Episode 95: Beat the Heart Attack Gene or (The Cats in the Gutter)
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Bradley F. Bale, MD
Bradley
F. Bale, MD co-founded the Bale/Doneen Method and the Heart Attack
& Stroke Prevention Center. He is a principal instructor in the
Bale/Doneen Method, training other medical providers across the country.
He has a private clinical practice in Nashville, Tennessee. He also
serves as the medical director of the Heart Health Program for Grace
Clinic in Lubbock, Texas.
Thomas Larkin, DDS
Dr Larkin is a native of Omaha Nebraska and a graduate of Creighton University School of Dentistry.
In October of his senior year, Dr Larkin leased a space, designed an
office and obtained a construction and equipment loan. On subsequent
weekends, he and his roommates remodeled the space. Shortly before
graduation he received an offer to join a prominent crown and bridge
practice in another state. He sold his newly built office to a fellow
classmate. When most senior students were preoccupied with passing their
national board exams, Dr Larkin had already built and sold his first
office. He has built several practices in his 17 years of private
practice and his practices have consistently been in the top 5% of
profitability percentages nationwide.
In 1995 he began to teach part
time at the Creighton School of dentistry and authored a practice
management handbook for a lunch and learn series that he gave.” Starting
and Building a dental practice in the 21stcentury. He received the
outstanding teacher award in his first year of teaching. The first and
only time a part time instructor had received that award.
In
1997 he assisted in developing specialized financial and management
services for dental clientele of one of the leading healthcare centered
accounting firms in the Midwest.
In 1998 He developed and
eventually sold one of the first dental e-commerce web sites on the
internet, Dentalauction.com. At the same time he completed the first Web
Development and e-commerce curriculum offered at the University of
Nebraska.Since that time he has done practice management and Internet
marketing consulting.
Most recently he worked as an assistant
professor at the University of Kentucky College of Dentistry from 2009
to 2013. For 2 years he was co-course director of the practice
management class and developed the curriculum entitle "The Business of
Dentistry, A Mini MBA".
In 2016 his MBA course became a part of
the pre-launch curriculum for Idealpractices.com, a dental start-up
company. He also made several presentations on entrepreneurship
nationally for Idealpractices.
In 2017, He is the newly
appointed clinical director for "Oral Systemic Practice" at the
Productive Dentist Academy and continues to advocate for the independent
practice of dentistry.
His relocation to Lexington fulfills a
life long dream to be located at the center of the horse world. His
hobbies include thoroughbred racing, home improvements, and fishing. His
Daughter is a graduate of Centre College and lives in Louisville.