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On Monday, Sept. 10, University of Virginia Health System hosted a groundbreaking for its comprehensive musculoskeletal center, which will consolidate UVA’s outpatient orthopedic care in a single, convenient location on Ivy Road (in the space previously occupied by Kluge Children’s Rehabilitation Center).

The approximately 195,000-square-foot facility will include six outpatient operating rooms, where orthopedic and sports medicine surgeries will be performed. A recovery unit will be on site, allowing surgical patients to stay for up to 23 hours before being discharged. The center will also bring together virtually all of UVA Orthopedics outpatient clinics that are now found at multiple locations around Charlottesville. Orthopedic clinical trials will also be available to patients at the center.

A full complement of patient support services will also be available at the center. Imaging services will include MRIs, X-rays, CT scans, ultrasound and fluoroscopy. Comprehensive physical and occupational therapy services will be available on site, supplemented by surrounding fields and walking trails to help provide a wellness environment for patients, team members and visitors.

The center is expected to open to patients in February 2022.

Below are photos from the groundbreaking ceremony.

Related reading from UVA Today: A New Gold Standard: UVA Orthopedics Facility Aims to Be ‘Best in the Country.’