Aug 21, 2026 · 21 min · 9 segments
Practice growth stalls when the dentist becomes the bottleneck. In this episode, Colin Ambler talks with Dr. Rehan Shahid, CEO and founder of Practice Success Academy, about shifting from clinician…
Rehan ShahidGuest
Colin AmblerHost
Tell us how you got into the dental field, how you decided that you wanted to be a dentist.
So my growing up in my culture, you're either a doctor or an engineer, and that's considered success.
And so my parents were like, you're going to be a medical doctor because your brother already called dibs on being a dental doctor.
And so I was going in all throughout high school, like I want to be an orthopedic surgeon, because I knew if I want to be a doctor, I want to get my hands on the game.
And my brother got into dental school and he just started talking about how the lifestyle is amazing.
Now you're in eight to five and all my orthopedic surgeon people that I knew, they were like nonstop working all the time.
You get to use your hands and you get to build a business and not a lot of medical doctors get to do that.
And I think that was pulling me because I was an entrepreneur by heart since day one, just throughout my journey of growing up.
I mean, this plays well into what you're most known for, Practice Success Academy, PSA.
Tell us how you got into the dental field, how you decided that you wanted to be a dentist.
So my growing up in my culture, you're either a doctor or an engineer, and that's considered success.
And so my parents were like, you're going to be a medical doctor because your brother already called dibs on being a dental doctor.
And so I was going in all throughout high school, like I want to be an orthopedic surgeon, because I knew if I want to be a doctor, I want to get my hands on the game.
And my brother got into dental school and he just started talking about how the lifestyle is amazing.
Now you're in eight to five and all my orthopedic surgeon people that I knew, they were like nonstop working all the time.
You get to use your hands and you get to build a business and not a lot of medical doctors get to do that.
And I think that was pulling me because I was an entrepreneur by heart since day one, just throughout my journey of growing up.
I mean, this plays well into what you're most known for, Practice Success Academy, PSA.
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