About Us: Mission Statement
Prometheus Medical Innovations (PMI) offers a solution to address the shortage of surgeons by redesigning the structure of engagement between hospital and physician.
- Typical model – Hire two thoracic surgeons at a yearly salary
- High fixed overhead costs
- Not including benefits, health insurance, malpractice insurance, call pay, medical directorships, etc.
- Usually takes 4-5 years before thoracic surgeons “make up” for their salary based upon individual surgical volume
- Lac of experience in building comprehensive thoracic programs – “Not everyone is a chief”
- Independent practitioners
- Potential politics – internal and external
- Constant threat of redistributing cases
- Lack of experience program development – collecting cases
PMI allows for variable overhead costs at a much lower entry, allowing for scalability of the program as thoracic volume and hospital reimbursement increases and improves.
- Multiple different cost centers with varying overhead improves margins for the hospital
- Diversification of the thoracic program allows for increase capabilities which further allow for expansion of program footprint and reach
- Benign disease
- Malignant disease
- Esophageal program
- Lung program
- Breathing dysfunction program
- Heartburn/Esophageal dysmotility program
Plans for Success
Program Elements and Development
Lung Cancer Program
Breathing Disorders Program
Esophageal Program
- Benign Disease
- Malignant Disease
Robotic Center of Excellence
Thoracic Program Ecosystem
Accomplishments and Research
Case Study
