Here are three things to know:
1. Alaska Surgery Center is a Surgical Care Affiliates center.
2. The center is a partnership between SCA and 32 local physicians. The center was started in 1977 by a group of eight physicians and dentists as a lower cost alternative to hospital treatment.
3. The center has treated 140,000-plus patients to date, offering anesthesiology, gynecology, neurosurgery, ophthalmology, orthopedic surgery and pain management procedures, among others.
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