On April 22, Neil Brodsky, MD, Donald Palmadessa, MD, Frontier Healthcare and a group of founding members opened Queens Endoscopy in Fresh Meadows, N.Y. On March 25, Queens (N.Y.) Boulevard Endoscopy Center opened its doors to patients. The center is joint venture between Frontier Healthcare and Thomas Izquierdo, MD, and Azeem Khan, MD.
Kristina Tansavatdi, MD, has opened the Tansavatdi Cosmetic & Reconstructive Surgery Center in Westlake Village, Calif.
The New York City Economic Development Corporation and Mayor Michael Bloomberg recently announced that Rockaway Courthouse in New York, which has been vacant for over 30 years, will be converted into a $10 million multispecialty ambulatory surgery center and medical facility.
Avera Medical Worthington is in the process of opening a multispecialty ASC in Worthington, Minn. The center is expected to open once it receives certification and licensure.
This summer, Affiliated Community Medical Centers is expected to break ground on a multispecialty ASC in Marshall, Minn.
Bayview Physicians Group intends to develop an accredited ambulatory surgery center at its recently acquired Lakeview Medical Center in Suffolk, Va.
Naser Rustom, MD, has proposed to build a $5.5 million outpatient surgery center that would adhere to Islamic religious law in Orland Park, Ill.
Kessler Management purchased the defunct William B. Kessler Memorial Hospital in Hammonton, N.J., for $2.6 million and will soon convert the hospital into a medical services complex. The complex will include ASC, physician, diagnostic testing and rehabilitation services tenants.
Six physicians of University Suburban Hospital Center in Cleveland, Physicians Endoscopy and Cedar-Brainard Surgery Center have opened the joint venture University Suburban Endoscopy Center in South Euclid, Ohio.
Cosmetic surgery practice Southern Surgical Arts plans to begin work on a $5 million, 27,000-square-foot office building project in Chattanooga, Tenn. The three-story building will house a two-operating room cosmetic surgery center.
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