Dr. Oren Fass, MD

Cataract surgeon, practice builder, autonomous practice founder.

The First Practice

In 2011 I built a traditional cataract practice from scratch in Denton, Texas. I did every office task myself in the early days, then replaced myself with staff as the practice grew. Over a decade the practice matured, and in the mid-2020s it was sold to private equity. That transaction taught me a lot about what a practice is really worth and what parts of it actually generate value.

The Rebuild

In 2024 I started a new practice. Same specialty, same city, different model. This time, instead of replacing myself with staff, I replaced each task with a computer automation. Fax intake, voicemail routing, patient scheduling, check-in, insurance verification, all handled without human touch. My role became to see one new patient per day, operate on four to five cataract cases per week, and handle every direct patient interaction personally. No front desk, no biller, no office manager. Just me and the automations.

The Model

The economics work because overhead disappears. The patient experience improves because I am the person they interact with directly. The clinical work is unchanged because AI does not touch clinical decisions. The pattern is repeatable, and I believe it represents a new form of small-office medical practice that other physicians can adopt.

That is what this course teaches.

Credentials

• MD, Ophthalmology
• Cataract Surgeon
• Solo Practice Owner, Denton Eye Consultants
• ModMed Ambassador
• Keragon Affiliate Partner
• Published in Doximity Op-Med, KevinMD, The White Coat Investor

Denton Eye Consultants, Denton, TX  •  conciergeophthalmologydoc@gmail.com

Dr. Fass is the author of The Autonomous Physician, creator of The Autonomous Practice Blueprint and The AI Operations Lead, and an affiliate partner of Keragon. If you sign up through his link, he receives a commission at no additional cost to you. He has no other financial interests in any company or product mentioned.

Dr. Fass is a ModMed Ambassador and receives fair-market-value compensation for occasional participation in ModMed-arranged phone calls, site visits, and conference booth appearances.

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