The Dear Doc Podcast™

The Dear Doc Podcast™

by Christopher S. Hoffpauir DDS

Business Self-Improvement Medicine

Season 2

Allison Lacoursiere of Your Clear Aligner Coach on Instagram in the Dental Practice

Allison Lacoursiere lives on the island of Bermuda in the middle of the Atlantic with my fiance and dog. Originally from Alberta, Canada Allison moved to Bermuda at age 19 to work as a Dental Assistant on her own to seek adventure and try something new. She is a certified personal trainer, yoga instructor, and professional coach along with her dental training. She coach individuals to achieve their ultimate potential and life satisfaction as well as helping them systematize their clear aligner business.

Season 2 Episode 7 Dr. Brett Murphey Speaks About Growing a Successful Group Practice

Woodlands Family Dental is an award winning, full service dental office that offers general dentistry, cosmetic services, implants and orthodontics. They are committed to offering the best patient experience as well as using the latest state of the art technology, such as, 3D-CT scans, lasers and CAD/CAM one visit crown technology.

Season 2 Episode 6 Thanasi Skafidas of Zilment Discusses Lowering your Credit Card Fees

Thanasi is a Co-Founder of Zilment and has 10+ years experience in investing, banking and financial services. He graduated from the Wharton School of Business and Imperial College London and previously worked at Lazard, Goldman Sachs and York Capital Management, a $20 billion hedge fund based in New York. Thanasi is active in the Houston community and has served on the boards of numerous private and public companies.

Season 2 Episode 5 Brian Passell of Fortune Management Shares Some Free Advice With Small Business Owners

Brian's passion for coaching dentists runs deep. Twenty years ago, he saw his dad, a Periodontist in Phoenix, grow a good perio career into an extraordinary business that created happiness and wealth beyond the imagination for both him and his team. How? He was coached by Fortune Management. It changed his life. It inspired Brian. With a PhD from the University of Georgia and a MS from San Diego State University in industrial/organizational psychology, and a BA in Psychology from the University of Arizona. Brian has spent almost 15 years working in Houston for major consulting firms and companies where he honed my coaching know-how and business acumen before coming back to his “home”; the dental industry. To Find out how Brian can help YOUR Small Business, check him at at the link below, fortunehouston.com/dental-practice-management-coach-in-houston/

Season 2 Episode 4 Drew Sparks and Danny Laneri of Swell

Doc talks to Drew Sparks and Danny Laneri of SWELL. They discuss SWELL'S business model, Life and Personal and Business philosophies. We also cover the parallels of what happened to Pharmacists in the early 80s and the current trajectory of the dental field. Fantastic conversation with two really well rounded and smart guys. I hope you enjoy our chat as much as I did! Swell offers a plethora of services to their clients that enrich the customer experience and engagement with the business. I've negotiated a special discount for our listeners and members of The Business of Dentistry. Check it out Below! To Learn more about SWELL and what they can do for your small business, check them out here: https://www.swellcx.com/partners/business-of-dentistry

Season 2 Episode 3 Cory Pinegar CEO of Call Force Talks About His Journey as an Entrepreneur

Cory Pinegar is an experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the telecommunications industry. Cory is a strong business development professional currently finishing a Bachelor’s Degree focused in Economics, Business from Brigham Young University. Today, Mr. Pinegar joins doc to discuss his journey as an entrepreneur.

Season 2 Episode 2 Kinzie Broxson COO of Dentalogic

Today's guest covers a range of topics including how to read insurance EOBs, How to correctly create insurance builds to insure timely and accurate payments, some tips and tricks of the trade, and last how and why to outsource your insurance verification and billing and what to look for when you do!

Season 2 Episode 1 Dr. Meghna Dassani on Adding Pediatric Sleep Treatment To Your Practice

Doc discusses Sleep Apnea , frenectomies and medical billing with Dr. Meghna Dassani. This was a really fun episode to tape because it was done in studio for the first time since social distancing became a thing. We hope you enjoy it!

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Episode 40 Joe Maio Talks About His One Week Dental MBA Course

Joe Maio wears many hats. He is the Founder/President at Circle 6 Capital, Owner of The Doctor's Edge, a Dentist, Speaker, Consultant, Investor and Entrepreneur. After selling his chain of 8 practices, Joe decided to help dentist by sharing some of his expertise in practice management. Today, Doc interviews Joe and discusses his newest project, Doctor's Edge and the One Week Dental MBA.

Episode 39 Dr. Christopher Phelps on Communication

An entrepreneur and Amazon bestselling author, Chris is also a general dentist practicing in Charlotte NC. In his first seven years of practice Chris grew his practice revenue by a factor of 10X: growing from one practice location to four. After selling two of those offices for profit, Chris focused on maximizing the capacity of his remaining two practices and enjoyed two consecutive years of $1,000,000 revenue growth in each of the two practices, effectively collecting with two offices what he had collected when he owned four. In addition to being a Kolbe Certified Trainer, a key opinion leader to several large dental companies, and understanding how to get new patients in the door, Dr. Phelps is also an expert in the Science of Influence and Ethical Persuasion. He has studied under the authority in this field, Dr. Robert Cialdini, and is the only dentist in the world to be named a Cialdini Method Certified Trainer (CMCT). Chris uses Cialdini’s Principles to ethically steer patients to more referrals, decreased no shows and higher case acceptance.

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