How are private facilities such as Lakeview Surgery Centre funded?
The vast majority of private surgery centres are funded entirely by the owner, who is usually the primary surgeon and director of the facility. Most of these owners are plastic surgeons; in the case of Lakeview Surgery Centre, the owner, Dr. Emad Guirguis, is a general surgeon. For private, nonOHIP cases, the cost of the service includes the surgeon’s procedural fee, the staff fee, and the facility fee (to reflect building and equipment cost and maintenance). In the case of OHIP cases such as hernia repairs and thyroidectomies, the surgeon can only collect the procedure fee from OHIP, thereby absorbing all remaining fees (staff and facility costs) himself/herself.
