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Akash Chandawarkar

Akash Chandawarkar

Oct 14, 2026

10:22
Talk about mirror-mirror plastic surgery and your private practice.
10:28
Yeah, so Mira Plastic Surgery is based in St. Pete, Florida.
10:32
And I kind of came to building this kind of solo single surgeon private practice because I tried all the models before and they didn't fit with me.
10:44
And I think we are seeing a little bit of interesting space where we have older surgeons who grew their businesses in their communities and they were the the yellow page business in the community.
11:00
And they were the long lasting group there and their real estate was very important and how their office looked was very important.
11:09
And people went to them because they were the people in that area.
11:13
They built their practices for many, many years and their reputations.

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19:20
So let's talk about to the audience about what's your favorite use right now, how you're using AI in currently in your plastic surgery practice.
TristanHOST
2:13
[laughs]
2:13
Um, you know, I think I enjoyed the innovation and the research, and I just didn't see it happening at, like...
2:19
It happens at a snail's pace in these big academic hospitals.
2:24
Um, um, but at Harvard, I was in a program where I had to do a research thesis.
2:29
So I took a year off to do my research thesis, and I said, "Let me just work with...
2:35
Let me just do whatever's cool, whatever seems fun." And the first face transplants were going on at that time, so I said, "I'm gonna do my research thesis with the face and hand transplant team at Brigham and Women's Hospital." And, uh, so I spent a year working with them, and those were run by the plastic surgeons.

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TristanHOST
25:56
Mm-hmm
25:56
... is saying, "Listen, this person who you thought was a source of knowledge might not be...

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