Enhance Your Practice Podcast
The ASPS Enhance Your Practice Podcast series serves as an educational appetizer for plastic surgeons and office professionals looking for practice management information on-the-go. It covers next steps early in a career, financial planning, staffing, med spas, starting a private practice and much more. New seasons will launch every eight weeks or so, Netflix-style, with multiple episodes released at once. Podcast guest speakers are plastic surgeons, office professionals and industry experts. Note: These podcasts are not for Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits.
Current Season
Season 13: Finance 102
This season, we will hear experts discusses economic trends and financial decisions, and what their impact is on plastic surgery and plastic surgeons.
Episode 58: How to Prepare for a Slowing Economy
Host: Dr. Diana Yoon-Schwartz
Guest: Dr. Jordan Frey
Episode 59: A Primer on Markets: Stocks and Bonds
Host: Dr. Diana Yoon-Schwartz
Guest: Lee Korn, Opal Wealth Advisors
Episode 60: Financial Mistakes
Host: Dr. Diana Yoon-Schwartz
Guest: Dr. Dan Ness, Founder of Piedmont Plastic Surgery
Episode 61: Charitability Giving
Host: Dr. Diana Yoon-Schwartz
Guest: Dr. Ines Lin
Past Seasons
Season 1: Next Steps
- Episode 1: What Kind of Practices Are There and What Should I Be Doing?
- Episode 2: Do I Become an Employee or My Own Boss? Picking the Right Group, Institution, or Private Practice To Join
- Episode 3: Top 10 Things to Consider With an Employment Contract
- Episode 4: How Can I Find a Mentor?
Season 2: Med Spas
- Episode 5: Why I Opened a Med Spa and Why You Should Consider Adding One to Your Practice
- Episode 6: Opening Multiple Med Spas
- Episode 7: Marketing Your Med Spa
- Episode 8: Male Aesthetics in Your Practice
Season 3: Work/Life Balance
- Episode 9: Raising a Successful Family
- Episode 10: Finding Balance: Fatherhood and Plastic Surgery
- Episode 11: Balancing Motherhood and Residency
- Episode 12: Ergonomics
- Episode 13: Relationships In and Out of the Office
- Episode 14: Practical Tips During the COVID-19 Crisis
- Episode 15: Physician Wellness During the COVID-19 Crisis
- Special Edition: Crisis Management: Balancing Plastic Surgery and Being a Working Mom
Season 4: Let's Talk About Money
- Episode 16: How Do I deal With My Debt?
- Episode 17: Protecting Your Assets
- Episode 18: Choosing the Right Financial Planner
- Episode 19: Ensuring You're Insured
Season 5: Pros and Pitfalls of Starting Your Own Practice
- Episode 20: Things You Should Know About Starting Your Own Practice... But Probably Don't
- Episode 21: Designing Your Private Practice
- Episode 22: Cybersecurity in Your Private Practice
- Episode 23: Patient Flow
- Episode 24: Your Telehealth Questions, Answered
- Episode 25: Monitoring Your Practice
- Episode 26: Group Practice: Being a Good Partner
Season 6: Diversity and Inclusion
- Episode 27: How to Be an Ally – Personally and Professionally
- Episode 28: Gender Identity – Caring for Transgender and Gender Diverse Persons
- Episode 29: LGBTQ Issues in Plastic Surgery
- Episode 30: Empowerment – Gender Diversity
- Episode 31: Dealing with Discrimination
- Episode 32: Why Diversity Matters
- Episode 33: Diversity and Inclusion in Corporate Culture: Conversation with Allergan
Season 7: Staff
- Episode 34: What Staff Do You Need?
- Episode 35: How to Choose the Right Staff?
- Episode 36: Retaining Staff
- Episode 37: Working with Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants
Season 8: Investing in Your Practice and You
- Episode 38: How I Financed My Private Practice Without a Loan
- Episode 39: Real Estate: Choosing the Right Investment
- Episode 40: Measuring the ROI of New Technologies in Your Office
- Episode 41: The Journey to Financial Well Being
Season 9: Leadership Conversations
- Episode 42: Building and Leading a Team
- Episode 43: Investment Strategies: Growing Financial and Human Capital
- Episode 44: Her Personal Journey and Dealing with Adversity
- Episode 45: Leading Your Team to Victory
Season 10: Building Your Digital Presence
- Episode 46: Management of Online Reviews
- Episode 47: How to Evolve Your Marketing for 2021
- Episode 48: Ethics in Social Media
- Episode 49: Digital Presence Optimization
Season 11: Leadership Part 2
- Episode 50: Leadership with a Little L
- Episode 51: Honesty in Leadership: Relationships of Trust
- Episode 52: The Path to Your True Calling
- Episode 53: Leading with Grit and Perseverance
Season 12: Patient Management
- Episode 54: Recognizing the Signs of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in Plastic Surgery Patients
- Episode 55: Dealing with Insurance
- Episode 56: Training Staff on How to Talk to Patients
- Episode 57: How to Get Patients in the Door... And Keep Them Coming Back