Chillicothe, Ohio-based Adena Health System is on schedule to open the Adena Orthopedic and Spine Institute in September, The Highland County Press reported May 20.
James Fleming Jr., MD, will lead the center. He's been a spine surgeon with Adena Health since 2004.
"The new Adena Orthopedic and Spine Institute is going to be a beacon for first-rate, regional care for southern and south-central Ohio," he told the paper.
The center, which cost $70 million, was announced in 2019. It will have 80 exam rooms, six operating rooms that can accommodate robotics and inpatient recovery areas. Services will include orthopedics, spine and neurology.