August is always National Ambulatory Surgery Month . To mark the celebration , the Medline Newsroom sought out insights on the ASC market from Taylor Cera , chief operating officer for The Orthopaedic Surgery Center of Youngstown ( OSC ) and Youngstown Orthopaedic Associates ( YOA ).

Based in Ohio , OSC is an independent , nationally — and locally — recognized ASC that has been delivering orthopaedic excellence and innovation in the Ohio / Pennsylvania / West Virginia tri-state region for over 20 years .

With four state-of-the-art operating rooms and three private

overnight suites , the surgery center is also the cornerstone of the 50,000 + sq . ft . orthopaedic and musculoskeletal medical-surgical campus in Boardman township . Incorporating the latest technologies in healthcare , the campus is leading the way in orthopaedics care and surgery in the region and consists

of the ASC , indoor and outdoor rehabilitation resources and a newly constructed , twostory physician office building that opened last Fall .

Q : What is The OSC / YOA approach to delivering more specialized care and surgeries in outpatient or ASC settings ? A : The Orthopaedic Surgery Center of Youngstown just celebrated 20 years . And YOA , physician-owners of the center , have been serving the region for 50-plus years . We ’ re very proud of the deep roots and personal involvement we have in the communities we serve .

Over the years , we have really focused on the growth of our orthopaedic service line — specifically , recruitment of fellowship-trained , hand , total joint , interventional pain and spine sub-specialists . Simultaneously , innovation in our delivery of orthopaedic care has always been a priority , exemplified by an outpatient total joint program supported by robotic technology — and more recently an outpatient spine program — that are part of our offering .

Our current approach came to life about 10 years ago when we