A $30 million expansion is bringing more specialized heart surgery, minimally invasive electrophysiology and structural heart procedures to Baptist Medical Center South in Jacksonville, Fla.
The 21,000-square-foot unit, built within unoccupied space at the hospital, will include four operating rooms: two for cardiovascular surgery, one for structural heart procedures and one for electrophysiology, plus space for a fifth. It will also have seven postoperative recovery rooms, surgical support areas and dedicated clinical staff spaces, according to a Nov. 5 system news release.
Construction is underway, and the unit is expected to accept its first patients in fall 2027.
Baptist Medical Center South is part of Baptist Health.
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