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Orthopedic Practice Management

Strategies for Growth and Success

  • The first book of its kind to provide an introductory discussion of practice management for orthopedic surgeons

  • Discusses building and growing your practice, leadership skills and management, clinical research and academic medicine, and healthcare policy

  • An excellent resource for young and veteran clinicians alike, as well as those still in their residency

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Starting and Building a Practice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Partnership, Ancillaries, and Other Considerations

      • Michael J. McCaslin, Nicholas B. Frisch
      Pages 11-32
    3. Setting up your Clinical Practice – Keys for Growth and Success

      • Eric C. Makhni, Brian Forsythe
      Pages 33-41
    4. Recruiting and Incorporating Mid-Level Providers

      • Peter Borowsky, Jacob Blanchett, Kyle Pilz, Eric C. Makhni
      Pages 43-59
    5. Social Media Use in the Field of Orthopedic Surgery

      • Mohsin S. Fidai, Joseph S. Tramer, Toufic R. Jildeh, Sasha Stine, Fabien Meta, Eric C. Makhni
      Pages 61-70
  3. Leadership and Management

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71
    2. Building and Managing a Successful Private Practice

      • Joseph M. Lombardi, Melvin C. Makhni, Joseph S. Lombardi
      Pages 73-83
    3. Leading a Privademic Medical Center: Experience Running the Rothman Institute

      • Hamadi A. Murphy, Arjun J. Sebastian, Weilong J. Shi, Christie Stawicki, Gregory D. Schroeder, Mike West et al.
      Pages 85-91
    4. Recruitment and Department Expansion

      • William N. Levine
      Pages 93-98
    5. Implementing Outcomes Collection in Clinical Practice

      • Fabien Meta, Vincent A. Lizzio, Eric C. Makhni
      Pages 99-114
    6. Pursuing a Dual Degree

      • Eric C. Makhni
      Pages 115-120
    7. Healthcare Policy

      • Ramin M. Lalezari, Christopher J. Dy
      Pages 121-148
  4. Additional Topics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149
    2. Surgical Training and Education

      • Daniel J. Miller, Vasilios (Bill) Moutzouros
      Pages 151-159
    3. Independent Medical Examinations and Legal Depositions

      • Fady Y. Hijji, Ankur S. Narain, Krishna T. Kudaravalli, Kelly H. Yom, Edward Goldberg, Kern Singh
      Pages 161-170
    4. Principles of Clinical Research

      • Richard N. Puzzitiello, Avinesh Agarwalla, Brian Forsythe, Natalie L. Leong
      Pages 187-212
    5. Innovation for Surgeon Inventors

      • Stephen Bartol
      Pages 213-233

About this book

This unique resource provides a solid introduction to practice management for orthopedic practitioners—whether employed in a hospital setting, in private practice, or on faculty at a university setting—and it will be especially valuable to all surgeons still in their residency, providing valuable insight into how to best prepare to effectively care for patients. Orthopedists both domestic and international will benefit immensely from its contents, skills that are often overlooked in medical training. 


Part one presents the essentials of starting and building a practice, including strategic, personal and legal considerations, partnerships and ancillaries, keys for growth and success, incorporating mid-level providers, and the use of social media. Leadership and management are covered in part two, discussing the management of a private practice and a privademic medical center, recruitment and expansion, outcome collections, the pursuit of a dual degree, and all-important healthcare policy. Additional relevant topics are presented in part three, including surgical training and education, independent medical exams and legal depositions, board certification and maintenance, principles of clinical research, and surgical innovation. 


In today’s ever-changing healthcare climate, practitioners must know how to deliver the medicine they spent so many years learning and perfecting. Orthopedic Practice Management is the first text dedicated to teaching surgeons the essential non-clinical fundamentals for succeeding in healthcare. No matter what stage of practice you are in—from student to master surgeon—you will find that this book contains invaluable information for achieving success in orthopedics.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, USA

    Eric C. Makhni

  • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

    Melvin C. Makhni

  • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, UMass Memorial Health Care, Worcester, USA

    Eric F. Swart

  • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, USA

    Charles A. Bush-Joseph

About the editors

Eric C. Makhni, MD, MBA, Henry Ford Hospital, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Detroit, MI, USA.

Melvin C. Makhni, MD, MBA, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Boston, MA, USA.


Eric F. Swart, MD, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Worcester, MA, USA.


Charles A. Bush-Joseph, MD, Rush University Medical Center, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chicago, IL, USA.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Orthopedic Practice Management

  • Book Subtitle: Strategies for Growth and Success

  • Editors: Eric C. Makhni, Melvin C. Makhni, Eric F. Swart, Charles A. Bush-Joseph

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96938-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-96937-4Published: 29 December 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-96938-1Published: 12 December 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 242

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 17 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Orthopedics, Practice and Hospital Management

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eBook USD 109.00
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  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book USD 139.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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