The report includes 27,868 practitioners and more than 7,700 facilities. Orthopedic surgeons were the most commonly active at the top 100 surgery centers. The specialty breakdown as a percentage of the total surgeons was reported as:
• Orthopedic surgeon: 18 percent
• Family practitioner: 11 percent
• Obstetrician/gynecologist: 10 percent
• Ophthalmologist: 9 percent
• Cardiovascular disease: 8 percent
• Internist: 8 percent
• Anesthesiologist: 7 percent
Another 29 percent were other specialties.
The top 10 freestanding surgery centers by the number of physicians are:
1. Palo Alto Medical Foundation in Mountain View, Calif.: 194
2. Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in San Rafael, Calif.: 133
3. James E. Davis Ambulatory Surgical Center in Durham, N.C.: 113
4. Greater Houston Anesthesiology: 100
5. Billings (Mont.) Clinic Downtown: 96
6. Vancouver (Wash.) Clinic: 91
7. Kelsey-Seybold Clinic in Houston: 89
8. Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, Va.: 71
9. Aspen Surgery Center in Walnut Creek, Calif.: 69
10. Springfield (Ill.) Clinic: 68
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