PM-10 Life Balance and Debt Management
CE: 1.0
Course Description:
Increasing overhead, decreasing insurance coverage and higher educational debt make life as an endodontist more challenging than just a few years ago. Unfortunately, debt is all too frequent a stressor and impediment to gaining a life balance. We will investigate how debt impacts this balance and explore ways to manage and eliminate debt. Additionally, this presentation we will explore how to balance your life to achieve happiness.
At the conclusion, participants should be able to:
- Describe the four aspects of life that need to be balanced for happiness.
- Describe the profound effect debt has on our life.
- Discuss ways to manage debt.
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Mark B. Desrosiers, D.MD
Dr. Mark Desrosiers graduated from Penn Dental in 1984 with what was at that time a significant amount of debt. After graduation he served three years in the Navy, then one year as an associate before purchasing a general, dental practice. After twenty years as a general dentist he sold his practice and then completed a two-year endodontic certificate program at Boston University. He was an associate and then partner in a four-doctor endodontic group until February, 2018 when he sold his share of the partnership to semi-retire. Now working three days per week and volunteer teaching one day every third week, he is enjoying the slower pace of semi-retirement. In his free time Dr. Desrosiers enjoys traveling with his wife, visiting his grown children, swimming, sailing, hiking and scuba diving. He credits his financial position to delayed gratification and life balance; concepts that will be discussed during the presentation.
Speaker Disclosure
I declare that I have no proprietary, financial, or other personal interest of any nature or kind in any product, service, course, and/or company, or in any firm beneficially associated therewith, that will be discussed or considered during the proposed presentation.
Mark B. Desrosiers, D.MD
I declare that I have no proprietary, financial, or other personal interest of any nature or kind in any product, service, course, and/or company, or in any firm beneficially associated therewith, that will be discussed or considered during the proposed presentation.
