Building Strength Crystal Clinic unveils $100 million hospital dedicated to orthopaedic + reconstructive care By Mark Watt | Photos by Kendall Ristau / Hall + Merrick
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n late October, project partners, stakeholders and local officials gathered to celebrate the opening of Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center at 3557 Embassy Parkway in Fairlawn. The $100 million, 165,000-square-foot facility is one of the world’s only hospitals dedicated exclusively to orthopaedic, musculoskeletal and reconstructive care, representing Crystal Clinic’s vision to serve as a national destination for specialized care. The landmark project signals a significant investment in the region for Crystal Clinic, which is ranked #1 in Ohio and in the top 20 of the more than 6,000 hospitals in the nation for major orthopaedic surgery and joint replacement surgery (CareChex/Quantros Analytics).
Fulfilling a vision
The project was a long time coming, according to Chief Nursing and Operations Officer Holli Cholley, RN,
BSN, M.B.A. “Crystal Clinic initially started this project back in 2008 with the goal of building a destination hospital for specialized care,” she says, noting that it was first proposed to be located near downtown Akron. When the economic downturn occurred in the fall of that year, leading to soaring interest rates, those plans were placed on hold. Several years later, the physicians and hospital resumed their plan to construct a freestanding facility, identifying a suit-
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With 12 operating rooms and 60 private patient rooms across three floors, the hospital offers orthopaedic surgery, reconstructive/plastic surgery and inpatient post-surgical care, as well as physical therapy and diagnostic radiology imaging services. It also includes a QuickCare facility to provide immediate, specialized walk-in urgent care for sports and orthopaedic injuries. Among the more than 250 healthcare professionals now operating onsite are 33 orthopaedic surgeons, specializing in cervical, lumbar spine, shoulder, elbow, hand, wrist, hip, knee, foot and ankle care, as well as pediatrics, while five plastic surgeons offer advanced reconstructive surgery for cancer patients, trauma patients, those living with congenital deformities and more. The state-of-the-art hospital serves as the epicenter of the physician-owned clinic system, which also operates an ambulatory surgery facility 0.3 miles down the street, along with 13 additional ambulatory and outpatient physician clinics in the region.