Healthcare Business Growth Conversations

Why do brilliant clinicians so often struggle the moment they step into leadership? In this episode, two operators who have spent their careers solving that exact gap sit down to explore it from opposite ends of healthcare. Dr. Ramzia El Annan built her career as an entrepreneur, opening clinics and training healthcare professionals across the Middle East, Europe, the United States, and Canada. Ja...

Dr. Ashley Spooner built three businesses without ever leaving her chair. She owns Falcon Park Dental Group, founded Dynamic Dental Sleep LLC to train dentists in dental sleep medicine, and created Sleep. Thrive. Live. to educate the public. She's also a Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine, one of roughly 425 in the United States. In this conversation, she shares how she b...

Most healthcare practices don't have a growth problem. They have a leakage problem. Claims that never get paid. Front desks drowning in calls while doctors burn out seeing patients. AR backlogs piling up before timely filing windows close. Most practice owners think they need more patients. The numbers say they're losing money on the patients they already have. Tim Boyle leads business dev...

Dr. Alvin Cowans opened Optimum Podiatry during COVID with only 5 patients in his first week. So he got in his car, packed cookies and snacks, and visited 12 doctor offices a day for two months straight. Today his clinic is full and he's opening a larger office in June. In this conversation with host Rakesh Reddy, Dr. Cowans breaks down exactly what he did, what residency never prepared him fo...

Some patients are paying $10,000 cash for surgery their insurance would cover. Dr. Tek Fish, DPM has friends with clinics across the country doing the same. And he's been quietly building this into his own practice for the last five years. Why? Because at a practice management conference five years ago, he heard a line that changed how he thought about the next 20 years of his career: "Ho...

She spent 30 years in medicine. She became a CMO. She burnt out anyway. Then she got diagnosed with breast cancer. This conversation with Dr. Anisha Singh is unlike anything we've put out before. Dr. Singh is an Internal Medicine physician, former CMO at ChenMed (Ohio and Kentucky), holistic nutritionist, Ayurveda practitioner, yoga teacher, and now an independent telemedicine contractor runni...

In this episode, we sit down with Bret Gregory, founder of DrTalks, to unpack his journey from personal tragedy and financial setbacks to building one of the largest platforms for integrative and functional medicine doctors. After losing his brother to stage 4 cancer and nearly losing everything during the financial crisis, Bret rebuilt from the ground up, first through digital marketing and later...

What if the future of dentistry isn’t about better materials… but a completely different way of thinking? In this conversation, Dr. Sangiv Patel breaks down the missing dimension in modern dentistry. Why most treatments fail over time, and how integrating time, motion, and physics-based diagnosis changes everything. This is not surface-level dentistry. This is about longevity, precision, and redef...

In a previous episode,  Dr. Ardeshir Khademi  shared the senior physician’s perspective on why buying an existing practice can be smarter than starting from scratch. Watch that conversation here: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/healthcarebusinessgrowth/episodes/Why-Young-Doctors-Should-BUY-a-Medical-Practice--Not-Start-One---Dr--Ardeshir-Khademi-Explains-e3cr3jo. In this episode, that pri...

“I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.” Healthcare is a $4.5 trillion industry, yet most clinicians are still skating to where the puck is, optimizing for legacy systems built around brick-and-mortar hospitals and manual workflows. Dr. Allan Stewart is doing the opposite. He believes healthcare is entering a “Gretzky Moment”, a once-in-a-generation shift where as much as...

In this episode of Healthcare Business Growth Conversations, we are joined by Dr. John Ferguson, a surgeon with over 25 years of independent practice and the President-Elect of the American Board of Facial Cosmetic Surgery. This is not a conversation about new tools or automation. It is a deep dive into how medical standards are defined, enforced, and protected at a time when technology is challen...

Is your healthcare practice defensible, or is it a commodity that AI can replace? As Dr. Michele Bechor prepares to launch her new psychology clinic, we dive deep into the Go-To-Market (GTM) strategy that positions “Human Relationship” as the ultimate competitive advantage. In this episode of  Healthcare Business Growth Conversations , Rakesh and Dr. Michele Bechor discuss the business of mental h...

Why are so many physicians burned out, and what actually prevents it? In this episode of  Healthcare Business Growth Conversations , I speak with  Dr. Ardeshir Khademi , a neurologist with  35+ years in medicine and over two decades running a private outpatient practice  in Florida. We break down why physician burnout is often driven by  lack of autonomy, not workload , and why outpatient neurolog...

What happens when clinical excellence collides with real-world business pressure? In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Gekht , a neurologist and pain management physician whose career spans medicine, aviation, healthcare partnerships, private equity, and artificial intelligence. From immigrating to the U.S. and building a successful neurology practice, to becoming a long-term partner in a large o...

Can a medical practice grow profitably without compromising patient outcomes? This episode examines the hybrid practice model, a strategic approach that blends clinical excellence with operational efficiency. We discuss how healthcare providers can scale responsibly, adopt technology with purpose, and build systems that support both financial sustainability and patient trust. A focused conversatio...

What if the future of orthopedic healing didn’t start with surgery… but with biology, light, and precision-based technology? In this episode, Dr. Praveen Samuel shares how interventional orthopedics, laser therapy, shockwave, and biological restoration are shaping a new direction for pain and performance in India. We explore the vision behind Elyra, why he returned to India, and how his approach b...

Healthcare Business Growth Conversations - Ep: 3 with Dr. Brandon Maijala & Rakesh Reddy In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Brandon Maijala, a highly respected Foot and Ankle Surgeon and the visionary behind Care Podiatry in Anaheim, California. Dr. Maijala isn't just treating patients; he's transforming the future of podiatric medicine. As the Vice President of the Los Angeles Coun...

Healthcare Business Growth Conversations - Ep: 2 with Dr. Mikel Daniels & Rakesh Reddy In this episode, Rakesh Reddy interviews Dr. Mikel Daniels, a board-certified podiatrist and a Fellow of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgery, American Board of Podiatric Surgeons, and American Professional Wound Care Association. He's a podiatrist with an MBA who transitioned from clinical pra...

In this inaugural episode of Healthcare Business Growth Conversations, hosts Rakesh and Austin share the story behind the founding of Orange Carrot Media, discussing their journey through different verticals before pivoting to healthcare marketing. They explore the challenges of branding, the importance of securing business assets, and the foundational elements of marketing strategies. The convers...