Here are five takeaways:
1. When the center opened in 1996, it housed four operating rooms and two endoscopy suites.
2. To meet surgical demand, the center added a fifth operating room in November 2001.
3. Surgical Hospital at Southwoods expanded the outpatient center by 20,000 square feet in October 2004.
4. The center expanded its central sterile supply in 2006, and began its inpatient hospital expansion in August 2008.
5. After years of expansions to meet patient demand, Southwood received the Press Ganey Beacon of Excellence award in October 2004, the same year the hospital initiated its robotic surgery program.
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