Building a business
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Building a business
Matt Lee Stephanie Lee Stephen Cummings
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he people who give out our Distinguished Alumni Awards had a quandary . Both halves of the power couple of Matt and Stephanie Lee ( M . D ., ’ 06 ) had been nominated . Both are respected physicians in Tallahassee : Matt at Tallahassee Orthopedic Clinic , Stephanie at Elite Women ’ s Health . Both have been part of the College of Medicine since its second year . Both have been generous with their time ( both serve on the board of FSU Medical Alumni ), expertise , money , even their home . So how do you choose between them ? You don ’ t . Both Lees received a Distinguished Alumni Award as part of the White Coat Ceremony in August . Here are excerpts from a nomination letter : “ Both Stephanie and Matt Lee have actively worked with me in the migrant community of Quincy to raise donations of clothing and toys …. They also came out with their entire family to distribute the toys to the children and families …. Stephanie and Matt are truly an outstanding couple .” The word “ outstanding ” has also been applied , on a global scale , to fellow Distinguished Alumni Award honoree Stephen Cummings ( PIMS , ’ 76 ). Three years ago , the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine honored him for “ Outstanding Contributions to the Growth and Development of Family Medicine Throughout the World .” Before PIMS , Cummings had been a refugee advisor in South Vietnam . Later , after becoming an emergency physician , working with Vietnamese refugees as a State Department employee and then becoming active in academic medicine , he helped develop and launch his longtime dream : a training program in family medicine in Vietnam . His nominator called it “ the largest , and most significant , privately funded international family medicine development project in the world .” And it all came about because PIMS took a chance on an unlikely , 32-year-old , would-be doctor .
Some College of Medicine graduates – instead of working in an established practice – have created a business of their own . In the past year , for example , Brian Reece ( M . D ., ’ 08 ) founded
the Spine and Orthopaedic Academic Research Institute in Lewisville , Texas ; Mikelson MomPremier ( M . D ., ’ 09 ) founded MomPremier Eye Institute to serve the Dallas / Fort Worth area as a vitreoretinal specialist ; Dale Taylor ( M . D ., ’ 13 ) established a hospitalist practice called Taylor Made Medical Care LLC in Gainesville ; and Becky McGilligan ( M . D ., ’ 09 ) established McGilligan MD : Direct Primary Care in Cincinnati . “ I ’ d love to help other primary care doctors understand the DPC model and how it can cure burnout and free you from the burden of insurance regulation ,” McGilligan wrote in an email to the College of Medicine . “ It also helps save patients money !” Her clinic ’ s website ( mcgilligan . md ) states : “ With our practice , you can expect to reach your doctor , directly , and receive individualized care with a holistic approach . You should also expect to not feel rushed . With our smaller size , we schedule longer visits to address your needs .” There are other examples of why patients might feel more comfortable in a nontraditional approach .
Crystal Beal ( M . D ., ’ 12 ) recently launched a telemedicine practice in Seattle called QueerDoc ( queerdoc . com ). It ’ s an entirely online gender- and queerfocused gender health-care practice , Beal told KCTS9 television . Beal said she wants to reach both urban and rural LGBTQ patients who have had trouble finding culturally competent providers in a traditional medical setting . She said many providers are not trained in LGBTQ health issues , or in caring for patients who are transgender , non-binary or gender-nonconforming . Want to tell FSU MED readers about your business ? Email alumni @ med . fsu . edu .
Becky McGilligan ( M . D ., ’ 09 ).
Crystal Beal ( M . D ., ’ 12 ).
Mikelson MomPremier ( M . D ., ’ 09 ).
Dale Taylor ( M . D ., ’ 13 ).
Brian Reece ( M . D ., ’ 08 ).
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Watch: Crystal Beal discusses QueerDoc with KCTS9 television in Seattle