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Starting and Maintaining a Successful Dermatology Practice, An Issue of Dermatologic Clinics
- 1st Edition, Volume 41-4 - September 20, 2023
- Editor: Brett Coldiron
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 8 3 1 8 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 8 3 1 9 - 5
In this issue of Dermatologic Clinics, guest editor Dr. Brett Coldiron brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Starting and Maintaining a Successful Dermatology Practice.… Read more
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Request a sales quoteIn this issue of Dermatologic Clinics, guest editor Dr. Brett Coldiron brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Starting and Maintaining a Successful Dermatology Practice. Top experts in the field discuss key topics such as going solo in a small town; basic legal considerations; economics of a dermatology practice; private equity: the good, the bad, and the ugly; retirement planning; and more.
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Contains 17 relevant, practice-oriented topics including asset protection; the road from private practice to academics; political activism and the dermatologist; being a successful businesswoman in dermatology; building a successful solo general and cosmetic dermatology practice; group negotiations when entering a group practice; and more.
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Provides in-depth clinical reviews on starting and maintaining a successful dermatology practice, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
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Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
Dermatology
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Forthcoming Issues
- Preface
- Starting a Solo Practice
- Key points
- Introduction
- Where do you start?
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Basic Legal Considerations in Starting and Maintaining a Dermatology Practice
- Key points
- Introduction
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Economics of a Dermatology Practice
- Key points
- Introduction
- Definitions
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Private Equity: the Good
- Key points
- Practice models
- Dermatology practice management (DPM) company
- What accounts for the success of investor backed DPM?
- Other drivers that make the DPM model worthy of consideration:
- Controversies
- Summary
- Private Equity: The Bad and the Ugly
- Key points
- Introduction
- A failed experiment and its resurrection
- Circumventing the corporate practice of medicine
- Maturation of the market
- Monopolistic practices
- Overleveraging of nonphysician practitioners
- Cost of health care
- Dependence on debt
- Training under private equity
- Professional and lifestyle considerations
- Summary
- Funding sources
- Conflicts of interest
- Retirement Planning
- Key points
- Introduction
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Expanding and Strengthening Your Referral Network
- Key points
- Background
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Conflicts of interest
- Asset Protection for Dermatologists: An Overview on Shielding Wealth from Potential Liability
- Key points
- Common misconceptions regarding asset protection
- The sliding scale of asset protection
- Exempt assets: the “best” asset protection tools
- Federally exempt assets
- State exempt assets
- Limited liability companies: the building blocks of asset protection
- How limited liability companies protect assets?
- The limitations of the charging order
- Practical tip: if possible, use limited liability companies in the most protective states
- Practical tip: beware of single-member limited liability companies
- Using trusts to shield wealth
- Irrevocable trusts: the asset protectors
- Domestic asset protection trusts
- Summary
- Disclosure
- Building a Group Practice and Going Big
- Key points
- Advantages of a big dermatology practice
- Disadvantages of going big
- Factors to consider if you want to Go Big
- Disclosure
- Musings from a Bent Arrow: The Road from Private Practice to Academics
- Key points
- A story of transition from private practice to academics: luck and serendipity
- Recommendations
- Final words
- Clinics care points
- Conflicts of interest
- Political Activism and the Dermatologist
- Key points
- Introduction
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- How to Be a Successful Businesswoman in Dermatology
- Key points
- Introduction
- Discussion
- Summary
- Disclosure
- Incorporating Cosmetic Procedures into Your Dermatology Practice
- Key points
- Clinics care points
- From Geraniums to Guadalajara on the Virtues of Early Retirement
- Key points
- Early years
- Hobbies
- Disclosure
- Why I’m Still Practicing
- Key points
- The mission
- Avoid bureaucracy
- Provides close network of like-minded friends
- Mandatory retirement
- Cognitive decline and competency
- Operative skills
- Delay full retirement and work part time
- Hobbies
- What I would do if I fully retired
- Advantages of fully retiring
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- No. of pages: 240
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 41-4
- Published: September 20, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443183188
- eBook ISBN: 9780443183195
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Brett Coldiron
Affiliations and expertise
The Skin Cancer Center