Episodes

  • Juggling Recon and Cosmetic Patients — with Kristopher Day, MD (Ep. 298)

    Juggling Recon and Cosmetic Patients — with Kristopher Day, MD (Ep. 298)
    Feb 20 2025
    📅 Schedule your free 30-min strategy call with Catherine ⚙️ Restart your practice in 7 days ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Hello, and welcome to "Beauty and the Biz," where we’ll discuss juggling recon and cosmetic patients. Additionally, we’ll discuss the general business and marketing side of plastic surgery. As always, I’m your host, Catherine Maley, author of "Your Aesthetic Practice – What Your Patients Are Saying." Furthermore, I’m also a consultant to plastic surgeons, helping them get more patients and more profits. Presenting today’s episode titled, “Juggling Recon and Cosmetic Patients — with Kristopher Day, MD.” Naturally, the biggest fear for a plastic surgeon leaving academia to start their own practice is: Will I make it financially without the safety net of a big institution?
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Straight to Private Practice — with Saba Motakef, MD (Ep. 297)

    Straight to Private Practice — with Saba Motakef, MD (Ep. 297)
    Feb 17 2025
    📅 Schedule your free 30-min strategy call with Catherine ⚙️ Restart your practice in 7 days ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Hello, and welcome to "Beauty and the Biz," where we’ll discuss going straight to private practice. Additionally, we’ll discuss the general business and marketing side of plastic surgery. As always, I’m your host, Catherine Maley, author of "Your Aesthetic Practice – What Your Patients Are Saying." Furthermore, I’m also a consultant to plastic surgeons, helping them get more patients and more profits. Presenting today’s episode titled, “Straight to Private Practice — with Saba Motakef, MD.” First, imagine launching your own private plastic surgery practice. Specifically, you have no prior experience, skip a fellowship, and do it just as the world shuts down due to COVID-19. Amazingly, that’s exactly what Dr. Motakef did.
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    54 mins
  • Regroup After Disaster — with Kate O’Connor, MD (Ep. 296)

    Regroup After Disaster — with Kate O’Connor, MD (Ep. 296)
    Feb 7 2025
    📅 Schedule your free 30-min strategy call with Catherine ⚙️ Restart your practice in 7 days ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Hello, and welcome to "Beauty and the Biz," where we’ll discuss how to regroup after a disaster. Additionally, we’ll discuss the general business and marketing side of plastic surgery. As always, I’m your host, Catherine Maley, author of "Your Aesthetic Practice – What Your Patients Are Saying." Furthermore, I’m also a consultant to plastic surgeons, helping them get more patients and more profits. Presenting today’s episode titled, “Regroup After Disaster — with Kate O’Connor, MD.” Clearly, running a thriving practice comes with challenges. Surprisingly, few surgeons embody resilience like Dr. Catherine O’Connor MD, a facial plastic surgeon in private practice in Nashville, Tennessee, for the past three years.
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    46 mins
  • Building a World-Class Team — with Manuel A. Lopez, MD (Ep. 295)

    Building a World-Class Team — with Manuel A. Lopez, MD (Ep. 295)
    Jan 31 2025
    📅 Schedule your free 30-min strategy call with Catherine ⚙️ Restart your practice in 7 days ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Hello, and welcome to "Beauty and the Biz," where we’ll discuss building a world-class team. Additionally, we’ll discuss the general business and marketing side of plastic surgery. As always, I’m your host, Catherine Maley, author of "Your Aesthetic Practice – What Your Patients Are Saying." Furthermore, I’m also a consultant to plastic surgeons, helping them get more patients and more profits. Presenting today’s episode titled, “Building a World-Class Team — with Manuel A. Lopez, MD.” Indeed, what does it take to run a thriving plastic surgery practice with 50 team members? Specifically, Dr. Manuel Lopez, a facial plastic surgeon and founder of Advanced Aesthetics Lopez Plastic Surgery and L Spas in multiple areas of San Antonio, Texas, believes the answer lies in one simple but profound principle. Simply put, it’s not about making money—it’s about providing world-class patient care.
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Mastering Surgery AND Business Growth — with John Vartanian, MD, FACS (Ep. 294)

