Author: Patsy Newitt

Physician assistants saw the biggest average increase in salary among all specialists in 2021, according to a recent report by physician search and consulting firm Merritt Hawkins. 

Christopher Hamilton, MD, implanted Stryker's InSpace, a minimally invasive subacromial spacer, at a California ASC. 

Two researchers from Kaiser Permanente and the Dartmouth Institute received $32.7 million in funding for a colorectal cancer screening study, Kaiser said Oct. 1. 

Robert Nelson is executive director of Island Eye Surgicenter in Westbury, N.Y. He told Becker's about how he thinks private equity investment will affect ophthalmology and shared his biggest concerns about the winter season. 

Ophthalmologist Omar Shakir, MD, opened a cataract surgery suite in Greenwich, Conn., Greenwich Time reported Oct. 4. 

HST Pathways, an ASC software company, named Susan Kane as CFO, the company said Oct. 4. 

Brooklyn, N.Y.-based SUNY Downstate Medical Center postponed some nonemergency procedures and moved outpatient surgeries after the state's COVID-19 vaccination mandate amplified staffing shortages, according to a recent Gothamist report. 

Massachusetts is the safest state during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent analysis by WalletHub, a personal finance website. 

Here are 23 ASCs opened or announced in September, as reported by Becker's ASC Review: 

Prior to COVID-19, experts predicted that by 2025, as many as half of all total joint procedures would be performed in the ambulatory surgery center (ASC) setting. The pandemic, however, has accelerated the movement of patients from hospitals to ASCs.…