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The Real Cost of "Playing It Safe" in Private Practice — Ramsen Azizi, MD
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Ramsen Azizi, MD, of Chicago, Illinois, explains the real cost of "playing it safe" in a private cosmetic surgery practice.Indeed, welcome to "Beauty and the Biz," where we'll discuss the 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." and consultant to plastic surgeons, helping them get more patients and more profits.
The Real Cost of "Playing It Safe" in Private PracticeLessons from building a practice with no safety net
In "The Real Cost of 'Playing It Safe' in Private Practice" podcast, I sit down with Dr. Ramsen Azizi. Specifically, he is a board-certified plastic surgeon and the founder of RAM Plastic Surgery in Chicago.
Before entering medicine, Dr. Azizi spent more than two decades as a professional music producer. As a result, that creative and independent background shaped how he approached private practice. From the beginning, it influenced how he made decisions and assessed risk.
As a result, this episode explores a side of private practice growth most surgeons are not prepared for. More importantly, it focuses on the real trade-offs between safety and autonomy.
Specifically in this conversation, you'll learn:
- Why starting private practice immediately forced better decisions
- How keeping overhead painfully low early on created long-term freedom
- What surgeons underestimate about building their own surgical facility
- Why control of your OR, schedule, and environment changes everything
Throughout "The Real Cost of 'Playing It Safe' in Private Practice," Dr. Azizi shares candid lessons from taking financial risk. Additionally, he discusses navigating volatile growth cycles. Ultimately, he explains why he chose autonomy over perceived security.
Importantly, this is not a "do this one tactic" episode.
Instead, it offers a grounded look at what it takes to build something durable. More broadly, it shows why private practice success is less about perfection and more about resilience.
If you've ever thought, "There has to be a better way than this," this episode will challenge how you think about control. At the same time, it may change how you view risk and long-term freedom.
P.S. January is the best time to get an objective second set of eyes on how your practice is really operating.Especially then, this matters before habits harden and the year fills up.
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Enjoy!
Catherine Maley, MBA
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