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What is a MedSpa? Well, it\u2019s just a contraction of the words Medical and Spa. A spa is defined as \u201ca commercial establishment offering health and beauty treatments through such means as steam baths, exercise equipment, and massage.\u201d On the other hand, a medical spa is a hybrid of a typical spa and a medical clinic.

As such, a medspa provides medical treatments, such as Botox injections, microdermabrasion, laser treatments and even liposuction, and requires physician involvement and oversight.

Working in a medspa is one of the few careers that enables a physician to leave behind the frustrations of onerous government regulations, extensive call, and dealing with preauthorizations and insurance billing, while still providing care to grateful patients. In other words, it\u2019s a possible solution to burnout!

You can work as a medspa physician as an employee. Or, if your willing to take a little more risk, you can establish your own facility.

Today\u2019s guest, Dr. Lisa Jenks, did just that 11 years ago. Lisa graduated from the University of Cincinnati\u2019s College of Medicine in 1986.\xa0 After residency training at Ohio State University, she began a career in emergency medicine.\xa0

For reasons we discuss during today\u2019s interview, in 2007, Dr. Jenks opened Genesis MedSpa in Colorado Springs.\xa0 Since it\u2019s opening, Genesis has grown tremendously, moving from a 4-treatment room facility into a 10-room facility in 2012 and then adding an additional three treatment rooms in 2016.\xa0 Under her direction, Genesis has won the BBB\u2019s coveted \u2018Excellence in Customer Service\u2019 award\xa0three times,\xa0and has won numerous \u2018Best Of\u2019 awards.

In addition to providing great medspa services for her clients, while pursuing a career that she truly enjoys, Lisa has also served as a mentor for other physicians who want to start their own medspas.

She explains all of this during our conversation.\xa0

You can get a glimpse of what she has created by visiting her web site at genesis-medspa.com. And if you\u2019re seriously considering developing your own medspa and would like to contact Lisa, you can send her an email at lisa@genesis-medspa.com. There\u2019s also a phone number on the Contact Section of the web site.

You can download a transcript and links to resources mentioned today by going to the show notes at vitalpe.net/episode065.