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Doctor swaps medicine for roboticsA Pennsylvania physician decides that manufacturing material-handling robots is the best business fit for him.By Katherine Vogt, AMNews staff. April 3, 2006. 
Making sidelines pay
Doctors who branched out beyond running their practice tell why they did it, how they did it, and what you should know before you do it. Contribute Name: Scott Friedman, MD Specialty: Family medicine Location: Pittsburgh Business: Seegrid Corp., which makes material-handling robots for moving pallets and boxes around warehouses and manufacturing facilities. Annual revenue: The company is privately held and therefore does not disclose its earnings. Why he started the business: "I had started a medical software company while I was in my medical training, and I grew that company then sold it to MedQuist. ... I thought I was getting into another software company with this, but it's a little different. [...]Business Pitch profiles are quick glimpses into the lives of physicians who are turning their interests outside of medicine into profitable enterprises.
Full text of AMNews content, including more about how this physician got into this business and what it's like balancing it with a medical practice, is available to AMA members and paid subscribers.
Copyright 2006 American Medical Association. All rights reserved.
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