Tracey Hood, RN (Ohio Valley Ambulatory Surgery Center and Mid Ohio Valley Medical Center, Belpre, Ohio). Ms. Hood is the administrator of Ohio Valley ASC and Mid Ohio Valley Medical Center. Ohio Valley is a three-OR, multi-specialty center that includes…
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Bill Hazen (Surgery Center at Pelham, Greer, S.C.). Mr. Hazen is the administrator of the Surgery Center at Pelham, a four-OR, two-procedure-room, multispecialty center that is a joint venture between a hospital and local physicians. Surgeons at the center specialize…
Amanda Gunthel (Wilton Surgery Center, Wilton, Conn.). Ms. Gunthel is the administrator of Wilton Surgery Center, a two-OR, two-procedure room ASC that specializes in ophthalmology and pain management. The center opened in Aug. 2005 and is currently in a partnership…
Judy Graham (Cypress Surgery Center, Wichita, Kan.). Ms. Graham is administrator of Cypress Surgery Center, a free-standing, multi-specialty ASC that opened in Dec. 2000. The center includes six ORs, three procedure rooms, two RCU beds and a two-suite GI/endoscopy unit.…
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Alisa Fischer, CASC (St. Augustine Surgery Center, St. Augustine, Fla.). Ms. Fischer is the administrator of St. Augustine Surgery Center. The center was formerly owned by a hospital corporation and was subsequently purchased in May 2006 by ASCOA. The multi-specialty…
Rose Eickelberger (Beacon Orthopaedics Surgery Center, Sharonville, Ohio). Ms. Eickelberger is the director of surgical services at Summit Surgical Center and Beacon West Surgical Center, both part of Beacon Orthopaedics. The first surgery center opened in May 2003, and surgeons…
Vicki Edelman, RN (Blue Bell Surgery Center, Blue Bell, Pa.). Ms. Edelman is the administrator of Blue Bell Surgery Center, a four-room, multi-specialty ASC that opened in Sept. 2008. Surgeons specialize in orthopedics, ENT, pain management, plastic surgery, general surgery,…
Joey Daugherty, RN (Total Pain Care, Meridian, Miss.). Mr. Daugherty is the administrator of Total Pain Care, a single-specialty ASC that focuses on pain management procedures. The center is owned by Kenneth Staggs Jr., MD, and Eric Pearson, MD, and…
Deborah Lee Crook (Valley Ambulatory Surgery Center, St. Charles, Ill.). Ms. Crook is the administrator of Valley ASC, a seven-OR, multi-specialty surgery center that opened in 1987 as the first free-standing center in Illinois. The center also opened an attached…