Q & A

Friday, January 23, 2026

7:45 AM - 7:55 AM PST

Location: Milano Ballroom V & VI

Session

Description: It is challenging to start and maintain an independent medical practice. Details on an initial steps, financial needs and practice development will be provided. Making business sense in incorporating and developing clinical research in medical practice and steps to achieve that will be described. Furthermore, guidelines on how to provide leadership in turbulent times will be provided. Finally, steps on how to sell your practice, especially to private equity would be detailed.

Speaker(s)

Leonardo Kapural, MD, PhD

MD, PhD
Carolinas Pain Institute
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
Peter S. Staats, MD, MBA (he/him/his)

Chair
National Spine and Pain Centers
Atlantic Beach, Florida, United States
Kas Almirdelfan, MD (he/him/his)

Director of Clinical Research
IPM Medical Group
Walnut Creek, California, United States