When the original R.G. Giberson Day Surgery Center opened in 1987 at A.R. Gould Memorial Hospital in Presque Isle, a local ophthalmologist performed 12 cataract surgeries on opening day. Today, over 78 percent of our surgeries are completed in day surgery, and the scope of services provided has broadened to include many new procedures and other additional services. In addition to the variety of surgical procedures performed at the center, pain management services for patients with chronic pain are provided, and all of TAMC's pre-admission and preoperative testing procedures are done in day surgery. Patient education for inpatients and outpatients is also provided.

After much anticipation, years of planning, and months of construction, the new R.G. Giberson Day Surgery Center has opened at A.R. Gould Memorial Hospital in Presque Isle. As part of the hospital's $16.3 million expansion and renovation project that began in 2002, the new center is more than triple the size of the old day surgery area.

Several enhancements and additions were incorporated into the new R.G. Giberson Day Surgery Center, including an infusion room for patients requiring lengthy IV therapy treatments, a private family consultation room, surgical recovery rooms that are double the size to accommodate the patients' families, three state-of-the-art procedure rooms for centrally located endoscopy services and minor procedures, and two pediatric rooms specially designed for children and their families.

The center is named in honor of Dr. Raymond Giberson, who was a financial supporter of the original center. Dr. Giberson joined the Presque Isle General Hospital (what later became known as TAMC) as a general surgeon in 1954. He retired in June, 1983 and is currently on TAMC's Honorary Medical Staff.