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Academics: cGPA: 3.4 /sGPA: 3.6 (First 3 years of my GPA was 3.25 in an unrelated field, 3.66 DIY post-bacc, and 3.7 master's degree) MCAT: 510 average across 3 FL practice exams (will take first time this fall and once more in the spring if necessary) Demographics: OH Native, MA Resident...

No classified/message board exists on SDN for physicians so posting here...Looking for ~7 other physicians to start a group in PA. Goal would be to staff an urgent care and acquire a patient pool. There are more urgent cares than patients...certainly too many built in my opinion. I'm sure...

Hi all. Can anyone here recommend resources for learning the ins and outs of starting and running a dentist private practice?

Most physicians, whether procedural or clinical, can scale their practices. Surgeons can hire surgical PA and clinic PAs to operate and see more patients. Psychiatrists can employ a dozen NPs and therapists to significantly increase revenue and sign charts from a beach. Do anesthesiologists...

What are some entrepreneurial opportunities specific to or better suited for general PM&R physicians? What about fellowship trained physicians?

As non patient “owning” specialists, what are some entrepreneurial opportunities specific for anesthesiologists?

Lets start with the general state of the profession: The field is getting saturated and will require you to move to a more rural setting to find a job that pays more than $120K. Insurance reimbursements are cut year-after-year, making you have to work harder to collect compensation over...

Hi, I am currently a pre dental student and since I know dental schools don't focus on the business aspect of dentistry I would love to know your suggestions. Instead of the traditional way of "opening my own practice and scale my business by opening more offices", does anyone have any...

Hello! I was lucky enough to get selected by an optometry school (a decent one to boot) and will be entering that realm in a few weeks. I'm keeping my eyes open for the myriad of opportunities available to those in the optometric field. I do have a question though. For now, I'm not very fond...

Hello everyone, I am beginning my pain fellowship at a well regarded, highly interventional program this July and am highly considering starting a private practice afterwards. I was wondering if someone can provide me with an example business plan I can use as a guide. I am a beginner, but do...

Good evening, I am a new member and trying to decide on a career path within medicine. That being purely clinical or admin or a mix. I want to speak to someone experienced and am willing to pay for detailed information. My friends told me about www.ImVein.com and their experiences...

How has covid affected dentists businesses? Some offices near me were closed for two months. Not sure if they paid their staff during this time. Are dentists hurting financially?

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Hey guys! Hope everyone is doing well during these trying times. I need some advice. I am going to be an incoming freshman at Michigan State University for the fall semester of 2020. Going to med school is my dream. I am planning on majoring in Supply Chain Management (#1 program in US) because...

This is in downtown Manhattan NYC. There's a prominent and prestigious, highly successful general dental business that has been in practice for over 19 years in highly sought after location now for sale or partnership. Lease and equipment is included in the asking price of 148,000, which is for...

If any of you have a desire to start anything a little bigger than just a private practice or are mastering out and want to double down on your dreams, I recently put together a grant program aimed to help people in your position. As things stand it is just a pilot project, but it could be...

Alright SDN I want to hear your thoughts. I am now a graduating senior at an above average state school. During my freshman year I kept getting in trouble with my school in the dorms. I was caught twice in the dorms with alcohol and received an MIP. I was also caught and arrested with a...

Hi, I’m a freshman and am majoring in a science as pre-dental. I was previously very set on minoring in art history just because I really enjoy learning about it. I recently started thinking I could benefit more from a business administration minor in case I want to open my own practice in the...

hey guys, D1 here. just wondering, how are y'all learning about the business side of dentistry? as we all know, dental school teaches us about dentistry, which is totally fair. however, being a good and successful dentist requires us to know a lot about business too. i know i could work for a...

Available on Amazon This series of in-depth profiles of contemporary health care leaders provides a wide range of reflections on leadership in this complex and important sector. Each essay offers and intimate personal narrative, rich with details about key turning points, sources of...

My school has a Healthcare Management and Business Principles interest group that I help to lead, and I'm trying to find future topics for our lectures and group sessions. MY QUESTION: What business-related topics do you think physicians ought to know about, if they ever want to get involved...

