{"id":4881,"date":"2016-03-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/2016\/03\/02\/hybrid-operating-room-coming-to-memorial-hospital-central\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T15:07:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T21:07:55","slug":"hybrid-operating-room-coming-to-memorial-hospital-central","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/hybrid-operating-room-coming-to-memorial-hospital-central\/","title":{"rendered":"Hybrid Operating Room coming to Memorial Hospital Central"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Construction is scheduled to begin in May on a three-phase project that will improve patient spaces and provide a hybrid operating room for Memorial Hospital Central. It’s a $7.8 million space that will be used primarily by vascular and cardiovascular surgeons.<\/p>\n

Memorial\u2019s Hybrid OR will be equipped with a Siemens Artis Zeego robotic-arm imaging system, giving surgeons a 360-degree view of the patient. Zeego allows surgeons to perform minimally invasive interventional surgeries, enhancing patient care.<\/p>\n

Susan Almquist-Baldwin, director of perioperative services for Memorial, stands next to \u201cSlim\u2019\u2019 as she talks about the new Hybrid OR at Memorial. Multiple administrative offices have moved to make room for the new surgical suite.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very excited about the room. It\u2019s been a long time coming,\u2019\u2019 said Dr. Scott Hurlbert, vascular surgeon at Memorial. \u201cWe will use the room to do all sorts of minimally invasive procedures, such as repairing aortic aneurysms and heart valves. The room will also give us the ability to do cases that combine open and interventional techniques.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

The addition of the Hybrid OR, expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2017, gives MHC 12 operating rooms and a cystoscopy room.<\/p>\n

\u201cCurrently we are doing cases in the cardiac cath lab, which has great imaging but doesn\u2019t have the sterility of the OR. In the OR, we have sterility but not the quality of imaging. The Hybrid OR will afford our patients great imaging in a sterile environment,\u2019\u2019 Hurlbert said.<\/p>\n

As demand for endovascular surgery grows, Memorial will now do more transcatheter aortic valve repair; endovascular aortic aneurysm repair and stenting of the brain and arteries in the legs, said Susan Almquist-Baldwin, director of perioperative services for Memorial.<\/p>\n

The Hybrid OR will be staffed by clinicians from multiple disciplines \u2013 radiology, cardiology and surgery, Almquist-Baldwin said.<\/p>\n

Jennifer Toll, project manager from Design and Construction, said the new Hybrid OR will be constructed north of the Central Elevator core, where OR administrative offices and POHA are currently located. To make room for the OR, the project will be conducted in three phases:<\/p>\n