UVMMC Announces New Surgery Center Project

University of Vermont Medical Center (UVMMC) announced first steps toward building a new a multi-specialty outpatient surgery center to address the growing needs of the community and increasing patient access. The facility will increase UVMMC’s surgical capacity by initially adding 8 operating rooms, 12 prep rooms, and 36 recovery spaces, which will include 8 extended-stay recovery rooms. The project will promote efficiency and better experiences for patients, families, surgeons and staff, and will include space to add additional operating rooms if needed in the future.