Episodios

  • From $10K to Premium Practice Brand — with George Bitar, MD (Ep. 317)

    From $10K to Premium Practice Brand — with George Bitar, MD (Ep. 317)
    Jul 4 2025
    📅 Schedule Your Practice Growth Strategy Review ⚙️ Restart your practice in 7 days ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Hello, and welcome to "Beauty and the Biz," where we’ll discuss going from a $10K loan to building a premium practice brand.. Additionally, we’ll discuss the general business and marketing side of plastic surgery. As always, I’m your host, Catherine Maley, author of "Your Aesthetic Practice – What Your Patients Are Saying." Furthermore, I’m also a consultant to plastic surgeons, helping them get more patients and more profits. From $10K to Premium Practice Brand Indeed, maybe you’re building your practice with grit and duct tape. Fortunately, you’re not alone. Specifically, this week, on "Beauty and the Biz," I interviewed Dr. George Bitar. Furthermore, he is a board-certified plastic surgeon who grew up in war-torn Lebanon. Remarkably, starting with only $10,000 and a single exam room, Dr. Bitar built one of Virginia’s most respected plastic surgery brands.
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    1 h y 26 m
  • Young Practice, Big Results: Here’s How He Did It — with Carson Williams, MD (Ep. 315)

    Young Practice, Big Results: Here’s How He Did It — with Carson Williams, MD (Ep. 315)
    Jun 27 2025
    📅 Schedule Your Practice Growth Strategy Review ⚙️ Restart your practice in 7 days ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Hello, and welcome to "Beauty and the Biz," where we’ll discuss how Carson Williams, MD made his young practice realize big results and here’s how he did it. Additionally, we’ll discuss the general business and marketing side of plastic surgery. As always, I’m your host, Catherine Maley, author of "Your Aesthetic Practice – What Your Patients Are Saying." Furthermore, I’m also a consultant to plastic surgeons, helping them get more patients and more profits. Young Practice, Big Results: Here’s How He Did It So how does a young plastic surgeon triple surgical volume in just one year? Luckily, you’ll find out in this week’s episode of "Beauty and the Biz." Specifically, I speak with Dr. Carson Williams MD, a facial plastic surgeon based in Leawood, Kansas. Clearly, he’s scaling his practice with strategy, speed, and precision.
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    48 m
  • Strategies to Convert More Consults — with Catherine Maley, MBA (Ep. 316)

    Strategies to Convert More Consults — with Catherine Maley, MBA (Ep. 316)
    Jun 27 2025
    📅 Schedule Your Practice Growth Strategy Review ⚙️ Restart your practice in 7 days ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Hello, and welcome to "Beauty and the Biz," where we’ll discuss strategies to convert more consults. Additionally, we’ll discuss the general business and marketing side of plastic surgery. As always, I’m your host, Catherine Maley, author of "Your Aesthetic Practice – What Your Patients Are Saying." Furthermore, I’m also a consultant to plastic surgeons, helping them get more patients and more profits. Strategies to Convert More Consults Frankly, are you tired of consults that waste your time? Fortunately, it doesn’t have to stay that way once you understand the real problem.
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    22 m
  • 25 Years, No Partners, No PE: Here’s How He Did It — with Bryan H. Pruitt, MD (Ep. 314)

    25 Years, No Partners, No PE: Here’s How He Did It — with Bryan H. Pruitt, MD (Ep. 314)
    Jun 13 2025
    📅 Schedule Your Practice Growth Strategy Review ⚙️ Restart your practice in 7 days ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Hello, and welcome to "Beauty and the Biz," where we’ll discuss how Bryan Pruitt, MD, has run his practice for 25 years with no partners or PE and here's how he did it. Additionally, we’ll discuss the general business and marketing side of plastic surgery. As always, I’m your host, Catherine Maley, author of "Your Aesthetic Practice – What Your Patients Are Saying." Furthermore, I’m also a consultant to plastic surgeons, helping them get more patients and more profits. 25 Years, No Partners, No PE: Here’s How He Did It What if you could build a thriving plastic surgery practice without private equity, injectors, or social media? As it turns out, Dr. Bryan Pruitt, a board-certified plastic surgeon in Dallas, has done exactly that.
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    40 m
  • Building Three Thriving Practices for Men — with Douglas Steinbrech, MD (Ep. 313)

