SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Seventeen Sutter Health ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) have been listed among Newsweek magazine’s Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers for 2021 — and Palo Alto Medical Foundation Surgery Center, Palo Alto is ranked No. 1 in California!

Newsweek partnered with research firm Statista to survey ASC staff, physicians and leaders. Thousands of surgery centers were evaluated, but just the top 400 best centers in the 25 states with the most facilities made the list.

Newsweek’s experts and survey participants ranked ASCs based on quality of care, performance data and peer recommendations relative to in-state competition. They also took into account how well facilities were responding to the threat of COVID-19.

“I’m incredibly proud of this recognition from Newsweek, though I’m not surprised,” says Sutter Surgery Center Division CEO Terry Glubka. “Our ASCs’ clinicians and staff care deeply about the health and safety of their patients, and they work hard to provide them high quality, compassionate care.”

There are more than 800 ASCs in California, but just 80 of them were recognized by Newsweek. Of those 80, 17 of them (or 21 percent) are Sutter Surgery Center Division ASCs:

 About Sutter Surgery Center Division

Sutter Health’s network of ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) provide patients throughout California a safe, convenient option for many procedures, including pain and spine surgeries, hernia repairs, gallbladder removals and cataract surgeries. For more information, please visit sutterhealth.org/surgery-center-division.