Ophthalmic Leadership: A Practical Guide for Physicians, Administrators, and Teams

Ophthalmic practices have many types of leaders, functioning at all levels of the organization. Ophthalmic Leadership: A Practical Guide for Physicians, Administrators, and Teams, Second Edition can provide each of these leaders with the tools to be more decisive, motivating, and effective.

John B. Pinto, America’s most published author on the business of ophthalmology, has firsthand experience with the best and worst practice leadership habits from his decades of experience as an ophthalmic practice consultant. He has coached countless physician and lay leaders to the next level of their careers. Together with his team of more than 20 expert contributors, Pinto covers every aspect of leadership in ophthalmology, no matter the size of the practice or the current experience of the team.

Chapters include:

• What Do You Believe in? Developing a List of Core Values for Your Practice
• Grooming and Moving Line Staff Up to Middle Management
• Contingency Planning in a Less-Certain Environment
• Leading Your Team Past the Inevitable Conflicts of Practice Life

Everyone in ophthalmology can benefit from the lessons inside Ophthalmic Leadership: A Practical Guide for Physicians, Administrators, and Teams, Second Edition―from the rising ophthalmic technician or department manager, to the managing partner, and even the most seasoned practice administrator.

“The book you now hold is a wonderful opportunity to rededicate yourself to your professional development as a leader and to the success of your organization.”

From the Foreword by Richard L. Lindstrom, MD

John B. Pinto is the most-published author in America on ophthalmology practice management topics. He founded J. Pinto & Associates, Inc., an ophthalmic practice management consulting firm, in 1979. Since then he has provided strategic planning, operations, and marketing advice to pharmaceutical companies, basic science centers, hospitals, multispecialty clinics, and single-specialty facilities.

For nearly 40 years, a majority of the firm’s service has been to ophthalmic practices ranging from small solo practices to high-volume market leaders, teaching centers, and ophthalmic product companies. He has been active as a practice consultant in North America and Europe, and has worked and lectured in South America and the Far East.

Pinto is best known as a strategic planning and economic advisor to practices large and small. In addition to covering most dimensions of modern practice operations management, he is a career advisor - providing individual coaching and contract negotiation services to new graduates and midcareer ophthalmologists. His professional life today is rounded out with succession planning, practice valuations, partner dispute mediation, merger/acquisition counsel, and leadership development for administrators and physicians.

A prolific writer, Pinto is the author of several books beyond the text you now hold:

• John Pinto’s Little Green Book of Ophthalmology
• Turnaround: Twenty-One Weeks to Ophthalmic Practice Survival and Permanent Improvement
• Ten Eyecare Practices: Benchmarks for Success
• Cash Flow: The Practical Art of Earning More From Your Ophthalmology Practice, written with Anne Rose
• The Efficient Ophthalmologist
• Legal Issues in Ophthalmology: A Review for Surgeons and Administrators, written with Alan Reider and Allison Shuren
• The Women of Ophthalmology, written with Elizabeth Davis, MD
• Simple: The Inner Game of Ophthalmic Practice Success, which is a companion text to John Pinto’s Little Green Book of Ophthalmology
• UP: Taking Ophthalmic Administrators and Their Management Teams to the Next Level of Skill, Performance, and Career Satisfaction, co-authored with Corinne Z. Wohl
• Marketing Your Ophthalmic Practice