American Surgery Center

What American Surgery Center does

The Wilmington Surgery Center, doing business as American Surgery Center, is a multi-specialty ambulatory surgery center (ASC) located at 900 Foulk Road, Suite 100, Wilmington, Delaware 19803, with a billing/mailing address at 800 Delaware Avenue, 5th Floor. Founded circa 2015 by Kemal Erkan and Dr. Isaias Irgau, the center delivers outpatient surgical services across four core specialties: general surgery, bariatric/weight loss, colorectal, and ophthalmology. The center operates an extended schedule of 23 hours per day, Monday through Friday, from a single facility — indicating a high-throughput, surgeon-friendly operating model.

The business model is fee-for-service, with revenue generated from procedures billed to patients and third-party payers. The center holds an unusually dense stack of credentials for a single-site ASC: AAAHC accreditation, MBSAQIP accreditation (the first in Delaware), Medicare certification, Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Distinction Center status, and Aetna Institute of Quality designation. This payer-designation portfolio enables in-network participation with the dominant federal and commercial payers in the Mid-Atlantic region. The center is led by Kemal Erkan (Founder/CEO, also CEO of United Medical, LLC), Dr. Isaias Irgau (Co-founder, practicing surgeon), and Susan Andersen (CFO/COO). Operational partnerships with CHRIAS (Center for Hernia Repair & Advanced Surgery) and United Medical, LLC consolidate specialty coverage and back-office functions respectively.

Customer acquisition is driven by physician referral networks and direct patient engagement through educational content. Patient-facing technology is limited to the third-party IQHealth patient portal; there is no evidence of proprietary technology, in-house digital health platforms, or AI-enabled clinical or administrative tooling. The center is privately held with no disclosed funding events, no M&A activity, and no announced expansion plans; available evidence points to a stable, single-site operating posture. Patient testimonials dated to 2025 and 2026 confirm ongoing operations but provide no visibility into growth catalysts.

Name

American Surgery Center

Legal name

The Wilmington Surgery Center d/b/a American Surgery Center

Website

https://americansurgery.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Short description

The Wilmington Surgery Center d/b/a American Surgery Center is a multi-specialty ambulatory surgery center in Wilmington, Delaware, providing outpatient surgical services in general surgery, bariatric, colorectal, and ophthalmology specialties to fee-for-service patients via physician referrals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Ambulatory Surgery Services

NAICS

Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical and Emergency Centers (621493), Outpatient Care Centers (6214)

SIC

Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093)

akta.pro primary industry

Multi-Specialty Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs) (HLAFAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Ophthalmology Surgery Centers (HLAFAIAF), Ambulatory Surgery Centers (Ophthalmic/Outpatient Eye Surgery) (HLAKAKAO)

Keywords

• Ambulatory surgery services
• Outpatient surgical procedures
• Bariatric weight loss surgery
• Same-day surgery center
• Multi-specialty surgical care

Headquarters

HQ city

Wilmington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Surgical Procedure Fees: Fee-for-service revenue from outpatient and same-day surgical procedures across multiple specialties. Patients typically use insurance coverage, with co-payments and deductibles due on the day of surgery. Pre-authorization and pre-certification are required before the day of surgery.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

American Surgery Center is a multi-specialty ambulatory surgery center in Wilmington, Delaware, providing outpatient and same-day surgical procedures. The center offers general surgery, bariatric/weight loss surgery, colorectal surgery, and ophthalmology services (including dropless cataract surgery), all delivered by board-certified physicians in an accredited outpatient facility.

