| | Philip A. Cooper, D.M.D., M.B.A.
704 East Main Street, Suite D
Moorestown, New Jersey 08057
(856) 234-3536
cooper@ameriprac.com
| | EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND | | 1982-1984 | RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, Newark, New Jersey
Graduate School of Management
Executive Management Training Program
M.B.A. | | 1972-1976 | UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia, PA
School of Dental Medicine
D.M.D. | | 1966-1970 | UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER, Rochester, NY
B.A. | | PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE | | 1985-Present | AMERICAN PRACTICE CONSULTANTS, INC.
Moorestown, New Jersey
President – A firm I founded to provide assistance to healthcare professionals in the following areas: Practice Sales, Appraisals, and Partnership Arrangements. I have worked extensively with hundreds of doctors in all types of practice transfers and have done so on a full-time basis since 1990. I am recognized as a court approved expert witness in practice valuation. In addition, I have consulted with doctors in evaluating associateship opportunities and practice start-ups. | | 1978-1990 | PRIVATE PRACTICE OF DENTISTRY
Various locations in New Jersey and Pennsylvania
Includes working in a number of small and large offices for other dentists, as well as two practices of my own. | | 1976-1978 | U.S. NAVY DENTAL CORPS
Parris Island, South Carolina
Staff Dentist | | 1970-1972 | MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY
New York, New York
Credit Analyst | | MEMBERSHIPS | American Society of Appraisers
International Business Brokers Association
Institute of Business Appraisers
Practice Valuation Study Group
American Dental Association
New Jersey Dental Association
Southern Dental Society
Rotary International | SPEAKING
ENGAGEMENTS | I have spoken to numerous groups concerning practice transfers and valuation including dental schools, dental societies, hospital staffs, dental conventions (New Jersey, New York, Liberty), residency programs and to many other doctors through seminars that my company has sponsored. | | ARTICLES | “Restrictive Covenants”, Spring 1988, Journal of the New Jersey Academy of
General Dentistry. “Common Questions When Selling A Practice”, 1990 and 1991 in various local dental and medical society journals. “Partnerships: The Key Ingredients”, November 1993, Dental Economics. “Methods of Transferring Practice Ownership”, 1994, in various local dental journals. “Update on Practice Valuation”, 1996, in various local dental journals. “Practice Transition Update”, 2003, in various local dental journals. | | BOOK | The Practice Broker’s Guide; A comprehensive manual on the transfer and valuation of dental practices. | CONTINUING
EDUCATION | I have taken numerous courses in all areas relating to the sale and valuation of professional practices, businesses in general and real estate. Sponsors include national organizations such as the American Society of Appraisers, Institute of Business Appraisers and the International Business Brokers Association. | | CERTIFICATIONS | Certified Business Intermediary as granted by the International Business Brokers Association in recognition of an individual’s knowledge, experience and training in all areas of transferring businesses. | | American Practice Consultants
704 East Main Street, Suite D, Moorestown, NJ 08057
Phone: 800-400-8550; 856-234-3536 Fax: 856-727-0277
Email: cooper@ameriprac.com | |
