Specialty Lens Success

The purpose of this podcast is to help listeners build successful specialty lens practices. To do this our guest experts share pearls of wisdom related to marketing and practice management. When we interview these experts, we frequently dig into the story of their career and when you listen you will find yourself reflecting on your own story and/or what you want your story to be. Then we explore the strategies and tactics they have implemented to build their specialty lens practices.

Episodes

Episode 007: Melanie Frogozo on a Referrals, Specialization and Delegation

January 9, 2024 • 61 mins

Episode Show Notes Today we are going to San Antonio, Texas where our guest recently celebrated her 10th year of practice ownership. We extend a hearty congratulations to Dr. Melanie Frogozo, OD, FAAO, FSLS, Diplomate CCLRT and Director of the Contact Lens Institute at Alamo Eye Care and her team. With her help we are going to explore how she achieved 600% growth: grew from 4 to 14 teammates, and added two satellite loc...

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Episode 006: Brian Tompkins on the Patient Experience

October 31, 2023 • 58 mins

Episode Show Notes Today we are going to the United Kingdom where our guest, Brian Tompkins, BSc (Hons), FCOptom, FBCLA, is going to share with us many of the elements that make his practice so successful. Even though the optometric market in the UK is somewhat different than the US, you will find many of the programs he has put in place are similar to successful US practices. But, there are some new twists! Today you w...

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Episode 005: Dr. Cheryl Chapman on The AAOMC and The Exciting Vision By Design Meeting

August 21, 2023 • 58 mins

Episode Show Notes Our guest today is Dr. Cheryl Chapman, FAAO, FIAOMC and Diplomate of ABO. Dr. Chapman is the President of the American Academy of Orthokeratology and Myopia Control otherwise known as the AAOMC. This organization is also behind the exciting Vision By Design meeting that is coming up soon September 6 through 10 in Chicago, Illinois. In addition to her responsibilities as President of the organization, ...

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Episode 004: Dr. Steven Keith on Word of Mouth

July 26, 2023 • 34 mins

Episode Show Notes In 2016 he took his first scleral lens patient from “Surviving in a combination contact lens to thriving in scleral lenses”. This was the beginning of Dr. Steven Keith’s growing specialty lens practice. Dr. Keith founded Towne Lake Eye Associates 25 years ago. Since then, he has added two associates Dr. Christopher Luft and Dr. Sara Aamir. Towne Lake Eye Associates is located in Woodstock, Georgia whi...

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Episode 003: Dr. Alex Gibberman and Dr. David Williams on Building Referrals

July 12, 2023 • 55 mins

Episode Show Notes Before I introduce today’s guests, think about the following questions: • Do you know what Lasik Disney is? • Are you familiar with the concept of Speed to Specialty? • Are you playing the “long game” with your practice? Well, you are in luck because these are just a few of the topics that will be discussed today with our guests Dr. Alex Gibberman, FAAO, FSLS and Dr. David Williams, MBA of 2020 Eyecar...

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Episode 002: Dr. Roxanne Achong-Coan with “You have to be all in”

June 16, 2023 • 36 mins

Episode Show Notes “You have to be all in” says Dr. Coan when talking about specialty lenses. Being “all in” started during her residency at Pacific University. We cover a lot of ground in this conversation from practice marketing to staff support to workflow to technology and advice for new fitters. I found one of her marketing techniques humorous and effective. That is when she turns around an ophthalmologist’s public...

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Episode 001: Dr. Tom Arnold on Building A Specialty Lens Practice

June 1, 2023 • 59 mins

Episode Show Notes His first impression of scleral lenses was that they took up “too much time”. Little did he know that several years later they would become his specialty. For our inaugural episode of the Specialty Lens Success podcast, our guest is Tom Arnold, OD, FSLS. He says to fellow specialists “You are the difference between seeing and not seeing. You are the difference between being in pain and not in pain.” I...

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Specialty Lens Success

Episodes

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.css-r6mb8g{margin:0;word-break:break-word;display:-webkit-box;-webkit-box-orient:vertical;box-orient:vertical;-webkit-line-clamp:1;overflow:hidden;}Episode 006: Brian Tompkins on the Patient Experience

Episode 005: Dr. Cheryl Chapman on The AAOMC and The Exciting Vision By Design Meeting

Episode 004: Dr. Steven Keith on Word of Mouth

Episode 003: Dr. Alex Gibberman and Dr. David Williams on Building Referrals

Episode 002: Dr. Roxanne Achong-Coan with “You have to be all in”

Episode 001: Dr. Tom Arnold on Building A Specialty Lens Practice

Popular Podcasts

Episode 007: Melanie Frogozo on a Referrals, Specialization and Delegation

Episode 006: Brian Tompkins on the Patient Experience