37 spine-driven ASCs to know | 2015

By Anuja Vaidya & Brandon Howard

With new techniques and technologies making outpatient spine surgery safer and more effective, more and more ambulatory surgery centers are becoming increasingly spine-focused. Here are 37 primarily spine-driven ASCs.

Barrington (Ill.) Pain and Spine Institute. Barrington Pain and Spine Institute performed its first outpatient spine surgery in October 2014, after receiving certificate of need approval to add spine services in April of that year. The center also offers interventional pain management services. Physician performing procedures at the center address back pain, neck pain, pelvic pain, headaches, myofascial pain and more.

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Blue Ridge Surgery Center (Raleigh, N.C.). The surgery center has been offering spine surgery for three years. Surgeons at the center perform multi-level lumbar laminectomies and multi-level ACDF cases.

“We are always excited to take on new surgery cases,” says Cassandra Clark, RQC/risk manager of the surgery center. “Due to the success of these surgeries, we are currently planning to expand our spine services to include posterior cervical spines in the near future.”
The multispecialty ASC was established in 1985 and is affiliated with Surgical Care Affiliates. The 13,000-square-foot facility includes six operating rooms and a minor procedure room. In addition to spine surgery, the center offers services in numerous specialties, such as gynecology, general surgery, ENT and urology.

Carrillo Surgery Center (Santa Barbara, Calif.). Carrillo Surgery Center was founded in 2005 by Alan Moelleken, MD, who also founded and chairs the Tri-County Spine and Orthopedic Conference. There are several procedures performed at the two-OR facility, including spine procedures, general orthopedic procedures and interventional pain management. Carrillo Surgery Center is fully accredited by AAAHC and Medicare-certified. Pain management physician Robert Wood, MD, MPH, is currently the medical director. Dr. Moelleken still performs procedures at the center.

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