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Episode 95: Beat the Heart Attack Gene or (The Cats in the Gutter)

March 14, 2017

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.

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