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Summit Orthopedics opened a 30,200-square-foot medical office building that offers a range of orthopedic care options, Summit Daily reports.

The founding editor of "Schwartz's Principles of Surgery" and renowned surgeon, researcher, scholar, author and advocate Seymour Schwartz, MD, died Aug. 28 in St. Louis at age 92, according to the New York Times.

Georgia physician Craig Brown, MD, wrote a letter to the editor supporting applications from two hospitals in the state to develop outpatient surgery centers in Braselton, Ga., JacksonHeraldToday reports.

Here are the most-read stories on Becker's ASC Review the week of Aug. 31 to Sept. 4:

Tifton, Ga.-based Tift Regional Anesthesiology welcomed Ravi Grandhi, MD, to its ranks Aug. 31, according to Monica Morris, director of physician recruitment and retention at Tifton-based Southwell.

Two years after performing his first Lapiplasty bunion surgery at Naples, Fla.-based Seaside Surgery Center, Evgeny Krynetskiy, MD, was awarded the "Center of Excellence" designation by Treace Medical Concepts.

Thirty percent of ASC leaders reported layoffs of direct care staff in the past year, up from 4 percent in 2019, according to OR Manager's "2020 Career & Salary Survey."

Richard Rosa, MD, used Conformis' patient-specific knee replacement technology for the first time in an ASC, according to a company announcement.

Jeff Snodgrass was tapped to serve as president of Nashville, Tenn.-based AmSurg, one of the country's largest ASC operators and the ambulatory division of Envision Healthcare.

To reduce expenses, ASC administrators should understand that 80 percent of costs are driven by the top 20 percent of spend, according to Encompass Healthcare Data Solutions.