How I Tripled My Private Practice with Dr. Sarolta Szabo

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Sarolta Szabo grew her dermatology practice from 3,000 to 18,000 square feet, cut her clinical days in half, and took six weeks of personal vacation last year — here's how she did it. 👉 Ready for the next step? Book a call: https://program.www.entremd.com/call In 2020, she was calling private equity firms to sell. By 2025, she had two locations, 50 staff, and her life back. In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Sarolta Szabo — dermatologist and founder of Alta Vista Dermatology in Highlands Ranch, Colorado — for a conversation that covers the full arc: opening her practice from scratch in 2010, grinding through 10 years of trial and error, hitting a wall, and then making a decision that changed everything. Dr. Szabo gets honest about what nearly drove her to sell — the burnout, the loneliness of the CEO role, working nights after the kids were in bed, and building without a roadmap. She talks through how she made the transition from working in the business to leading it, how she navigated growing with a spouse who wasn't initially on board with coaching, and how she rebuilt after losing five providers in a single year. She also shares what she believes about the role of community, accountability, and coaching at every level of growth — and why she thinks you either have a coach or a therapist, because doing this alone has a ceiling. This is the kind of episode that makes you want to go back and listen again. Tune in and get inspired! Timestamps: 00:00 Teaser clip 01:30 Introduction — why Dr. Una is excited about this guest 02:35 Dr. Szabo's background and how she started her practice in 2010 05:15 10 years of trial and error — what growth looked like before EBS 06:50 Hitting a wall in 2020 and calling a private equity firm 08:25 Finding EntreMD and deciding not to sell 09:50 Joining EntreMD Business School on her 50th birthday 12:40 The community and why it changed everything 13:50 Private equity vs. private practice — what her life would look like 17:00 Her true entrepreneur mindset and her father's influence 19:15 What the practice looks like today: 2 locations, 18,000 sq ft, 50 staff 22:00 Working two and a half clinical days a week and six weeks of vacation 23:35 How growth affected revenue and profit 29:00 Transitioning from clinician to CEO — grieving the patient relationships 33:30 Continuing to market through every stage of growth 35:55 Losing five providers in 2024 and rebuilding in 2025 38:30 Navigating a spouse who wasn't on board with coaching 42:30 Strategy for bringing a resistant spouse along gradually 45:30 Show don't tell — how results do the convincing 48:35 Who you become in the process of building 50:50 The business is a tool — what that really means 55:15 Private practice is not dead — encouragement for the discouraged doctor 56:35 Start small: CEO time, part-time hires, find your community 01:00:00 The importance of tracking small wins every day 01:02:35 Where to find Dr. Szabo and Alta Vista Dermatology Additional Resources: Connect with Dr. Sarolta Szabo Website: altavistaderm.com Instagram (Practice): @altavistaderm Instagram (Personal): @drsaboderm Facebook: Alta Vista Dermatology YouTube: Alta Vista Dermatology 📩 Subscribe to the EntreMD Newsletter: https://www.entremd.com/newsletter 🎙️ EntreMD Podcast: https://www.entremd.com/blog 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/entremd &n Additional Resources: <