2025 Business of Retina: Course Materials

CME Statement and Objectives

Program Content and Financial Disclosures

Detailed Agenda (as of 3.26.25)

Main Agenda Handouts:

PDF Document of ALL MAIN AGENDA PRESENTATIONS

3 Ways Artificial Intelligence Can Increase Your Revenue in 2025 - Alvin Liu, MD

A Recipe for Entrepreneurship: A Case Study in Biodesign Principles - Srinivas Kondapalli, MD

AI in Healthcare Operations - Aamer Hayat, JD

American Society of Retina Specialists Resources and Offerings - Claire Murphy, OSC, OCS, OCSR

Business Considerations for Emerging Treatments - Ankoor R. Shah, MD, FASRS

Clinical Trials: How to be Profitable - David Eichenbaum, MD, FASRS

Collaborating with PCPs through Teleretinal Screening for DR - Jose Agustin Martinez, MD, FASRS

Concierge Retina - Vivian Y. Kim, MD, MPH, FASRS

Cultivating the Future Leader: Talent Recognition and Training - Shannon Rogers-Cruz, MBA, and Amanda Turner, COE, OCSR

Designing Physician Compensation Plans - Caroline Patterson, JD

Good Days Administrator's Open Mic Presentation - Clorinda Walley

Growth in the Retina Practice: Adding a New Doc, New Office or Expanding Office - David Chin Yee, MD, FASRS

Insurance Gap Analysis - Do You Know Your Gaps? - Tushar M. Ranchod, MD, FASRS

Organizational Structure, KPIs, JDs - Tushar M. Ranchod, MD, FASRS

Physician Burnout - Vivek Chaturvedi, MD, FASRS

Real Estate as an Investment - Building Wealth Outside the Clinic - Michael Moreno

Real Estate: Rent vs. Own - Jefferey Brockette, MSHA

Reducing Labor Turnover - Kurt Defenbaugh

Retinal Coding Essentials - Ankoor R. Shah, MD, FASRS

Retina Coding Update - Joy Woodke, COE, OCS, OCSR

S.W.O.T. Analysis for the Retina Practice – Why Are You Working Too Hard? - Robert Lea, MBA

The Changing Landscape of Patient Assistance - Strategies for Operations and Patient Counseling -  Stephanie Collins, MBA, Nadeem Vaidya, MD, Moderator: Thomas Stone, MD, FASRS

Using AI This Monday - Nathan J. Rudometkin, MD, FASRS

Virtual and AI Scribing in Retina - Scott Walter, MD, MSc, FASRS

Why Cross-Training Matters: A Lesson from Broadway - Kristin Yockus, MPH, Courtney Coffman, MBA, Jocelin Ing, MBA, Andrew Laverghetta, MBA, and Pennie Tankersly, COA

Fellows' Seminar Handouts:

PDF Document of ALL FELLOWS' SEMINAR Presentations

Doctor, Drug, Patient and Payment - Srinivas Kondapalli, MD

Early Career Risk Management Issues - Gaurav K. Shah, MD, FASRS and Linda Harrison, PhD

Finances for Early Career - Arjun B. Sood, MD

First Five Years of a Retina-Only Practice - Himanshu Banda, MD

Getting Involved in Advocacy - Odette M. Houghton, MD, FASRS

How Payers Impact Clinical Care - Alexander Melamud, MD, MS

“In Today’s Climate, A Solo Doctor Cannot Survive” and Other Myths That You’ve Heard in Training - Nadeem N. Vaidya, MD

Injection Therapy: Balancing Treatment Decisions in a Rapidly Changing Landscape - Claire Murphy, OSC, OCS, OCSR

Joining a Practice – The Influence of Private Equity - Thomas W. Stone, MD, FASRS

Marketing for the Graduating Fellow - Nadeem N. Vaidya, MD

Multispecialty Practice - Srini Kondapalli, MD

Physician Employment Contracts - Caroline Patterson, JD

Practice Structures and Compensation - Tushar M. Ranchod, MD, FASRS

Retinal Coding Essentials - Ankoor R. Shah, MD, FASRS

Successful Transition from Fellowship to Independent Practice: An Administrator’s Perspective - Stephanie Collins, MBA and Jeff Brockette, MSHA

Tax Advantages of Owning a Private Practice - Keith Warren, MD

What Kind of Insurance Do I Need? - Robert C. Wang, MD, FASRS

Faculty Biographies

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