Objectives:
- Participants should learn how to start and build a solid bariatric practice that has the correct elements to provide comprehensive care of the morbidly obese patient
- Participants will be educated about different ways to have their practice be viable and sustainable economically while providing the best care to their patients
- Participants should learn from the experts best way to incorporate cash pay procedures, perioperative testing, body contouring and other elements that they may want to incorporate to expand the scope of their practice.
Updated information coming soon
8:00am |
Welcome Rami Lutfi, MD FACS; Josh Pfeiffer, MD FACS; Helmuth Billy, MD |
8:05am |
Surviving the First 5 Years in Practice Josh Pfeiffer, MD FACS |
8:25am |
Contracting for private practice Ashutosh Kaul, MD |
8:45am |
Contracting with hospitals for employment Jaime Ponce, MD |
9:05am |
Making it big in private practice Paul R Kemmeter, MD |
9:25am |
Question & Answer |
9:30am | Break |
10:00am |
Welcome Back Rami Lutfi, MD FACS; Josh Pfeiffer, MD FACS; Helmuth Billy, MD |
10:05am |
From academic to private practice and back lessons lessons learned Eric DeMaria, MD FACS FASMBS |
10:25am |
CPT ICD-10 updates; understand how to avoid costly mistakes Matthew Brengman, MD |
10:45am |
Surviving an employment lawsuit Helmuth Billy, MD |
11:05am |
Making Sense of Liability in Medicine? Rami Lutfi, MD FACS |
11:25am |
What your Chief of Staff is Thinking When Hiring, or Firing You Raul Rosenthal, MD |
11:45am |
Question & Answer |
12:00pm | Lunch |
1:30pm |
Welcome Back Rami Lutfi, MD FACS; Josh Pfeiffer, MD FACS; Helmuth Billy, MD |
1:35pm |
Making web presence in the digital age Mark Scholtemeyer |
1:55pm |
Forming the Right Corporation for the Practice Paul Enochs, MD |
2:15pm |
Financial planning: Is it possible to ever retire? Brad Goldenberg, CST |
2:35pm |
Getting Involved Politically, Worthy or Waste? John M Morton, MD MPH FACS FASMBS |
2:55pm |
Question & Answer |
3:00pm | Break |
3:25pm |
Welcome Back Rami Lutfi, MD FACS; Josh Pfeiffer, MD FACS; Helmuth Billy, MD |
3:30pm |
Debate: Private vs. Employed vs. Academic Practice Marina Kurian, MD; Shanu Kothari, MD; Ann M Rogers, MD FASMBS |
4:00pm |
"I Need A Job, I Need A Partner!" |
4:30pm | Adjourn |