David J. Shuffler
Director of Client Services
The Practice Valuation Group, LLC
2501 Town Mountain Road
Asheville, NC 28804
voice:  877.833.3738  cell:  201.819.0087 fax:  828.252.8372
dshuffler@practicevaluationgroup.com

David J. Shuffler is the CEO & Director of Client Services for The Practice Valuation Group, LLC, a valuation specialist offering doctors and their advisors a broad range of valuation products and services which will enable them to respond to strategic questions associated with matters such as Buying or Selling a Practice, Estate Planning, Group Practice Formation, Equitable Distribution, Loan Acquisition, Practice Start Up, Exit Strategy, Income Division, Merger or Litigation Support. 

Mr. Shuffler is an expert in practice appraisal, medical practice finance and business management.  He has appraised over 800 doctor practices and has been court appointed to perform practice appraisals and offer expert witness testimony in New Jersey, Alaska, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.  He adheres to the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice and Principals of Appraisal Practice and Code of Ethics of the American Society of Appraisers.

Prior to establishing The Practice Valuation Group, LLC, Mr. Shuffler was the Director of Client Services and founder of 7/49 Solutions, LLC.  He also started The Paragon Group, Inc., a practice broker and appraiser, Physicians Business Advisors, LLC, a valuation consultant and set up the medical practice finance group at Midlantic Bank and National Westminster Bank, NJ where he developed credit criteria for extending loans to doctors and underwrote over $175 million in loans. 

Mr. Shuffler developed a basket of consulting services for the NJVMA Member Benefit Program and was CFO and Chief Operations Officer of Rockland Veterinary, a three site, $3.6 million small animal hospital system.  He is currently a member of the Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College Technology Commercialization Center Mentor Program. 

He wrote curriculum and presented seminars for professional societies such Medical Society of New Jersey, New Jersey Association of Certified Public Accountants, New Jersey Veterinary Medical Society, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, American Society of Appraisers Chapter #73 and the Family Law Section: Inns of Court Program.  He presented his workshop “The Partnership Track” at the Atlantic Coast Veterinary Conference and spoke to the Society of Medical and Dental Management Consultants on “Setting the Right Price for Your Practice.”

His articles on practice appraisal and business management have appeared in Medical Economics, New Jersey Lawyer and Journal of the New Jersey Dental Association. His "Practice Hotline" column appeared in the Bergen County Medical Society Medical Report.  Mr. Shuffler also authored "The Beginning Physician's Guide for Financing a Practice" and "The Banker's Guide to the Doctor Market: Principles of Medical Risk Analysis."

Mr. Shuffler received a Bachelor of Science in Economics with a concentration in marketing and finance from the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, University of Pennsylvania.

 

GUEST SPEAKER:

Medical Society of New Jersey Mountainside Hospital Medical Center
University of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ Englewood Hospital & Medical Center
New Jersey Hospital Association Bergen County Medical Society
Palmer College of Chiropractic Bronx County Medical Society
St. Joseph’s Hospital & Medical Center  Jersey City Medical Center
New York Chiropractic College St. Barnabas Medical Center
St. Mary’s Medical Center    Passaic County Medical Society
N.J. Assn. of Certified Public Accountants Middlesex County Medical Society 
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Union County Dental Society
Westchester County Medical Society  Association of Trial Lawyers of America NJ Chapter
American Chiropractic Association Bergen County Bar Association
American Society of Appraisers Chapter #73 Family Law, Inns of Court Program
Hackensack University Medical Center  America Outdoors
NJSCPA Education Foundation Community Medical Center Foundation
South Ocean County Hospital Foundation Society of Medical and Dental Consultants
NJSCPA Healthcare Conference N.J. Veterinary Medical Association
Atlantic Coast Veterinary Conference

PUBLICATIONS:

Journal of the American Chiropractic Association
     “How to Turn a Successful Associateship into a Successful Partnership”

Chiropractic Showcase Magazine
     “The Partnership Track” 
     “What is Your Associate’s Worker Status?” 
     “Group Practice: A Strategic Response to a Changing Health-Care Environment”

Chiropractic Economics
     “The New-Doctor’s Associate Employment Agreement”

InPractice
     “Let’s Make a Deal!” (All You Should Know About Buying & Selling a Practice)

Medical Economics
     “Setting the Right Price for Your Practice” Quoted extensively.
     “Do You Need a Broker to Help Sell Your Practice?” Quoted extensively.

The Medical Report
     “The Practice Hotline” - A Quarterly Q & A Column for the Bergen County Medical Society.

News and Notes
     “The Practice Hotline” - A Quarterly Q & A Column for the Passaic County Medical Society.

New Jersey Lawyer
     “How ‘Premise of Value’ Impacts Health-Care Practice Valuation”

Optometric Economics
      “Seeking the Substance of Practice Valuation” 

Podiatry Management
      “Buying and Selling a Practice”

Journal of the New Jersey Dental Association
      “Let’s Make a Deal: A Dentist’s Guide to Buying and Selling A Practice”
      “Mergers and Groups without Walls: The Salvation of Private Practice”
      “The Practice Hotline” - A Quarterly Q & A Column.