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5 Guest Editor
Break Ground and Dig In
Byron L. Burlingame, MS, BSN, RN, CNOR
6 Award-Winning
Design
Florida's Finest
Jared Bilski | Managing Editor
10 Outfitting
for Ortho
With Expansion in Mind
A group of surgeons recently opened a surgery cen-
ter built for an influx of hip, knee and spine cases.
Jared Bilski | Managing Editor
16 Starting a Spine Center From Scratch
Timing, location and plenty of physician involve-
ment ultimately dictate the success of the project.
Danielle Bouchat-Friedman | Associate Editor
20 A Site for Sore Eyes
Our state-of-the-art surgery center is a one-stop-
shop for cutting-edge ophthalmic care.
Melanie Burgess, RN
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Work Backward When Outfitting for GI
Pay careful attention to the behind-the-scenes
spaces during endoscopy-expansion efforts.
Suraj S. Soudagar, MS, MBA, LEED AP
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Building the Future
of Outpatient Surgery
The ambulatory surgery community forges
ahead to create and renovate new centers of
surgical innovation in a challenging climate.
Outpatient Surgery Editors
34 'Thoughtful Design' From
the Patient's Perspective
Q&A with George Tingwald, MD, AIA, the
surgeon-architect who planned the new
$2 billion Stanford Hospital.
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SURGICAL
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