John B. Pinto is the most-published author in the United States on ophthalmology practice management topics. He founded J. Pinto & Associates, Inc., an ophthalmic practice management consulting firm, in 1979. Since then, he has provided strategic planning, operations, and marketing advice to pharmaceutical companies, basic science centers, hospitals, multispecialty clinics, and single-specialty facilities. For more than 40 years, a majority of the firm's service has been to ophthalmic practices ranging from small solo practices to high-volume market leaders, teaching centers, and ophthalmic product companies. He has been active as a practice consultant in North America and Europe and has worked and lectured in South America, New Zealand, Australia, and Asia. Pinto is best known as a strategic planning and economic advisor to practices large and small. In addition to covering most dimensions of modern practice operations management, he is a career advisor, providing individual coaching and contract negotiation services to new graduates and midcareer employed ophthalmologists. As a subspecialty interest, Pinto is active in the ever-evolving sphere of refractive surgery and is among the most experienced advisors in this domain, helping surgeons with the growing challenges of this field. His professional life today is rounded out with succession planning, practice appraisals, partner dispute mediation, merger/acquisition counsel, and leadership development for administrators and managing partners. A prolific writer, Pinto is the author of several books beyond the classic text you now hold: Turnaround: Twenty-One Weeks to Ophthalmic Practice Survival and Permanent Improvement Ten Eyecare Practices: Benchmarks for Success Cash Flow: The Practical Art of Earning More From Your Ophthalmology Practice, coauthored with E. Anne Rose The Efficient Ophthalmologist Legal Issues in Ophthalmology: A Review for Surgeons and Administrators, coauthored with Alan Reider and Allison Shuren The Women of Ophthalmology, coauthored with Elizabeth Davis, MD Ophthalmic Leadership: A Practical Guide for Physicians, Administrators, and Teams Simple: The Inner Game of Ophthalmic Practice Success, which is a companion text to John Pinto's Little Green Book of Ophthalmology UP: Taking Ophthalmic Administrators and Their Management Teams to the Next Level of Skill, Performance, and Career Satisfaction, coauthored with Corinne Z. Wohl Pinto is also the author of Marketing Your Ophthalmic Practice, the first book devoted to the topic. Pinto is a member of the editorial boards of Ocular Surgery News, Ophthalmology Management, Ophthalmology Business, and Premier Surgeon, and a regular contributor to other eye care publications. John Pinto is available for individual, practice, and corporate consulting services to supplement this book at: J. Pinto & Associates, Inc. 2926 Kellogg Street Suite B18 San Diego, CA 92106 619-223-2233 pintoinc@aol.com www.pintoinc.com
