Overview

Essential Paths to Life After Residency covers everything from how to prepare for the future during residency, to the various career routes one can take after residency, to the insurance decisions for private practices. It is the ideal reference for students currently in their residency and for those who are interested in starting a practice or entering academia. The breadth of knowledge from the editors and contributors, all of whom have successful, long-standing medical careers, is invaluable.

Dr. K.J. Lee's "common sense pearls" and "common sense nuts bolts of a usable robust EHR" are included as appendices.

From the Foreword
"Part of the reason recent graduates fear starting a practice or joining a private practice is that they learned nothing about the requirements for success in their training. Training people to do surgery and examine patients is no longer sufficient, no matter the pathway you choose upon graduation. Traditionalists do not see educating trainees in contracting, office management, billing and collection, pension planning, purchasing, and so forth as part of the "academic training". "This book helps set the course for your education. It will enlighten you on the the things that are almost never discussed in medical school or residency."
--Gerald B. Healy, MD, FACS
Professor of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School
Healy Chair in Otolaryngology Emeritus, Children’s Hospital Boston

Review

• Artur Gevorgyan, MD, MSc, FRCSC, Clinical Fellow, Advanced Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, (January 2013):
  "No one has taught us this most vital aspect of being a good physician - running an efficient practice. My generation is lucky to have access to this book. This is the cheapest investment you should make the day you hear you've passed the boards or Royal College exam. In the book, you can find answers to very many questions of which you've never thought. In my case, the book helped me to come up with dozens of questions for the hospital, practice building, colleagues, bankers, lawyers, etc. Systematically asking these questions, picked from the pages of this book, I was able to come up with an educated and organized approach to setting up a practice - something I was never taught through years of residency and schooling prior to it. This book is one investment that will be worth thousands of dollars of saved money not just in the first year, but many years after. Educate yourself in setting up an ENT practice!"

Audience

Primary Subject: Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery / General
Audience Level: Professional

Contents

Foreword by Gerald Healy

Preface

Contributors

1 From the Eyes of a Resident

Alisha West

2 The Basics of a Practice Setup

Seth M. Brown and Yvonne Chan

3 From the Eyes of a 10-Year Practitioner

Thomas G. Takoudes

4 Academic Practice: Early Career Perspective

Subinoy Das

5 Academic Practice: A Midcareer Perspective (1)

David Eibling

6 Academic Practice: A Midcareer Perspective (2)

M. Boyd Gillespie

7 Academic Practice: A Chair’s Perspective

Kathleen Yaremchuk

8 Academic Practice: An Emeritus Perspective

Roger L. Crumley

9 What Do You Look for When Recruiting Faculty Members?

Harold C. Pillsbury III

10 How Do You Build Succession for Your Department?

Harold C. Pillsbury III

11 Solo Practice and Building Up

Brian W. Downs

12 The Solo Practice

Ed Ermini

13 Transitioning from Solo to Partnership Practice

Daryl Colden

14 Subspecialty Group

Jose N. Fayad

15 Multi-specialty Group Practice: Early Career

Seth M. Brown and Belachew Tessema

16 Multi-specialty Groups: A Midcareer Perspective

Jay Raisen

17 Multi-specialty Group: A Seasoned Perspective

Michael G. Glenn

18 Hospital-Owned Group

David Karas

19 Analytical Perspective of Academic Medicine, Multispecialty Group Practice, and Hospital-Owned Group

Michael S. Benninger

20 Military (and VA) Career

Lee A. Pietrangelo and David Eibling

21 How to Sustain and Grow the Practice Past Ten Years

K. J. Lee

22 How Do You Wind Down

K. J. Lee

23 Pros and Cons of Ancillary Services in Otolaryngology

Gavin Setzen, Michael Setzen, Siobhán Kuhar, Adam Weisstuch, and Manderly A. Cohen

24 Understanding Physician Reimbursement

Ryan Scannell

25 Starting a Practice in the Canadian Health Care System

Yvonne Chan

26 Starting a Practice in the UK System — Primary Care Perspective

Jas Lidder

27 Starting a Practice in the United Kingdom — Specialty Perspective

Vyas M. N. Prasad

28 Lifelong Learning

David R. Nielsen and Sonya Malekzadeh

29 Maintenance of Certification

Robert H. Miller

30 Canadian Certification Process

Ian J. Witterick

31 How to Work with Software Engineers in Health Information Technology

Gregory J. Clary and K. J. Lee

32 Real Estate

Lloyd Lee, Chieko Yoneyhama, and K. J. Lee

33 Inadequate Insurance or Insurance Poor

Robert F. Eilers Jr., Emily A. Melin, and David Soule

34 Long-Term Care Insurance

Jay Sabot

35 What Kind of Practice: Legal Entities — Pros and Cons?

Susan Epstein

36 Practice and Personal Income Tax Planning

David L. Reynolds, Esq.

37 Now You Have Made It, How to Grow and Protect It

Carolyn A. Matthes and William L. Matthes

38 Ten Tools to Be a Successful Surgeon

Peter A. Adamson

39 The Art of Listening and Healing

Jeralyn Fantarella

Appendix A. Common Sense Pearls

Appendix B. Common Sense Nuts and Bolts of a Usable Robust EHR

Index

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