    Mastering Surgery AND Business Growth — with John Vartanian, MD, FACS (Ep. 294)
    Jan 24 2025
    📅 Schedule your free 30-min strategy call with Catherine ⚙️ Restart your practice in 7 days ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Hello, and welcome to "Beauty and the Biz," where we’ll discuss mastering surgery and business growth. Additionally, we’ll discuss the general business and marketing side of plastic surgery. As always, I’m your host, Catherine Maley, author of "Your Aesthetic Practice – What Your Patients Are Saying." Furthermore, I’m also a consultant to plastic surgeons, helping them get more patients and more profits. Presenting today’s episode titled, “Mastering Surgery AND Business Growth — with John Vartanian, MD, FACS.” Obviously, mastering the art of blending business acumen with surgical excellence is a complex challenge for plastic surgeons. Specifically, clinical skills demand years of training and precision. However, running a practice requires an entirely different set of expertise. Therefore, surgeons must balance patient care with business operations. For example, this includes managing overhead, optimizing workflows, and building a high-performing team.
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    39 mins
  • Multiple Revenue Streams — with Gregory A. Buford, MD, FACS (Ep. 293)

    Multiple Revenue Streams — with Gregory A. Buford, MD, FACS (Ep. 293)
    Jan 17 2025
    📅 Schedule your free 30-min strategy call with Catherine ⚙️ Restart your practice in 7 days ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Hello, and welcome to "Beauty and the Biz," where we’ll discuss multiple revenue streams. Additionally, we’ll discuss the general business and marketing side of plastic surgery. As always, I’m your host, Catherine Maley, author of "Your Aesthetic Practice – What Your Patients Are Saying." Furthermore, I’m also a consultant to plastic surgeons, helping them get more patients and more profits. Presenting today’s episode titled, “Multiple Revenue Streams — with Gregory A. Buford, MD, FACS.” First of all, have you ever wondered if you could be doing more with your hard-earned expertise?
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • How One Bold Move Doubled Revenues — with Derek Ford, MD, FRCSC (Ep. 292)

    How One Bold Move Doubled Revenues — with Derek Ford, MD, FRCSC (Ep. 292)
    Jan 10 2025
    📅 Schedule your free 30-min strategy call with Catherine ⚙️ Restart your practice in 7 days ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Hello, and welcome to "Beauty and the Biz," where we’ll discuss how one bold move doubled revenues for Dr. Ford. Additionally, we’ll discuss the general business and marketing side of plastic surgery. As always, I’m your host, Catherine Maley, author of "Your Aesthetic Practice – What Your Patients Are Saying." Furthermore, I’m also a consultant to plastic surgeons, helping them get more patients and more profits. Presenting today’s episode titled, “How One Bold Move Doubled Revenues — with Derek Ford, MD, FRCSC.” What if one bold decision could double your revenues and completely transform the way you run your practice?
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    52 mins
  • Challenging Journey to Private Practice — with Karol A. Gutowski, MD, FACS (Ep. 291)

    Challenging Journey to Private Practice — with Karol A. Gutowski, MD, FACS (Ep. 291)
    Jan 4 2025
    📅 Schedule your free 30-min strategy call with Catherine ⚙️ Restart your practice in 7 days ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Hello, and welcome to "Beauty and the Biz," where we’ll discuss Karol Gutowski, MD's challenging journey to private practice. Additionally, we’ll discuss the general business and marketing side of plastic surgery. As always, I’m your host, Catherine Maley, author of "Your Aesthetic Practice – What Your Patients Are Saying." Furthermore, I’m also a consultant to plastic surgeons, helping them get more patients and more profits. Presenting today’s episode titled, “Challenging Journey to Private Practice — with Karol A. Gutowski, MD, FACS.”
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    57 mins