FAQs About Physician Recruitment for Your Gradual Retirement and Succession
The DocPreneur Leadership Podcast
Release Date: 08/17/2025
Why Doctors Are Leaving Traditional Primary Care, Really.
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Episode Summary By Concierge Medicine Today JANUARY 2026 - Concierge medicine and direct primary care didn’t just grow — they surged more than 80% in five years. Headlines are spinning this as a threat to access and equity. But is that the full story? In this episode, the Editor-In-Chief of the industry's trade publication, Concierge Medicine Today, author and Host, Michael Tetreault, breaks down the latest national research and explains what’s really happening beneath the surface. This isn’t about luxury medicine. It’s about physician burnout, broken reimbursement models,...
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🩺 PRACTICE BRANDING | The Part No One Mentions About Growing Your Brand (But Should) 👀
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🎙️ Why Your Body Knows Before Your Mind — The Mind-Body Rebellion
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The Mind-Body Rebellion 💥🧠💪 — Reclaiming Alignment, Energy, and the Self You’ve Been Missing 🎙️ Guest Description: ✨ The Mind-Body Rebellion isn’t about fixing what’s broken—it’s about remembering who you are. Built for high-functioning humans who look “fine” on the outside but feel misaligned beneath the surface, this six-month experience blends intentional movement, mindset recalibration, and nervous-system regulation to create deep, identity-level transformation. LEARN MORE AND CONNECT: https://www.rebelliousstudio.com/the-mind-body-podcast...
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🧬 Beyond Testing 🩺 How Whole Genome Sequencing Is Changing Personalized Women’s Healthcare
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Grand Rapids, Michigan, October 15, 2025 ⎯ Today, (Sequencing), a biotech company offering the world’s largest platform for and personalized health insights, announces a partnership with , a concierge medical practice providing personalized care to women of all ages. true. Women’s Health focuses on midlife, menopause, sexual health, and weight management through a membership-based model. Now with Sequencing, their patients can gain insights into ~100% of their DNA test data and screen for almost all known health conditions, traits, and medication responses. Then, they can work...
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Why Business Clarity Matters for Today’s Clinician
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In this episode of The DocPreneur Leadership Podcast, we unpack a recent article written by a fellow clinician—one that suggested physicians already possess everything needed to run a successful practice. While the heart of that message is encouraging, the realities of leading a practice today are far more complex than discipline and vision alone. This conversation explores what the article gets right, what it unintentionally leaves out, and why blending clinical excellence with business clarity is essential in a changing healthcare landscape. We discuss how practice ownership...
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New Ep! 🎙️ Meet Dr. Julie Chen: Concierge Science and the Future of Health Span
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Our guest today is Dr. Julie Chen, the Chief Medical Officer at Radence. She previously served as Chief Medical Officer at companies such as Human Longevity and Vitagene. Her research, at the FDA, NIH, National Cancer Institute, USC, and Mount Sinai, has shaped scientific advancement in precision medicine. As a fellowship-trained integrative internal medicine physician, she developed numerous corporate wellness programs in Silicon Valley focusing on whole-systems approach to healthcare. Dr. Chen is a frequent medical expert on major media outlets, including ABC, NBC, FOX, and MSN, and...
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(New) Exit Planning🎙️ Podcast “This season is not the end of your impact — it’s the evolution of it.”
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An Invitation to Slow Down before 2026
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🎧 PODCAST | Your Value Proposition Is Relational, Not Transactional 💬
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Patients don’t stay for a tax deduction — they stay because they feel known. That’s something no federal incentive can legislate. 🩺
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🏥 PODCAST | The Curious Will Inherit the Future of Medicine — Not the Cynical 🧩
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info_outlineToday we unpack some of healthcare's succession and retirement trends Doctors should know about when considering hiring, replacing and leaving medicine better than how it found you!
Craig Fowler, Founder & President of the Athenic Group, which helps Hospitals, Medical Practice Owners, UCs, Nurses, PAs, Doctors and others solve their healthcare recruiting challenges through dedicated Physician Search and the training and development of your recruiting the right medical staff to fit in well in your practice environment and remain committed for years to come.
Craig is a 20+ year veteran of the physician recruiting industry; including holding senior leadership roles with several of the largest retained physician recruiting firms in the country. He is a former President of the National Association of Physician Recruiters (NAPR) and is a sought after speaker and trainer on physician recruitment processes and trends.
He has also received accolades from respected healthcare organizations and associations such as: TEAMHealth, Tenet Healthcare, Piedmont Healthcare, Memorial Hermann Hospital, UT Chattanooga, Medical College of Georgia, Physician Hospitals of America, American Academy of Private Physicians, Concierge Medicine Today Forum. Some of his media credits include: NBC News, New England Journal of Medicine, Becker’s Healthcare, Neurology Today, MGMA, NAMPC, Concierge Medicine Today, NAPR, and AAPPR (formerly ASPR).
ATHENIC GROUP
220 N Jeff Davis Dr, Ste 4
Fayetteville, GA 30214
Office: 404-580-3443
Recruitment Services
Our recruitment services division functions as a boutique search firm specializing in physician and provider recruitment. We use the same resources large retained firms’ use, but we take a more tailored and personal approach. Training & Development Our training and development division offers a range of services to help improve your recruitment team’s performance, therefore decreasing your need for outsourced recruitment. Services range from skills evaluation, rookie recruiter training, team development, training workshops and ongoing coaching.
Complementary Services
Our primary focus is to help your practice, facility and community by improving the lives of those who seek healthcare from you. Other complementary services that we offer include: Expert Marketing Services, Succession Planning/Consulting for the Concierge and Direct Primary Care Practice, Expert Witness Testimony Services, and Search Evaluation & Consultation Services.
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