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office
visit
in central Phoenix, where the doctor had
more patients than he could see in a week.
Eight months after joining him, I left the
Gilbert practice and went full time in the
new practice, where I stayed until I opened
my own practice in 2016.
What led to the decision to
open your own place?
Even though for a long time I'd said
I wouldn't go solo, I had to evolve my
strategies. For seven years, I enjoyed the
comfort of working four days a week for
someone else, doing the endodontics that
I love, without the headaches of ownership
and administration. But I knew there was no
potential for an equity stake in that practice
and even though the owner-doctor wouldn't
discuss this with me, I had to consider what
his exit strategy was going to be. With the
size of his practice, only a large national
corporation or a DSO could buy him out,
and I wasn't willing to consider working for
a corporation. So, my choice was clear and
I took the leap of faith again.
I chose the practice location based on
the referral relationships that I'd spent years
developing. I knew that many of them would
easily be able to locate me-how many
Dr. Axxes do you know?-and continue
referring patients, so it worked out. Plus, my
office is just under a mile from my home,
which is incredible.
My associate in practice, Dr. Collin
Clatanoff, is an Arizona native who served
in the U.S. Army for eight years and planned
to return to Phoenix after his commitment
was done. He reached out to me and, even
though I wasn't looking for an associate at
the time, we set up a meeting. A mentor
once told me that it's not every day you meet
someone outstanding who shares your work
ethic and you'd love to have work in your
business. When you do meet someone like
that, if you don't have a position for him or
her, you make one. Don't lose that person!
What were your biggest takeaways from
the design and construction process?
First, hire and consult with the right
people. This was my first time building an
office, but thousands of dentists have done
this before-some multiple times-and
there are professionals who build them for
a living. Dentaltown is a great resource for
this: We have, at our fingertips, an entire
community of doctors who've done exactly
what we're about to do, and they're willing to
give you advice from their own experiences.
Townies have already made the mistakes;
they've already gone through trial-and-error.
Take advantage of that so that you don't
have to make the same mistakes.
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