If you’re a young surgeon who has been taught to believe that starting a dental business is incredibly difficult, you are far from alone. Our guest today, Dr. Jeffrey Carter, is here to explain why this is not the case, and how his company makes it much easier for oral surgeons to become independent contractors. Jeffrey’s vision for OMS Logistics is to provide a platform where surgeons can network, expand their services, and provide collateral support to one another, without the need to buy expensive equipment or make rigid time commitments. This conversation covers numerous topics, including the value of anaesthesia tracking in the oral surgery space, the technology that Jeffrey is implementing which could change the discomfort that the medical world feels with around oral surgeons using anaesthetics, trends that Jeffrey has noticed amongst the younger population of dentists that are looking for work, and the gaps in terms of dentists’ understanding of their capabilities. Tune in for a deep dive into all of this and more!
Key Points From This Episode:
- Hear about Jeffrey’s education and his career trajectory.
- What Jeffrey’s company, OMS Logistics, does, and how it has grown over the years.
- Pairings that Jeffrey has experimented with through OMS.
- Reasons it benefits surgeons to work through OMS Logistics, rather than directly with a DSO.
- Why OMS has had a lot of success with surgeons who are on active duty in the military.
- Anaesthesia registries; what they are and why they are so useful.
- Discomfort that the medical world feels about oral surgeons doing anaesthesia.
- Where you can find industry norms for anaesthetic deaths and transfer rates.
- The importance of the rule of large numbers.
- Trends that Jeffrey is seeing amongst people who are looking for work.
- Advice for young oral surgeons who are on the job search.
- Why the garden-variety oral surgeon isn’t attractive to hospitals.
- Young dentists have been brainwashed to believe it’s incredibly difficult to run a business.
- How OMS Logistics does quality control on the people who are hired.
- One of the major gaps in academic oral surgery.
- Jeffrey’s surprise at the range of productivity levels amongst dentists across the United States.
- The importance of understanding what your capabilities are, and the huge knowledge gap that exists with regard to this.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Dr. Jeffrey Carter
OMS Logistics
Jeffrey Carter Email — jbc@jbcarterinc.com
Dr. Grant Stucki Email — grantstucki@gmail.com
Dr. Grant Stucki Phone — 720 441 6059