EXHIBIT 99.2
PRESS RELEASE


                AMSURG PROMOTES CLAIRE GULMI AND DAVID MANNING TO
                            EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

         NASHVILLE, Tenn. (February 21, 2006) - Ken P. McDonald, President and
Chief Executive Officer of AmSurg Corp. (NASDAQ: AMSG), today announced the
promotions of two Senior Vice Presidents to Executive Vice President. Claire M.
Gulmi has been promoted to Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
Secretary. She was previously Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
Secretary. David L. Manning has been promoted to Executive Vice President and
Chief Development Officer, having previously served as Senior Vice President,
Development.

         Mr. McDonald remarked, "We are delighted to announce the promotion to
Executive Vice President of two individuals who have served AmSurg long and
well. David Manning is a co-founder of AmSurg and has been instrumental to the
steady and successful growth of the Company's network of single-specialty
surgery centers. Claire Gulmi joined AmSurg in 1994 and has since played the
critical role in management and oversight of the financial operations of our
surgery centers and in financing our growth. We are confident that their
contributions to the future growth and success of AmSurg will be equally
meaningful." This press release contains forward-looking statements. These
statements, which have been included in reliance on the "safe harbor" provisions
of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, involve risks and
uncertainties. Investors are hereby cautioned that these statements may be
affected by the important factors, among others, set forth in AmSurg's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004, and other
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the following
risks: the Company's ability to generate and manage growth at the Company's
existing centers and through acquisitions and development of new centers; its
ability to enter into partnership or operating agreements for new practice-based
ambulatory surgery centers; its ability to identify suitable acquisition
candidates and negotiate and close acquisition transactions, including centers
under letter of intent; the ability of its physician partners to recruit
additional physicians to their practices; its ability to obtain the necessary
financing or capital on terms satisfactory to the Company to execute its
expansion strategy; its ability to contract with managed care payers on terms
satisfactory to the Company for its existing centers and its centers that are
currently under development; its ability to obtain and retain appropriate
licensing approvals for its existing centers and centers currently under
development; its ability to minimize start-up losses of its development centers;
its ability to maintain favorable relations with its physician partners; changes
in the medical staff at its centers; changes in the rate setting methodology,
payment rates, payment policies and the list of


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covered surgical procedures for ambulatory surgery centers by the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services; the risk of legislative or regulatory changes that
would establish uniform rates for outpatient surgical services, regardless of
setting; risks associated with the Company's status as a general partner of
limited partnerships; the Company's ability to maintain its technological
capabilities in compliance with regulatory requirements; risks associated with
the valuation and tax deductibility of goodwill; the risk of legislative or
regulatory changes that would prohibit physician ownership in ambulatory surgery
centers; and the Company's ability to obtain the necessary financing to fund the
purchase of its physician partners' minority interest in the event of a
regulatory change that would require such a purchase. Consequently, actual
operations and results may differ materially from the forward-looking statements
included above. AmSurg disclaims any intent or obligation to update these
forward-looking statements.

         AmSurg Corp. develops, acquires and manages physician practice-based
ambulatory surgery centers in partnership with surgical and other group
practices. At September 30, 2005, AmSurg owned a majority interest in 141
centers and had four centers under development.


                                    Contact:
                                           Claire M. Gulmi
                                           Executive Vice President and
                                           Chief Financial Officer
                                           (615) 665-1283



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