Essential Paths to Life After Residency

Dr. K. J. Lee is one of the leading Ear, Nose, and Throat practitioners in the country and in the world and a leading advocate of health care reform. Dr. Lee is heavily involved in furthering his field, whether through improved technology, authorship, or nonprofit foundations. He designs surgical instruments for pituitary and ear surgeries. He is an acclaimed lecturer and author on scientific, medical, and health policy topics, and one of his numerous books, Essential Otolaryngology, is considered one of the leading texts in the ENT field in the world translated into many languages. He is also an authority on electronic medical records and serves on the editorial boards of international and national medical journals. He is past president of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery and former president of the medical staff and chairman of the medical board at the Hospital of St. Raphael in New Haven. . Dr. Lee has done much to advocate health care reform on the national stage. His numerous lectures on health care policy have done much to raise awareness about the problems with the current state of health care in this country. His work includes the sponsorship of a Bipartisan Presidential Healthcare Solution Summit in 2000 and 2004 and serving as a past vice-chair of a federally funded HMO. Yvonne Chan finished her Otolaryngology residency training at the University of Toronto and subsequently completed a Rhinology fellowship with Dr. Fred Kuhn at the Georgia Nasal and Sinus Institute. Dr. Chan obtained her medical degree from the University of Toronto. She also has a Master of Science degree from the University of Toronto in the area of molecular genetics and molecular biology. During her medical training, she authored more than a dozen peer-reviewed publications. She is most recently the co-editor of the book "Health Care Reform Through Practical Clinical Guidelines: Ear Nose Throat". Dr. Chan's subspecialty interests include Rhinology and advanced endoscopic sinus surgery.

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, Siobhan 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