SMBI Symbion (MM)

Symbion, Inc. (NASDAQ/NM:SMBI), an owner and operator of surgery centers, announced today that Kenneth C. Mitchell, senior vice president and chief financial officer of Symbion, will present at the Raymond James 27th Annual Institutional Investors Conference to be held March 5 - 8, 2006, in Orlando, Florida. A live broadcast of its conference presentation will be available on Tuesday, March 7, 2006, beginning at 2:50 p.m. Eastern Time. To access the broadcast, listeners should go to the Company's website, www.symbion.com, approximately 15 minutes prior to the event to register and download any necessary software, Microsoft Media Player or RealPlayer. For those unable to listen to the live broadcast, a replay will be available for 30 days on the Company's website. Symbion, Inc., headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, owns and operates a network of surgery centers in 22 states. The Company's surgery centers provide non-emergency surgical procedures across many specialties.