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A long-planned, purpose-built ambulatory campus aims to keep more complex orthopaedic care in Central Louisiana.
For many people in Central Louisiana, a major orthopedic procedure has meant a long drive, missed work, and recovery far from family. Mid State Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine aims to change that with the Mid State Surgical Center, a dedicated ambulatory surgery campus under construction and slated to open in August 2026.
Purpose-built for outpatient orthopedic care
This isn’t a hospital wing repurposed for orthopedics; it’s a facility designed around orthopedic workflows.
The center will include eight operating suites, two procedure rooms, an in-house MRI and X-ray suite to replace the current mobile units, and integrated imaging systems that speed diagnosis and treatment.
Those features are intended first and foremost to allow safe, efficient outpatient orthopedic procedures—everything from arthroscopy to same-day joint replacement—without sending patients to a distant city hospital.
Precision tools, local advantage
“We’ll be able to offer more advanced procedures, more efficiently, and with a team that knows these patients and this community,” said Michael J. Leddy III, MD, a tenured surgeon at Mid State and chair of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ Board of Councilors. “This isn’t just convenience; it’s better medicine.”
Among the technologies planned is MAKO, the robotic-arm assisted system used for knee and hip replacements that helps surgeons plan and execute bone cuts with high precision. The platform’s pre-operative planning and intra-operative guidance are designed to preserve healthy tissue and improve implant placement, outcomes that matter when complex procedures move to an outpatient setting.
Regional benefits beyond the OR
Planners expect the campus to create roughly 30 jobs, and leaders see a local economic lift in construction and ongoing operations.
Equally important, the center strengthens recruitment. A modern, orthopedic-focused ASC makes Alexandria more competitive for fellowship-trained surgeons and specialists. This will help Mid State continue to bring in highly trained clinicians who want to practice advanced outpatient orthopedics without relocating to a congested metro area.
A commitment to care close to home
Shorter travel times, consolidated appointments, and a recovery pathway that keeps patients close to family are immediate, practical benefits.
The larger story for Central Louisiana is institutional: Mid State is making a sustained investment — in bricks, technology, and people — to ensure advanced orthopedic care happens here, for the people who live here.
The Mid State Surgical Center is the clearest sign yet of that pledge.
