Season Seven: Staff!

Building and maintaining a strong team is essential to running a successful plastic surgery practice. This season, Dr. Ash Patel and expert guests explore key aspects of staffing, from selecting the right team members to ensuring long-term staff retention. Discussions include the benefits of working with Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants, hiring strategies, and adapting to the evolving workplace environment. Experts also share best practices for managing office dynamics and creating policies that support both staff and patient care. With practical advice from experienced professionals, this season provides valuable insights for building an efficient and cohesive team.

Description: Host Dr. Ash Patel dives into what staff do you need in your private practice with ASPSP President, Joanne Dennison.

Summary: Joanne Dennison, ASPSP President, covers the ins and outs of staffing your private practice. Who do you hire? What skills and attributes should you look for in potential employees? In addition, she shares her number one tip when it comes to staffing an office and the importance of having policies in place.

Description: Host Dr. Ash Patel talks with Dr. Dan Ness and Ashley Bolton about importance of choosing the right staff.

Summary: Founding Member of Piedmont Plastic Surgery and Dermatology, Dr. Dan Ness and the Director of Nursing, Ashley Bolton share their tips on choosing the right staff. Having one of the largest private practices in the nation, with several hundred employees, staff and staff training are one of their biggest priorities.

Description: Host Dr. Ash Patel discusses the topic of staff retention with Sandy Roos, Director of Practice Development at Sientra.

Summary: Sandy Roos, Director of Practice Development at Sientra, shares her expertise on staff retention especially while adapting to the “new normal” as well as touch on the basics of managing telecommuting office staff.

Description: Host Dr. Ash Patel interviews Carmen Kavali, MD about the benefits of plastic surgeons working with Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants.

Summary: Dr. Carmen Kavali shares her experience of working with a Physician Assistant, including typical schooling that is required of them, in what capacity the Physician Assistant can treat patients and all of the benefits of having extra help during clinic.

For more information about your state’s regulations for Physician Assistants click here and for Nurse Practitioners click here.

The following ABMS core competencies will be addressed:

• Professionalism
• Interpersonal and Communiction Skills
• Systems-based Practice

This course has not been accredited for AMA PRA Category 1 credits.