Reports of Its Demise Are Greatly Exaggerated! MD-Only Practices Still Thriving

Ask the Expert| May 2024 Reports of Its Demise Are Greatly Exaggerated! MD-Only Practices Still Thriving Zachary Deutch, MD, FASA; Zachary Deutch, MD, FASA Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Andrew Zimmerman, MD Andrew Zimmerman, MD Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar ASA Monitor May 2024, Vol. 88, 24–25. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0001016832.92592.64 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures Reports of Its Demise Are Greatly Exaggerated! MD-Only Practices Still Thriving. ASA Monitor 2024; 88:24–25 doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0001016832.92592.64 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll PublicationsASA Monitor Search Advanced Search Topics: child, finance, financial equity, heart, internship and residency, partnerships, pediatrics, personnel staffing and scheduling, postoperative anesthesia care unit, hospitals, pediatric Thank you for joining me for the spring edition of "Ask the Expert." This month, we delve into the ever-pertinent topic of practice structure and management. The endless debate regarding which operational and staffing models are optimal in perioperative medicine lately seems to tilt toward leveraged (i.e., 1:3 or 1:4) medical direction models, to say nothing of medical supervision. Our expert this month, Dr. Andrew Zimmerman, has a different perspective, however – being a member of a long-standing, successful solo MD practice in California. Dr. Zimmerman will share with us his experiences and insights, and perhaps challenge entrenched beliefs about how to best provide financially viable and clinically superior anesthetic care. Andy, thank you for joining us. Can you give readers a capsule biography and describe your current position? I was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, so I am a diehard Cards and Blues fan. I attended... You do not currently have access to this content.