AmSurg Corp (ASC) is engaged in developing, acquiring and operating ambulatory surgery centers, or ASCs, in partnership with physicians throughout the United States. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company owned a majority interest in 189 surgery centers in 32 states and the District of Columbia and three centers under development. The Company operates both single-specialty and multi-specialty ASCs. Its single-specialty ASCs are equipped and staffed for a single medical specialty. The Company focuses on single-specialty ASCs that perform gastrointestinal endoscopy, ophthalmology and orthopaedic procedures.