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To help ophthalmologists prepare for a practice transition, the Academy's Senior Ophthalmologist Committee has compiled several resources, including articles and reflections from past issues of Scope.

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Thoughts on Slowing Down

OCT 19, 2018 By Paul N Orloff MD in Practice Transitions

To only slightly paraphrase Hamlet: “To retire or not to retire: THAT is the question.” For the majority of Americans, this is, in fact, not a question at all. You work 30 or 35 years, you have a 401(k), you can afford to quit working, and so you stop.

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Private Equity Buyouts of Ophthalmology Practices - Update 2018

JUL 26, 2018 By Thomas S Harbin, MD, MBA, Gary I Markowitz MD in Practice Transitions

A year ago, Scope published an article on Private Equity (PE) Buyouts of Ophthalmology Practices in which the first sentence was a question: “Do you want $50 million?” Now the question is slightly different. Be sure you can answer it.

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The Ophthalmologist’s Non-Exit Strategy

MAY 09, 2018 By Samuel Masket MD in Practice Transitions

The boxing adage that “father time is undefeated” can easily be applied to ophthalmologists. At some point in our careers we will need to decide if we are desirous and/or capable of continuing to practice our specialty in full or in part.

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Volunteering for Retired Ophthalmologists

NOV 02, 2017 By Donald J Cinotti MD in Practice Transitions

We have all spent years in training and so many more years developing our knowledge and experience. The day you retire, that ability to care for patients doesn’t just evaporate. It’s still inside us.

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We're Not Old, We're Jubilado

AUG 25, 2017 By M Bruce Shields MD in Practice Transitions

Not long ago, a controversy arose among our colleagues (maybe you were one of them) regarding the acceptability of referring to ourselves as “senior ophthalmologists.” (The controversy, of course, had to do with the adjective “senior.”) There were those who felt that the te…

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