In some parts of the country, you have to get up early to recruit an orthopedic surgeon—at least 18 to 24 months early.
Michael Patterson, CEO of Mississippi Valley Surgery Center in Davenport, Iowa, began recruiting the latest addition to his orthopedic practice while he was still in residency. The new recruit still had a full year to go on a surgical fellowship in total joints when the wooing began.
To get to him, “we called 10 docs and flew three of them in for face-to-face meetings,” he said. Counting airfare, hotel expenses and recruiters' fees, the cost to lure one physician will range between $50,000 and $100,000.
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