Kids’ surgery center planned in Florida

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St. Petersburg Times, January 23, 2008

Pediatric Surgery Centers--a $4.3-million, 18,000-square-foot outpatient surgical facility--is expected to open as early as June in Odessa, FL. The center will be a larger version of the multispecialty Pediatric Surgery Centers located in Brandon, FL, which opened in 2005 and treats about 3,000 children a year.

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