    Building Three Thriving Practices for Men — with Douglas Steinbrech, MD (Ep. 313)
    Jun 6 2025
    📅 Schedule Your Practice Growth Strategy Review ⚙️ Restart your practice in 7 days ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Hello, and welcome to "Beauty and the Biz," where we’ll discuss how Douglas Steinbrech, MD, set out in building three thriving practices for men. Additionally, we’ll discuss the general business and marketing side of plastic surgery. As always, I’m your host, Catherine Maley, author of "Your Aesthetic Practice – What Your Patients Are Saying." Furthermore, I’m also a consultant to plastic surgeons, helping them get more patients and more profits. Building Three Thriving Practices for Men. Indeed, do you want to learn how to build three thriving cosmetic surgery practices focused on men in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago?
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    1 h y 25 m
  • Actress to International Surgeon — with Sheila Malek Kassir, MD (Ep. 312)

    Actress to International Surgeon — with Sheila Malek Kassir, MD (Ep. 312)
    May 29 2025
    📅 Schedule Your Practice Growth Strategy Review ⚙️ Restart your practice in 7 days ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Hello, and welcome to "Beauty and the Biz," where we’ll discuss how Sheila Malek Kassir, MD went from being an actress to becoming an international surgeon. Additionally, we’ll discuss the general business and marketing side of plastic surgery. As always, I’m your host, Catherine Maley, author of "Your Aesthetic Practice – What Your Patients Are Saying." Furthermore, I’m also a consultant to plastic surgeons, helping them get more patients and more profits. From Actress to International Plastic Surgeon: How Dr. Sheila Kassir Built a Global Brand First, imagine building a plastic surgery empire across New York, New Jersey and Germany. Then, add a medspa, a wellness center, a skincare line and a surgical conference. Meanwhile, Dr. Sheila Kassir is also raising two kids, with one more on the way.
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    44 m
  • Pros and Cons of Joining Established Practice — with Meredith Kugar, MD (Ep. 311)

    Pros and Cons of Joining Established Practice — with Meredith Kugar, MD (Ep. 311)
    May 23 2025
    📅 Schedule Your Practice Growth Strategy Review ⚙️ Restart your practice in 7 days ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Hello, and welcome to "Beauty and the Biz," where we’ll explore the pros and cons of joining an established practice. Additionally, we’ll discuss the general business and marketing side of plastic surgery. As always, I’m your host, Catherine Maley, author of "Your Aesthetic Practice – What Your Patients Are Saying." Furthermore, I’m also a consultant to plastic surgeons, helping them get more patients and more profits. Presenting today’s episode titled, “Pros and Cons of Joining Established Practice — with Meredith Kugar, MD.” Obviously, if you’re a newly trained surgeon with drive and ambition, you're facing a big decision. Specifically, should you start your own practice from scratch? Alternatively, should you join an established group and carve out your space?
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    43 m
  • Are You Scaling or Just Spending More? — with Jennifer Walden, MD, Jessica Hunter, MBA, Catherine Maley, MBA (Ep. 310)

    Are You Scaling or Just Spending More? — with Jennifer Walden, MD, Jessica Hunter, MBA, Catherine Maley, MBA (Ep. 310)
    May 15 2025
    📅 Schedule Your Practice Growth Strategy Review ⚙️ Restart your practice in 7 days ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Hello, and welcome to "Beauty and the Biz," where we’ll discover if you are actually scaling or just spending more. Additionally, we’ll discuss the general business and marketing side of plastic surgery. As always, I’m your host, Catherine Maley, author of "Your Aesthetic Practice – What Your Patients Are Saying." Furthermore, I’m also a consultant to plastic surgeons, helping them get more patients and more profits. Presenting today’s episode titled, “Are You Scaling or Just Spending More? — with Jennifer Walden, MD, Jessica Hunter, MBA, Catherine Maley, MBA.” Lately, is your aesthetic practice growing—but profits aren’t? That’s exactly what we explored on a recent expert panel for the "Business of Aesthetics" podcast. Specifically, we focused on how to scale your practice without overspending.
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    1 h y 2 m