Operating Rooms Go Under the Knife
Hospitals are bringing together surgeons, anesthesiologists and nurses with architects, engineers and administrative staff to rethink the modern operating room.
Dr. Scott T. Reeves worked on the redesign of operating rooms at the R. Keith Summey Medical Pavilion at the Medical University of South Carolina. He focused on how to make surgical suites more accommodating for technology, as well as staff and patients.Credit.Sarah Pack/MUSC
By Ellen Rosen
This article is part of our new series on the
, which examines changes in the medical field.
If you ask Dr. Scott T. Reeves, operating rooms resemble an airplane cockpit. There is sophisticated equipment, tight spaces, blinking lights and a cacophony of sound.