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Opening of Windward Surgery Center at Castle
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Above are Kris Kroeger, administrator for the Windward Surgery Center, and Brian Medley, CFO of Health Inventures.
The new $5.3-million Windward Surgery Center opened at Castle Medical Center on April 14 with a blessing ceremony officiated by Kahu Kordell Kekoa, chaplain for the Kamehameha Schools.
The 9,000-square-foot Windward Surgery Center, which is housed on two floors in the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Medical Plaza and Wellness Center, has two operating rooms, two endoscopy rooms, and waiting and recovery rooms. It will offer same-day surgery, screenings, and other procedures in general surgery, orthopedics, gynecology, urology, and podiatry.
The ambulatory center is a partnership between Castle Medical Center and a group of fifteen Windward O‘ahu surgeons. It will be managed by Colorado-based Health Inventures and have a staff of thirty.
“This was the first and most substantial way we could ever partner with our medical staff and take care of our patients,” said Kevin Roberts, Castle president and CEO. “And it will help us grow the more complex surgery service lines in the hospital and provide extra capacity.”
Posing for the camera at the event with Kevin Roberts are gastroenterologists and Windward Surgery Center partners, Naoky Tsai, M.D., left, and Robert Jao, M.D., right.
Courtesy of Castle Medical Center/Events