Spine surgeon Alexander Vaccaro, MD, was named president of Rothman Institute in Philadelphia last year, and is currently earning his MBA at Temple University online, according to a News Works report. He is responsible for developing a business model and plan for the practice and can now look at these decisions from a financial perspective.
There are weekend executive programs and online classes to make earning a business degree easier for busy physicians. The business degree also helps with the front office management and can give physicians a background beyond just medicine.
Some physicians are launching start-up companies or other ventures in addition to their clinical work, or leave their clinical work to focus on new projects, often still in the healthcare field.
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