After receiving their Certificate of Need in May, TriaVision is moving forward with work on their first ambulatory surgery center (ASC), which will be located in the Colonnade and will feature two operating rooms.

“Ambulatory surgery centers allow us to deliver the highest quality care in a fraction of the time and at a lower cost to the patient,” said Virginia Lolley, MD, an ophthalmologist with TriaVision.

The decision to move into the ASC space was driven in part by the projected increase in cataract cases from 151,000 cataract diagnoses in Alabama in 2018 to 220,000 in 2030. “There’s a huge need in the state for cataract surgery,” said Amanda Moorefield, vice president of operations at TriaVision. “And hospitals don’t meet the efficiency needs to handle that kind of volume.”

TriaVision currently operates 11 eye care clinics across central Alabama with 11 ophthalmologists and five optometrists, along with nearly 50 ophthalmic technicians.

The new ASC will open in 2026.