ASCOA Named as an ‘ASC Management Company to Watch in 2014’ by Becker’s ASC Review.

Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America. Brent Lambert, MD, FACS; Tom Bombardier, MD, FACS; and George Violin, MD, FACS, founded Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America in 1997. Luke Lambert, MBA, CFA, CASC, joined the company as CFO and became CEO in 2002. The company’s leadership also includes Robert Westergard, CPA, as the current CFO. ASCOA began with de novo surgery centers, but by the mid-2000s it took on the added role as a turnaround expert. The company currently operates 34 centers across the nation, and has a number of others in development.