Product overview

American Surgery Center is a multi-specialty ambulatory surgery center in Wilmington, Delaware, providing outpatient and same-day surgeries. The center offers four main specialty areas: General Surgery (covering endocrine, gastrointestinal, breast, hernias, appendix, and vascular procedures), Bariatric/Weight Loss Surgery (including Gastric Bypass, Gastric Band, Gastric Sleeve, Orbera Gastric Balloon, Vblock Therapy, and Aspire Assist), Colorectal Surgery (treatment of the lower digestive tract), and Ophthalmology (including Dropless Cataract Surgery). The facility is supported by a patient portal (IQHealth) for scheduling and record access. All services are provided by board-certified physicians.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• General Surgery Full range of outpatient general surgical services including surgery of the endocrine, gastrointestinal tract (pancreas, spleen, biliary tract), breast tumors, hernias, appendix, various cancers, and the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of arteries and veins.
• Bariatric / Weight Loss Surgery Weight loss / bariatric surgical operations on the stomach or intestines for patients who cannot lose weight by other means or suffer from morbid obesity and weight-related health conditions. The offering encompasses gastric bypass, gastric band, gastric sleeve gastrectomy, Orbera gastric balloon, Vblock therapy, and Aspire Assist procedures.
• Colorectal Surgery Medical and surgical treatment of conditions affecting the lower digestive tract (the large intestine), provided on an outpatient/same-day basis.
• Ophthalmology / Eye Surgery (including Dropless Cataract Surgery) Eye surgery performed by ophthalmologists, including cosmetic and corrective treatments. The center offers 'Dropless' Cataract Surgery, an advanced cataract procedure that eliminates the need for post-operative eye drops.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• CHRIAS (Center for Hernia Repair & Advanced Surgery)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCHRIAS partnered with American Surgery Center to provide bariatric and hernia surgery services. The center was founded by Dr. Isaias Irgau, a CHRIAS surgeon, and the center was the first ASC in Delaware to achieve MBSAQIP accreditation, largely through this partnership.
• United Medical, LLCcoreOthersFounded by Kemal Erkan, CEO and founder of United Medical, LLC - Delaware's largest Health Care Network. United Medical provides administrative support and the surgery center operates as part of this network. Billing inquiries are handled through United Medical at (302) 266-9166.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Broad incumbents

• HCA Healthcare: Largest for-profit hospital operator in the U.S. with a significant and growing ASC and outpatient surgery footprint. While not a pure-play ASC, HCA's owned and affiliated ambulatory surgery centers compete directly for bariatric, general, and ophthalmology cases in overlapping geographies.

Direct peers

• Regent Surgical Health: Private ASC management and development company operating multi-specialty ambulatory surgery centers across the U.S. Often partners with hospital systems and physician owners to operate facilities with comparable specialty mixes, including general surgery and ophthalmology.
• United Surgical Partners International (USPI): Subsidiary of Tenet Healthcare and one of the largest ASC operators in the U.S., with hundreds of multi-specialty facilities. Operates a comparable multi-specialty ambulatory surgery model with strong payer relationships, making it a direct competitor for surgeon talent, payer contracts, and patient referrals in markets like Delaware.
• AMSURG: National multi-specialty ASC operator historically focused on endoscopic and ophthalmology-led centers, now part of Envision Healthcare. Comparable in offering multi-specialty outpatient procedures with strong emphasis on ophthalmology and GI, areas that overlap with American Surgery Center's product mix.
• SCA Health (Surgical Care Affiliates): Optum-owned (UnitedHealth Group) ASC operator managing a large network of multi-specialty ambulatory surgery centers. Directly comparable in specialty mix (including ophthalmology and general surgery) and payer integration; the Optum ownership provides capital and data advantages that American Surgery Center lacks.
• Surgery Partners: Public multi-specialty ASC operator (NASDAQ: SGRY) with a national footprint of surgical facilities across multiple specialties including bariatric, general surgery, and ophthalmology. Directly comparable business model — fee-for-service outpatient surgical procedures across specialties — and the most relevant scaled peer for American Surgery Center's multi-specialty positioning.
• Covenant Surgical Partners: Private operator and developer of multi-specialty ambulatory surgery centers with a focus on physician partnership and joint venture models. Comparable in ownership structure (surgeon-investor partnerships) and multi-specialty scope, including bariatric and general surgery.
• NueHealth: Private ASC operator and management company working with physicians and health systems to develop and operate multi-specialty ambulatory surgery centers. Comparable in surgeon-partnered operating model and multi-specialty service offering.

Emerging players

• Premier Health: Regional health system with ASC operations in adjacent geographies serving the Mid-Atlantic. Comparable as a multi-specialty outpatient surgery provider with physician referral networks, providing a reference point for how regional systems expand ASC capacity.

Regional players

• Specialty Surgical Center (ChristianaCare): Hospital-affiliated outpatient surgical facility in the Delaware region operated by ChristianaCare, the dominant health system in Delaware. Most direct regional competitor, capturing overlapping patient populations in the same Delaware Valley catchment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/ASC_Delaware
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCwXlYwqEd842gF50-HG8Jqg
• Facebookfacebook.com/AmericanSurgeryCenterDE
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/american-surgery-center-

Compliance4 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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