Patsy Newitt

GI Alliance inked a deal with Atlantis-based Gastroenterology Associates of Florida, the company announced Oct. 11.  

OrthoSC recently began offering robotic outpatient knee surgeries at its Carolina Bone & Joint Surgery Center in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Spectrum Health has filed a certificate of need for a $23.2 million cardiovascular ASC in Grand Rapids, Mich., MiBiz reported Oct. 11. 

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson underwent surgery on an injured middle finger at the Cedars-Sinai Kerlan Jobe Surgery Center in Los Angeles Oct. 8.

University of Vermont Medical Center is reopening a previously shuttered outpatient surgery center this fall, a year after it closed because of air circulation problems, VTDiggerr reported Oct. 11. 

Pennsylvania resident Ruth Clarke traveled 1,300 miles for hip surgery at Surgery Center of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City for an operation with upfront pricing she could better afford, Sunday news program Full Measure reported Oct. 3. 

Real estate developer Meridian purchased a medical office building with an on-site surgery center in Beverly Hills, Calif., the company announced Oct. 8. 

Many gastroenterologists are worried about a physician shortage and colonoscopy backlogs in the coming years. 

Buffalo (N.Y.) Surgery Center submitted a certificate of need to expand into a new facility, Buffalo Business First reported Oct. 8. 

Chesapeake Regional Surgery Center in Virginia Beach, Va., became the first freestanding ASC in the state to perform a minimally invasive outpatient prostatectomy with the da Vinci Si robotic surgical system, Chesapeake Regional Healthcare said Oct. 7.