BAY ST. LOUIS The public is invited to an open house and ribbon cutting dedication at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19, to celebrate the completion of reconstruction at Hancock Medical Center.

The five-phase project, under general contractor Roy Anderson Corp, started in February 2011 and has finished months ahead of schedule with no disruption to patient care services.

Hancock Medical will honor long-time surgeon Dr. Joseph Lee with a naming dedication Tuesday when one of the five operating rooms will be named the Joseph Rillens Lee Surgical Suite.

Dr. Lee has practiced general surgery at the hospital for more than 35 years and he and his family are long-time residents of Waveland. The Hancock Medical Center Foundation honored Dr. Lee at its 2012 Moonlight on the Bay Gala, raising money for an integrated operating room system for the newly reconstructed surgery suites.

The dedication and celebration, hosted by the Hancock Medical Foundation, Roy Anderson Corp and the Hancock County Chamber of Commerce, will take place outside under the awning at the Outpatient Entrance off Drinkwater Boulevard. It will include the dedication, a final project ribbon cutting, and hospital tours and refreshments for visitors.