Dr. Gerald Nelson San Francisco, CA PCSO Bulletin Contributor As corporate and group practices grow in number, the management of the private orthodontic practice has become more challenging. Graduates who have an education-related mortgage-sized debt (but no house!) are not in a position to borrow money to open a new practice or buy into an
Dr. Nancy Gum San Jose, CA PCSO Bulletin Contributor PCSO takes pride in encouraging our diverse membership to participate in our organization. The sincere desire is that all members feel included, that their opinions matter, and that they are heard. To this end, our PCSO board felt it valuable to update our mission statement and
Ms. Corinne Hancock Chaos Coach & Keynote Speaker What is your relationship with chaos? Our relationship with chaos can be the difference between success and failure. I believe that chaos can always be used to our advantage. Sometimes it just takes looking at our challenges through a wider lens and gaining a new or different
Dr. John TrotterRedondo Beach, CADEI Task Force ChairThe Pacific Coast Society of Orthodontists (PCSO) Board of Directors formed a task force in November 2020 with the charge of reviewing the Mission Statement and Core Values of the PCSO, with an emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The Core Values and Mission Statement had not
Tracy Martin Owner, Straight Consulting Plano, TX PCSO Bulletin Contributor I need to start by telling you something you already know. The pandemic changed everything. Decades from now, we'll look back on 2020 and COVID the way people look back on 1346 and the Black Death, or 1918 and the Spanish flu. It was a
Dr. Jeffrey A. NicheliniAmerican Canyon, CAPCSO Bulletin Section EditorInspect Your Merchant Services StatementsMerchant fees cost my satellite office 4.2% of its collections in 2020. Monthly statements from merchant services are cumbersome, with hundreds of lines of long numbers and lots of commas and decimal points, and it never seemed like a good use of time
