Dr. Arpeet Shah
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But if they want to do something in a particular field, we got to make sure they do it in a compliant way and that they're getting the education needed to do that. And question, are there, the APPs are training all our APPs or right now? Yes and no, you know, that's the goal, right?
But if they want to do something in a particular field, we got to make sure they do it in a compliant way and that they're getting the education needed to do that. And question, are there, the APPs are training all our APPs or right now? Yes and no, you know, that's the goal, right?
We want, you know, while I sit at the head of our APP program, I would love for me to pass this on to another APP, right? And so that's the goal. Yeah, Nicole, you know, a couple more years. But, you know, that's kind of how we start.
We want, you know, while I sit at the head of our APP program, I would love for me to pass this on to another APP, right? And so that's the goal. Yeah, Nicole, you know, a couple more years. But, you know, that's kind of how we start.
We want, you know, while I sit at the head of our APP program, I would love for me to pass this on to another APP, right? And so that's the goal. Yeah, Nicole, you know, a couple more years. But, you know, that's kind of how we start.
It starts with me. And then we certainly have our APPs visit. We're not all in one clinic and one site. So we want to make sure that they go through the various locations. If there is an APP that they want to shadow, we make that happen and we make sure that everybody's learning from everybody. And so I'm not in the office every day.
It starts with me. And then we certainly have our APPs visit. We're not all in one clinic and one site. So we want to make sure that they go through the various locations. If there is an APP that they want to shadow, we make that happen and we make sure that everybody's learning from everybody. And so I'm not in the office every day.
It starts with me. And then we certainly have our APPs visit. We're not all in one clinic and one site. So we want to make sure that they go through the various locations. If there is an APP that they want to shadow, we make that happen and we make sure that everybody's learning from everybody. And so I'm not in the office every day.
So the days I'm in the office, I really, especially at the beginning, I like to have that hands-on, one-on-one conversation. time with a new app but you know the other days when i'm not in the office we're pretty flexible
So the days I'm in the office, I really, especially at the beginning, I like to have that hands-on, one-on-one conversation. time with a new app but you know the other days when i'm not in the office we're pretty flexible
So the days I'm in the office, I really, especially at the beginning, I like to have that hands-on, one-on-one conversation. time with a new app but you know the other days when i'm not in the office we're pretty flexible
Yes. BPH is always bread and butter. I'd tell her never leave it, but certainly women's health is a big need. The other thing that I think we, you know, I think the evolution of utilizing an APP is going to be with procedures. Pretty soon, we're going to be having so many procedures that a urologist, as a physician, as a surgeon, is not going to have bandwidth to do them all.
Yes. BPH is always bread and butter. I'd tell her never leave it, but certainly women's health is a big need. The other thing that I think we, you know, I think the evolution of utilizing an APP is going to be with procedures. Pretty soon, we're going to be having so many procedures that a urologist, as a physician, as a surgeon, is not going to have bandwidth to do them all.
Yes. BPH is always bread and butter. I'd tell her never leave it, but certainly women's health is a big need. The other thing that I think we, you know, I think the evolution of utilizing an APP is going to be with procedures. Pretty soon, we're going to be having so many procedures that a urologist, as a physician, as a surgeon, is not going to have bandwidth to do them all.
So it might be, it might start with cystoscopy, cystostent removal, truss, and then kind of building that. We have a lot of our nurse practitioners will do testopels, they'll do hydrocele aspirations and sclerosis in the office. And I think that continues to engage and grow them as practitioners.
So it might be, it might start with cystoscopy, cystostent removal, truss, and then kind of building that. We have a lot of our nurse practitioners will do testopels, they'll do hydrocele aspirations and sclerosis in the office. And I think that continues to engage and grow them as practitioners.
So it might be, it might start with cystoscopy, cystostent removal, truss, and then kind of building that. We have a lot of our nurse practitioners will do testopels, they'll do hydrocele aspirations and sclerosis in the office. And I think that continues to engage and grow them as practitioners.
Actually, absolutely. You know, what our rate limiting step at this point is space. It's still how many rooms we have. We can always get more systems, you know, and there's disposable systems if we need to. We try not to utilize disposables, but, you know, it's just just space. And then, you know, there's a shortage of staff across the country.
Actually, absolutely. You know, what our rate limiting step at this point is space. It's still how many rooms we have. We can always get more systems, you know, and there's disposable systems if we need to. We try not to utilize disposables, but, you know, it's just just space. And then, you know, there's a shortage of staff across the country.
Actually, absolutely. You know, what our rate limiting step at this point is space. It's still how many rooms we have. We can always get more systems, you know, and there's disposable systems if we need to. We try not to utilize disposables, but, you know, it's just just space. And then, you know, there's a shortage of staff across the country.