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Susquehanna Valley Surgery Center, Harrisburg, Pa.
Laughter Is the Best Medicine
Kristin Royer

Administrator: Deb Leib, CASC
Types of surgeries: Orthopedics, general, GYN, podiatry, GI, cystoscopy, ophthalmology, ENT and pain management.
Staff: 54 part-time, per diem and full-timers, including RNs, LPN, surgical techs and billing and administrative
Procedure rooms: One.
ORs: Five and one cysto room.
Operating surgeons: Sixty-four.
Monthly case volume: In 2002, the center averaged 695 cases. So far in 2003, the center has averaged 809 cases.
Years in operation: Three.
Ownership structure: A Limited Liability Company made up of 32 physician investors partnered with Pinnacle Health, a local hospital system.

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