Valuocity: A Fable for Dentists
DR. MARC B. COOPER Dr. Cooper is President and CEO of The Mastery Company. He has been a consultant to the health care industry for nearly 25 years–at the practice management level as well as at corporate and organizational levels. Prior to his consulting career, Dr. Cooper was an academician, basic science researcher and practicing periodontist. His consulting clients have included more than 2,000 dentists practicing in solo, partnered and group practices and their corresponding support staffs. Dr. Cooper has also worked with senior executives, managers and supervisors in large health care systems, regional and community hospitals, third-party payers, clearinghouses, biotechnical firms, information technology companies, IPAs, PPOs, DPMs and DHMOs. Dr. Cooper focuses the majority of his work on dentists in private practice, training and coaching them to achieve mastery as leaders, managers and owners who are able to consistently operate their dental practices as successful businesses. DR.  MARK E. SILBERG Mark E. Silberg D.M.D. has been in private practice since 1980. He is the leading Dental Implant and Periodontal practice in Western Pennsylvania. Dr. Silberg is a former assistant clinical professor at the University of Pittsburgh Dental School and at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. He was a consultant to the Pittsburgh Zoo and is the founder and Director of the Discovery Study Club.  Dr. Silberg completed the Consultant’s Training Program with MBC Consultants in 1993 and is a frequent lecturer on clinical dentistry and practice administration.