November 3, 2022 – UC Davis Health recently held a ceremonial groundbreaking for a major new ambulatory surgery center. Known as the 48X Complex due to its location at 48th and X streets, the center will blend advanced medical technologies with a human-centered approach to patient care.
UC Davis Health administration and construction team members break ground on the site of the future 48X Complex.
The complex will be 267,000 square feet and will include 14 operating rooms, 59 pre-and post-operative recovery bays and 14 single-occupant overnight recovery rooms. The center will also include clinical support, pharmacy, imaging and physical therapy services and administrative support space.
The $579 million center will encompass the entire block between 48th and 49th streets and X and Y streets, to the east of the main hospital building. It will be located between the Tschannen Eye Center and Parking Structure 4, with a breezeway connecting the two locations.
“This 48X Complex embodies our vision of delivering tomorrow’s health care today. The future of health care is fundamentally evolving, as is our campus,” said David Lubarsky, vice chancellor for human health sciences and CEO for UC Davis Health. “We must become truly patient centric, focused on delivering care and information how, when and where patients want it. Our patients are the reason we’re all here and why we keep innovating, expanding, and pushing the boundaries to deliver care and treatment like no other academic medical center.”
The facility will help to reduce wait times for elective procedures while expanding surgical service lines and therapies by adding space for patient care clinics as well as advanced technology. It is designed to serve a more diverse population with shifting health needs.
R. Lor Randall, David Linn endowed chair and professor for orthopaedic surgery in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery gives brief remarks during groundbreaking ceremony
In addition to improving patient care, the project is another step forward on UC Davis Health’s path to carbon neutrality. The 48X Complex will exceed the UC Sustainable Practices Policy energy efficiency goals and will be LEED Certified, a designation that is focused on healthy, highly efficient, carbon and cost-saving green buildings.