Taking The Cut

In the OR, "taking the cut" demands absolute precision. In the business of medicine, it means betting everything on yourself.One year into practice, two orthopedic hand surgeons walked away from the guaranteed safety of a hospital contract to do the unthinkable: start a private practice from scratch. No corporate safety net. No MBA. Just two surgeons, a massive mountain of overhead, and a vision for true medical autonomy.Taking the Cut is a raw, bi-weekly dispatch from the trenches of medical entrepreneurship. We’re pulling back the sterile drape on everything they never taught us in residency—from wrestling with insurance giants and securing multi-million dollar loans, to marketing a new clinic and managing the daily chaos of a healthcare startup. Whether you’re a physician starving for independence, a resident planning your future, or an entrepreneur addicted to the build, tune in for the unfiltered, unscripted truth of what it actually takes to own your craft.