Neil H. Baum, MD, Author at Grand Rounds in Urology

Neil H. Baum, MD

Tulane University School of Medicine

New Orleans, Louisiana

Neil H. Baum, MD, is a Clinical Professor of Urology at Tulane Medical School in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Baum also serves as the Medical Advisor to Vanguard Communications Group. His areas of expertise are practice management, ethical marketing for medical professionals, social media, telemedicine, and enhancing practice productivity.

Dr. Baum completed his pre-med education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Madison, Wisconsin. He earned his medical degree from Ohio State University in Columbus.

Dr. Baum is the author of 18 books, including Marketing Your Clinical Practice – Ethically, Effectively, and Economically, now in its 4th edition, and “The Complete Business Guide to a Successful Medical Practice. Dr. Baum was a columnist for American Medical News for more than 25 years. Dr. Baum also wrote the popular column, “The Bottom Line,” for Urology Times for more than 20 years. He is a requested speaker each year for the Practice Management Seminar held by the American Urological Association (AUA), where he discusses techniques to make urology practices more efficient and more productive. He has written more than nine books on practice management and over 250 peer-reviewed articles on various urologic topics.

Talks by Neil H. Baum, MD

Interviews with Icons – Urology Education and the Future of PCa Screening, Detection, and Management

Neil H. Baum, MD | Feb 2023

Neil H. Baum, MD, and E. David Crawford, MD, discuss the educational mission of GRU, as well as prostate cancer screening, detection, and treatment.

Enhancing Your Productivity Using Disposable Cystoscopes

Neil H. Baum, MD | Nov 2022

In this 7-minute video, Grand Rounds in Urology Contributing Editor Neil H. Baum, MD, Professor of Urology at Tulane Medical School, discusses the use of disposable cystoscopes to improve physician productivity and efficiency without additional overhead or compromising patient care.

Managing Chronically Late Patients

Neil H. Baum, MD | Oct 2022

Grand Rounds in Urology Contributing Editor Neil H. Baum, MD, Professor of Urology at Tulane Medical School, offers advice on managing chronically late patients. As most physicians know, late patients create significant scheduling challenges, decrease staff efficiency, and increase stress levels. Dr. Baum suggests creating a written policy addressing chronic lateness that explains the cascading problems for doctors and staff when patients fail to arrive on time, and requesting patients arrive early to complete necessary paperwork or pay for their visit. He also advises seeing chronically late patients at the end of the day or rescheduling them which will serve to reinforce the message. Of course, it is valuable to understand reasons for occasional lateness like older patients who may be dependent on a family member for transportation. Dr. Baum underscores the importance of being an on-time physician if asking the same of patients. Inevitably schedule delays happen. If you’re running late, send a staff person out to the waiting room to explain and give patients an option to reschedule. Contrary to popular belief, charging patients for lateness is ineffective and the fees are hard to collect. Likewise, overbooking patients in an effort to fit them around late arrivals is more likely to create additional delays for physicians and staff.

Ernest Shackleton and Urologic Practices

Neil H. Baum, MD | Sep 2022

Grand Rounds in Urology Contributing Editor Neil H. Baum, MD, Professor of Urology at Tulane Medical School, offers advice to urologic clinicians on leading during uncertain times. Through the lens of adventurer Ernest Shackelton, Dr. Baum illustrates how providing excellent patient care involves responding to new information, maintaining morale, and leading by example.

Generating Patient Referrals

Neil H. Baum, MD | Aug 2022

Grand Rounds in Urology Contributing Editor Neil H. Baum, MD, Professor of Urology at Tulane Medical School, provides thoughtful advice for generating patient referrals from physicians and non-physicians. He encourages physicians to personally meet all referring physicians, share up-to-date practice information, and offer value-adds such as providing a brief written summary to a medical question.