UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI BREAKS GROUND
FOR REGION’S MOST COMPREHENSIVE
ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY CENTER

The University of Missouri held a groundbreaking ceremony June 5, 2008, to celebrate the official start of construction on the region’s most comprehensive orthopaedic surgery center.

The Missouri Orthopaedic Institute, located near the intersection of Stadium Boulevard and Monk Drive, will be the largest and most comprehensive freestanding orthopaedic center in central Missouri. The $52.5 million facility will provide orthopaedic patients with a full-range of care in a single location.

“This building will allow us to support our overriding mission of providing excellent patient care,” said Jason Calhoun, MD, chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and J. Vernon Luck Sr. Distinguished Professor at the MU School of Medicine.

The new facility will include:

• 41 clinic rooms
• Two outpatient procedure rooms
• Five operating rooms
• 16 private inpatient rooms
• a pharmacy
• Radiology services, with X-ray and MRI
• Rehabilitation services
• Prosthetic and orthotic services

The Missouri Orthopaedic Institute will provide space for inpatient surgeries, outpatient procedures, all University of Missouri orthopaedic clinics, and related care such as anesthesiology, family medicine, orthotics and prosthetics, physical medicine and rehabilitation, radiology, rehabilitation services and rheumatology.

“This new facility was designed and will be built with the needs of orthopaedic patients as its central focus,” Calhoun said. “It will include features such as convenient access for patients with wheelchairs and crutches, and patient rooms designed for efficient orthopaedic care. The first thing that patients will notice when they enter our new facility is that it is very supportive of what they need. Everything is designed specifically for the orthopaedic patient.”

The 113,512 square-foot building will house more than 200 physicians and staff, including 22 University Physicians orthopaedic surgeons who specialize in sports medicine, joint replacement, pediatrics, hip and knee, foot and ankle, shoulder, hand, spine and trauma care. Construction is scheduled for completion in early 2010.