This recognition highlights top-performing ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) across the country based on objective, risk-adjusted measures of patient outcomes. Facilities are evaluated on their ability to avoid complications, emergency room visits, unplanned hospitalizations, and other adverse events.

Ambulatory surgery centers are designed to provide same-day surgical and diagnostic procedures, allowing patients to return home quickly while maintaining high standards of safety and quality. Services commonly performed in ASCs include procedures such as cataract surgery, colonoscopies, and joint replacements.

“This distinction from U.S. News & World Report highlights what matters most to us: providing safe, high quality surgical care with measurable, exceptional outcomes.” said Sandy Gordon, RN, Clinical Director of MMC SurgiCenter “I am incredibly proud of our physicians and staff whose expertise, compassion, and collaboration make this level of care possible every day.”

Frank Drowota, MD, Ophthalmologist with MMC adds, “The surgery center has invested in the newest technology that allows our outcomes to be the best they can be. No doubt we have the best team around that gives our patients empathetic care which helps put our patients at ease. We love making Rutherford County roads safer one eye at a time.”

MMC’s SurgiCenter has served the community for more than 35 years, offering a wide range of outpatient surgical services with a focus on patient-centered care, efficiency, and clinical excellence.

Being named among the best in the state for ophthalmology underscores MMC’s dedication to delivering exceptional vision care and surgical outcomes close to home.