Share Medical Space – Find or Share Medical Office Space Online…

I recently came across ShareMedicalSpace.com, which is apparently the only website exclusively focused on matching doctors with medical office space to share with colleagues who are seeking medical space on a part-time basis. BD

In today’s challenging economic environment (especially for doctors, with falling reimbursement rates and rising expenses), ShareMedicalSpace.com is definitely a resource worth checking out. If you are a recent medical school graduate or a doctor who only wants to work part-time, and are not ready to invest tens of thousands of dollars in new medical space, equipment and staff, you can search for the “perfect” medical space on the website.

Alternatively, if you a doctor with an established practice, but don’t use your offices every day of the week (perhaps because you are working at a satellite office or a hospital), you can recoup part of your operating expenses by listing your medical space on the site. As the founder of the website, Dr. Ari Weitzner (a practicing ophthalmologist in Brooklyn, New York) observes, “it’s insane to leave medical office space sitting empty and unused when it could be earning thousands of dollars a month for the owner of the practice.” Indeed, Dr. Weitzner’s own frustrating experience looking for another doctor to share his space is what led him to create ShareMedicalSpace.com.

For now, there is no cost to list your space on the site. So check it out while the service is still free (Dr. Weitzner expects to start charging for basic and premium listings after the summer).