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BUSINESSDoctor shows how to make "reel" moneyA physician brings a little Hollywood to Kansas with a movie rental store.By Tyler Chin, AMNews staff. Oct. 2, 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: Teresa A. Reynolds, MD. Specialty: Rheumatology. Location: Wichita, Kan. Business: Movies! The store rents movies and video games. Annual revenue: The business, which opened in February, projects sales of $50,000 in its first year. Why she started the business: Dr. Reynolds, who works at the 150-doctor Wichita Clinic, and her husband, Marshall Matthews, a police officer, were seeking to supplement their incomes. "Actually, it was my husband's idea," Dr. Reynolds said. "He has a friend ... who has video stores in Missouri and had been thinking about doing this for three years." [...]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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