531: Growing a Medical Practice with Dr. Rao
The How of Business - How to start, run, grow and exit a small business.
Henry Lopez, Levante Business Group
4.7 • 522 Ratings
🗓️ 29 July 2024
⏱️ 49 minutes
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How to grow a Medical Practice with Dr. Ramesh Rao.
Show Notes Page: https://www.thehowofbusiness.com/531-dr-rao-growing-medical-practice/
Dr. Ramesh Rao shares his immigrant and entrepreneurial journey and his insights and experience with growing a medical practice.
Dr. Rao also shares his insights on how he has helped his wife build her successful practice. They now work together to continue growing Prima Medicine.
Dr. Rao came to America as a student 33 years ago, with $200 in his pocket, and the US has been his home ever since. He earned a master's degree in Neuroscience from Rutgers university, and subsequently did Postgraduate Medical Training for almost seven years.
He is a Physician with board certification in Radiology and in Nuclear Medicine. Until recently, he was a partner at a large radiology practice in the Washington DC Metro area for 21 years.
His wife, Dr. Chethana Rao, started her own medical practice 12 years ago. In recent years that practice has grown significantly, and Ramesh's is now focused on helping his wife build Prima Medicine. They are now on the path to building a local network of Primary Care and Urgent Care centers in the Virginia Suburbs of Washington DC.
Ramesh played an instrumental role in launching their 1st Urgent Care center in Fairfax, Virginia. Over the past couple of years Prima Medicine has introduced new lines of service, including Concierge Medical Care, and Bariatric Medicine.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the How of Business with your host, Henry Lopez, the podcast that helps you start, run, and grow your small business. |
| 0:13.0 | And now, here is your host. |
| 0:16.0 | Welcome to this episode of the How of Business. |
| 0:17.7 | This is Henry Lopez, and my special guest today is my friend, Dr. Ramesh Rao. |
| 0:23.6 | Dr. Rao, welcome to the show. |
| 0:25.3 | Thank you, Henry. |
| 0:26.1 | Thank you for having me on the show. |
| 0:28.0 | Yeah, I'm looking forward to this conversation. |
| 0:30.5 | If you're looking to or planning to or aspiring to grow a medical practice, |
| 0:35.6 | and really what we're going to chat about applies to any business, |
| 0:38.2 | but the expertise here that Ramesh Rao brings, Dr. Rao Brings, is in growing a medical practice, |
| 0:43.9 | then this episode is for you. He's going to share his inspirational journey as well |
| 0:48.7 | and insights into what it takes to build a successful business, in this case, a medical practice, |
| 0:55.1 | and on top of everything with his wife. |
| 0:57.4 | So we'll get his insights on how they make that work. |
| 1:01.1 | To get more information about the Howa Business, including the Show Notes page for this episode, |
| 1:06.1 | and to learn more about my one-on-one and group coaching programs, please visit the howab business.com. |
| 1:12.9 | I also encourage you to please subscribe to my podcast wherever you might be listening so you |
| 1:18.1 | don't miss any new episodes. So let me tell you a bit more about Dr. Rao and then we'll get into |
| 1:23.1 | the conversation. Dr. Rao came to America as a student 33 years ago with $200 in his pocket, |
| 1:30.3 | you know, a very typical immigrant story. And the U.S. has been his home ever since. |
| 1:35.0 | He earned a master's degree in neuroscience from Rutgers University and subsequently did |
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