United Surgical Partners International, Inc. ("USPI") was founded in February 1998 by Don Steen and the investment firm, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, to pursue the ownership and management of ambulatory surgery centers ("ASCs") in the United States ; and the ownership and operation of private surgical hospitals in Europe . USPI believes that these strategies are synergetic because they both provide primarily surgical services. Bill Wilcox and several other managers that have collectively worked together in the past joined the company later in 1998.
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