Bethesda, Md. (July 11, 2011) – Surgical Care Affiliates (SCA), a national leader in the development and management of surgery centers, surgical hospitals, and surgery departments, announced today it has entered into a formal agreement with Suburban Outpatient Surgery Center, a subsidiary of Suburban Hospital Healthcare System, Inc., a member of Johns Hopkins Medicine, to enhance ambulatory surgical services in the Bethesda and Montgomery County areas.

Under the agreement, SCA will manage the surgical services for Suburban Outpatient Surgery Center, which performs more than 2,000 procedures each year. SCA will implement its management systems to ensure continued outstanding patient care, to strengthen current service lines, and to launch new service lines and new specialties at the surgery center.

Andrew Hayek, President and Chief Executive Officer of SCA, said, "We are honored to be selected to enter into this affiliation. We believe this surgery center will combine outstanding clinical quality with a high degree of physician focus, all done in affiliation with Suburban Hospital and Johns Hopkins Medicine. We believe our management systems can improve surgical care in Maryland and other areas, and this is another step forward in SCA becoming the partner of choice for leading health systems.”