Our next guest is proud of his vision and practice coming to fruition with patient centered
care, it has earned him a well deserved reputation.
That's right we're happy to welcome Dr. Madan Kandula back to the yellow couch with the
newest member of the ADVENT team Dr. Ethan Handler.
Thanks for being here you guys.
Thanks for having us.
Yeah patient centered care that's really kind of the cornerstone of what you wanted ADVENT
to be about since the moment you conceived it.
Yeah absolutely.
I mean the cornerstone is compassion so it always goes back down to that and really at
the end of the day it's really what happens in that exam room and people can feel whether
somebody's genuine or somebody's fake and yet we don't fake it and but then you know
on the back end of that you have to deliver results.
So it's really that back and forth that yin and yang between really feeling and empathizing
with what somebody's going through and really trying to help them out.
It's been twelve years now I think that ADVENT has been around now multi location, multi
specialty serving patients with a variety of conditions and I wonder you know for people
who may be seen you talk about different areas of your practice how do you explain the areas
that you specialize in?
So we are an ENT practice so ear nose and throat we do treat all conditions in those
areas.
Our sort of areas of focus are nose and sinus issues so breathing issues through he nose,
snoring sleep apnea issues, hearing, that's a big center of ours.
Our newest center is a cosmetic surgery center.
Dr.handler who's here is going to be helping to push that along but really three areas
that we're known for one area that we're going to be known for very soon.
That's great we're going to talk about that in just a second.
One of the things that I think is a testament to what you do is that many patients have
referred others to you why do you think what you do resonates so well with people that
tell everyone else?
Yeah it's hard to say I mean you'd have to ask them t really know for sure but I think
I guess at the end of the day it's really what I said it's what you feel and it's what
how it's delivered so you go anywhere you do anything you go to a restaurant you know
when sort of things are the way they ought to be you know when things are not so much
and so you know I guess I'd say I feel like we you know stand behind what we believe in.
There's a lot of what seems like takeovers by big medical groups that takeover a practice
and while you've added a new member and you're excited to be offering different services
it seems like you're sort of still sort of not becoming part of that big box medical
mentality.
And there's nothing inherently wrong with it but that's not our vision.
Our vision is razor focused on the areas we treat.
Razor focused on our patients and really trying to bring the best of what's out there to them
and so you know bigger isn't better that's sort of my go to point.
Focused is better.
Focused always is what you want if you've got an issue you want it you want the best
options for those issues period and it doesn't really matter what the name on the door is
you know you really want that individual care.
And now you decided you wanted to grow a little bit so that's where Dr. Ethan cam in.
Yep exactly.
So talk a little bit about what you're going to be doing or you can tell us too what you'll
be doing with ADVENT.
Sure so you know I came here from California and my main role is going to be helping Dr.
Kandula kind of grow what he's doing as a base and then also bringing my cosmetics background
which I did a fellowship in cosmetic surgery and got board certified in that and try and
build that arm of the practice and be able to offer that to patients.
That's wonderful you're from California but you've got some Wisconsin roots cause you
went to medical school here so you know a little bit about Milwaukee and the change
of seasons that we have and I think that people in the Midwest tend to be very friendly but
his board certification and his background is very important to you.
Yeah absolutely.
And having someone new added to your practice.
Yeah but at the end of the day all the titles are great it's really what's behind that so
he's a great person, great doctor.
He pretty much is able to do what I do and then some.
So h's able to do that cosmetic surgery focus you know really dealing with the inside of
the face and also with the outside of the face.
That's a different focus then what we've had in the past.
But it's certainly something within our specialty that we can bring and really helps I mean
there's a lot of folks who have issues on a lot of different fronts and the more that
we're able to do the more we're able to help them.
I like that.
The inside of the face and now the outside of the face.
But California is known for a lot of medical advances that's one of the things especially
in cosmetics so what drew you to ADVENT and coming back here to Wisconsin?
I mean really it's the man sitting next to me and kind of his vision for the practice
and honestly there's not anything we don't offer at ADVENT that we you know was in California
that serially only being kept there so.
I really wish you know that there were secrets that were all going to come out.
Yeah you know we're doing it all here and he's been kind of a pioneer in what we can
offer patients here in Milwaukee and Wisconsin in general and surrounding states so I'm excited
to be a part of that.
And leading the way has always been important to you even when I think about some of the
things you've done you're often the first in the state we talked about pioneer pioneering
things first in the state to do different procedures that are in office that are less
invasive with quicker recovery less down time all those things.
As you look toward the future as that growth and diversification important to you?
Yeah absolutely I mean that's the other thing I mean when we started this we had no idea
where we were going definitively and that's the brilliant thing about what's going to
be happening five ten fifteen years from now.
There's been a huge demand for what we're doing and that's great and I hope to be doing
it better and differently in another year or two three four five and on down the road
and so that's the neat thing with being independent with being able to be focused on what we're
doing is the sky is the limit there aren't any boxes that we live in there aren't any
conditions that we can't come after with you know full force and I'm happy to bring them
the challenge on.
Yeah growth is fantastic.
Great to see you.
Great to meet you.
You have two offices we want to mention two locations and Dr. Handler is he at the the
Mequon office.
The Wauwatosa office.
The Wauwatosa office okay.
So here's where you can find the two locations for ADVENT.
It's advent.md to find out more you can also see them at their North Mayfair Road office
which is in Wauwatosa.
The phone number is 414-771-6780.
There's also an ADVENT on North Port Washington Road in Mequon.
Thanks again you guys.
Thank you.
Thanks for being here.
Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you as well.