TRANSFORMING SURGERY
Third phase brings new ORs, expansive PACU
Ryan Shelstad, MD, of Bryan Heart Cardiothoracic Surgery shows off one of the three new operating suites at Bryan East Campus.
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e’ve completed the third phase of our renovation and expansion on Bryan East Campus — to the delight of patients, providers and staff! They’re enjoying three new cardiovascular operating suites on the
2nd floor (adding to the 11 new ORs that were completed in an earlier phase) and a much larger post anesthesia care unit (PACU). The three newest suites are bigger than other operating suites to make room for specialized equipment needed during heart, lung and vascular surgeries. There are 18 patient recovery bays
including a pair of isolation rooms in the PACU, which offers more floor space than the unit it replaces. This $47 million, four-phase construction project began in 2019, and its final phase is expected to be finished next summer. "Early on in the pandemic, we had to decide whether we were going to
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