JAMISON, Pa., June 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Physicians Endoscopy, LLC (PE) in partnership with University Hospitals (UH) in Northeast Ohio received successful licensure on May 2, 2019, in the newly developed gastrointestinal ambulatory surgery center in the UH North Ridgeville Health Center, North Ridgeville, Ohio. UH North Ridgeville Endoscopy Center, LLC, is a state-of-the-art three procedure room center. PE, UH and four UH gastroenterologists including Sapna Thomas, MD; Dany Raad, MD; Shaffer Mok, MD; and Brian Putka, MD, own the facility. UH made the strategic decision to transition their hospital GI outpatient department and relicense the endoscopy center as an ambulatory surgery center (ASC).

After months of modifications, redeployment of equipment and staff, the new center started seeing patients on May 20, 2019, as an ASC. The center received Joint Commission/CMS approval effective June 2, 2019. UH North Ridgeville is PE’s fourth ASC partnership with UH, with plans are to continue a broader market approach in identifying additional opportunities.

Physicians Endoscopy (PE) specializes in the development and management of free-standing, single-specialty endoscopic ASCs in partnership with practicing physicians, health systems, and hospitals. PE makes it easier for gastroenterologists to run their business while improving the lives of patients.


University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio. Founded in 1866, University Hospitals serves the needs of patients through an integrated network of 18 hospitals, more than 50 health centers and outpatient facilities, and 200 physician offices in 16 counties throughout northern Ohio. The system’s flagship academic medical center, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, located in Cleveland’s University Circle, is affiliated with Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Advancing the Science of Health and the Art of Compassion is UH’s vision for benefitting its patients into the future, and the organization’s unwavering mission is To Heal. To Teach. To Discover.


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