Dr. Jose A. Garcia, Medical Director of Aura Laser Skin Care

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Dr. Jose A. Garcia takes part in molding new physicians in cosmetic medicine and surgery. Is he seeing a paradigm shift in medical education?

Name: Jose A. Garcia, MD, FACOG, FACS, FICS, FAACS
Clinic: Aura Laser Skin Care
Location: Kirkland/Bothell, WA
Website: AuraLaser.com

That's interesting: From the inception time of Aura Laser Skin Care back in 2005, we looked at the many technologies that were available and decided to go with the ELOS technology by Syneron. ELOS stands for electro-optical-synergy and combines both radio frequency with light energies to produce safe and effective treatment. Furthermore, for laser hair removal, Syneron uses the 810 diode which is fast and works for all hair color and skin types. We initially looked at the ND Yag by Cutera as well as the Alexandrite. The problem was that the Alex is painful and good for skin types 1 and 2. The ND Yag is best suited for skin types 3,4, and in some cases 5. That meant that we had to purchase 2 lasers or a combo Alex-Yag laser as opposed to only one laser with Syneron.

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Free Physician-Only Webinar From Freelance MD

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Free Deal for Freelance MD Members.

Your Own Internet Business — A Cure for the Risk-Averse Physician Entrepreneur.

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The Deal: In this FREE webinar, Dr. Mike Woo-Ming will let let you in on exactly how he gave up his medical practice to triple his income by using the internet to sell information products.

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Free Webinar: "How To Add $100,000 To Your Medical Spa With Evidence-Based Nutritional Supplements"

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Thinking of adding evidence based nutritional supplements to your medical spa?

Dr. Dean Raffelock has been teaching physicians how to benefit from evidence based nutritional supplements for years.

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In this webinar, Dr. Dean Raffelock will teach you how you can add an extra $50,000 - $100,000 in profits to your existing medical practice each year.

What you'll learn:

  • How to get started with NO cost and NO additional overhead!
  • Why this is both completely ethical AND legal!
  • Exactly what the clinical research says, and learn where to find it!
  • ALL of the benefits of adding this to your practice right now!

Dr. Dean Raffelock has been practicing evidence based nutritional medicine for 35 years and he's going to hold your hand and get you started. If you're in solo or group clinical practice and you want to take greater control of your business and your career, this is a webinar that you won't want to miss. Register right now!

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Understanding "Core" Physicians

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What is the definition of a 'core' physician?

On April 30th, I conducted a webinar for Palomar Medical, Inc. on the topic of optimizing Local Search Engine Optimization tactics to boost your practice on local internet placement and ranking. Soon after the webinar, I was contacted by many physicians with many questions. I felt confident in answering all of them, except for one. And, that question was "what is the definition of a "core" physician"?

I was stumped.

I've searched the Internet for a documented answer and found none. I then perused quite a few physician's websites where it was clearly stated they were "core" physicians. It was also clearly stated that those medical specialties that were not deemed as being "core" were not qualified to perform certain aesthetic procedures. Not to be accused of being "flippant" by a physician as in one of my previous posts, I had thought that it was experience, training and number of successful procedures performed that made a physician "core" in that particular aesthetic modality?

Even on review and educational websites such as RealSelf, all non-"core" specialties were removed.

The answer I received from RealSelf stated : "RealSelf is no longer hosting profiles for participants who do not meet specialty designation criteria set forth by updated RealSelf policies. We have encountered problems with doctors and other medical personnel answering questions far outside their expertise or specialty and, in some cases, even dispensing inappropriate and dangerous advice to our readers. The aforementioned changes have been implemented in an effort to prevent these situations from arising."

Not to elicit any aggressive comments here, and I mean no disrespect to any medical specialty in particular, I just would like to be enlightened as to where the definition of "core" was derived from and what medical specialties that includes?