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Corporate Optometry Facts, Fiction, & Knowledge

Episode Summary

Corporate optometry; facts, fiction, and knowledge to make better decisions.

Episode Notes

Interview with Dr. Maria Sampalis who's an influential corporate optometry leader. She famously created the Corporate Optometry Facebook group to give these docs and staff members a voice.  

• Given the choice of commercial or private, all things the same with salary and everything else, why should any OD choose corporate?
• Do corporate docs feel this is another form of private practice?
• Does practicing in a corporate setting change the morals of the optometrists in terms of how they provide care (customer vs patient)?
• Can someone who has worked in a commercial setting for 10 years make the transition from a transactional practice to a relationship practice?
• What's the percentage of women vs men and part-time vs. full-time?
• Is there a hierarchy of commercial practice brands from a patient perspective and a doctor's perspective?
• How does commercial practice dovetail into private equity practices?

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