My family owns a private business that sells DME. I’m a medical resident in a related specialty. There are non-MD/DO practitioners that work there and rely on MD/DO referrals. I would like to work with or for the company. My understanding is that any DME prescription I write cannot be filled at...

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Getting semi-ready to graduate and realizing that dental school teaches you next to nothing about the business side of things. Looking for any recommendations on good books to read that can help with gaining knowledge and information on being prepared to potentially own a practice/ being a...

I am currently an MS2, but have been working on a project for the last few months and I really think I could get it off the ground soon. I had a few questions about the whole LOA process and what it entails for residency. I have no academic problems or penalties on my profile, and am in good...

I'm looking for a book to give me insight into ideas to become an entrepreneurial dentist (i.e dentist who runs multiple dental practices for profit). I would like if it went in depth about the business side of it, such as financing/overhead etc. Are there any quality books you guys would...

Hi, I'm currently a 19 year old Canadian premed student in the 3rd year of my undergrad. My GPA is ~3.9, and i was wondering if being the owner of a small investing business that i founded would make my application more competitive to med schools? I have also developed my own website to help...

Looking to apply to med school (hopefully next cycle) and am very interested in becoming an MD. that being said, i am also interested in the healthcare business as a whole and would like to be involved in biotech/healthcare venture capital/private equity in the future potentially. How would med...

Hi All,(this is a long one) I currently just finished my freshman year. As of right now, I am currently an econ/comp sci major at a T20 school. Up until now, I had my eyes set on finance, but have been having a little change of heart. I have been considering pre-med and was wondering what that...

I plan on taking math 1324 (TX), Mathematics for Business and Social Sciences. Is this a good math course for getting into medical school and will it satisfy the math pre-req? Or is business calc more desirable? I know some people who got into med school who never took calc in college and I plan...

Hey Everyone, Just wanted to ask a question about private practice in dentistry. I want to be an orthodontist hands down, because I like how they operate. Straightening other people's teeth by aligning brackets and other things, but having a staff that does basically all of the hands on work...

Looking to apply to med school (hopefully next cycle) and am very interested in becoming an MD. that being said, i am also interested in the healthcare business as a whole and would like to be involved in biotech/healthcare venture capital/private equity in the future potentially. How would med...

How many years of experience is required to be trusted to start a pharmacy? If a company tries to buy you out how much is a reasonable amount?

Hello, I am a prospective dental student and have been on the pre-med/pre-dental fence for a while now. I am going to start shadowing a general dentist next week but after doing some research on dentistry, I am starting to consider some other factors as in the demand and lifestyle of a general...

i really think I am at the most ass backwards hospital lab on the planet. I’ve been at this one 7 years and seen some odd things. The current idea floating around admin is to have the docs mail us their clinical samples rather than have a courier pick it up. The range of these clinics...

I need some advice y'all. Several of us at my school are attempting to start a business elective/track. Everyone has a different end goal, starting their own practice, joining a clinic or separate side businesses, but nobody wants to walk out of residency clueless to how the business side...

I need some advice y'all. Several of us at my school are attempting to start a business elective/track. Everyone has a different end goal, starting their own practice, joining a clinic or separate side businesses, but nobody wants to walk out of residency clueless to how the business side...

hi everyone, quick stats: age: 23 graduated may of 2017 from a state school with a degree in business management cum undergraduate gpa: 3.56 (got a "D" in an accounting class, not sure how bad that hurts) cum science gpa: 3.75 (only taken general chem + general bio, 2 semesters each) ACT: 34...

Hey gang, I’m trying to add/create clinical services that I will lead to my community independent pharmacy practice which consists of assisted living/LTC and compounding. I have to get the owner approval pending financial analysis suggesting it is a profitable venture. I’m trying to give the...

Hey wanted to put this out here in case anyone was interested. Since I could remember I always loved the humanitarianism of medicine, and the strategizing of business. Also growing up, all the doctors I knew keep saying that things were changing for the worse. I thought "I don't want to get...