multidisciplinary spine care. Southeastern Spine Institute & Ambulatory Surgery Center in Mount Pleasant, S.C., was co- founded by Donald R. Johnson, MD, and Steven C. Poletti, MD, as a site for comprehensive spine care. The center includes 18 physicians and physi- cian assistants. Both founders participated in the first microendoscopic discectomy and artificial disc replacement in South Carolina. Spine Centers of America, based in Fair Lawn, N.J., was founded by Bryan J. Massoud, MD, who operates three surgical centers with a team of en- doscopic spine surgeons. The fellowship-trained surgeons have performed thousands of endoscop- ic surgeries and the center includes a variety of lumbar and surgical procedures. The Spine Institute in Loveland, Colo., was found- ed by Kenneth Pettine, MD, and E. Jeffrey Donner, MD. The facility includes three operating rooms and a convalescence center. Surgeons perform disc replacements, stem cell injections and other mini- mally invasive procedures at the center, which also serves as a site for numerous clinical trials. The Spine Institute of Southern New Jersey in Marlton was founded by Joan F. O'Shea, MD, who is a dually-trained neurosurgeon and spine surgeon. Procedures at the center include cervical disc replacement, ACDF, minimally invasive spi- nal fusion and lumbar procedures. Spine Surgery Center of Eugene (Ore.) was es- tablished in 2007 by KeiperSpine founder Glenn L. Keiper Jr., MD, to accommodate spine patients. The center has AAAHC accreditation and three physicians perform procedures there. Dr. Keiper has a special interest in motion preservation and artificial disc replacement. Squaw Peak Surgical Facility in Phoenix was founded by Anthony Yeung, MD, developer of the FDA-approved Yeung Endoscopic Spine Sys- tem. The center opened in 1998 and includes two operating rooms. The center is also home to FDA clinical trials and therapeutic injections. St. Louis Spine Surgery Center is a 6,700-square- foot facility that includes outpatient minimally invasive spine surgery, neurosurgery and pain management. The center opened in late 2007 and

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