Ambulatory Surgery and Medical Procedures Center

Being the eastern-most building and abutted by wetlands, the Ambulatory Surgery and Medical Procedures Center provides a calm and welcoming environment for patients. Upon entering, visitors are met with a quiet atmosphere, lit mostly by natural light from the atrium-like lobby. Televisions are conspicuously, yet pleasingly, missing.

“The building design called for two TVs, but we chose not to install them in hopes that it would provide a more peaceful place for waiting patients and families. Most people really enjoy the quiet — spending their time reading or napping,” says Debbie Laubach, business manager.

The lobby also provides computers for patients to check e-mail, catch up on the news or play games while they wait.

Inside the facility on any given day, surgeons, anesthesiologists, gastroenterologists and a support staff of 60 work to provide state-of-the art care. Thirty to 40 surgeons rotate through the facility and perform 125 different outpatient surgical procedures. The 49,000 square-foot building contains six operating rooms and four medical procedure rooms that can accommodate more than 5,000 surgical cases and 4,000 procedures each year. Currently, four ORs are open with planning under way to open the last two rooms in 2007, says Laubach.