Doctor to Business Pivot

This session is built specifically for doctors, dentists, surgeons, and other healthcare professionals who know they want more than clinical practice but aren't sure how to make the leap without starting from zero.

I was a practicing dentist before I did an MBA at USC Marshall and moved into strategy consulting (Charles River Associates, Health Advances) and eventually venture capital. My clinical background wasn't a liability, it was my most differentiated asset. But I had to learn how to frame it that way.

In this session we'll work through:

1. Why your clinical background is more valuable than you think and how to frame it
2. The real options: consulting, healthcare startups, hospital management, VC, MedTech, policy, MBA
3. MBA or not? The honest ROI conversation for healthcare professionals specifically
4. Your narrative reframe: how to tell your career story so it builds toward business roles
5. The 60-day action plan: what to do immediately — networking, positioning, applications
6. Honest answers to the questions you're afraid to ask: "Am I too old?" "Will anyone hire me?" "Do I need to take a pay cut?"

If you've been reading LinkedIn posts about career pivots and thinking 'but my situation is different because I'm a doctor' — this session is for you. Because it is different. And there's a specific playbook for it.