Today we’d like to introduce you to Starner Jones, MD.
Hi Starner, thanks for joining us today. We’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
I am board-certified in emergency and addiction medicine and graduated from Emergency Medicine Residency at The University of Mississippi Medical Center and Addiction Medicine Fellowship in the Department of Psychiatry at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
I have treated more than 80,000 patients and detoxed more than 1,000 during my career.
Patients and family members often ask why I left a thriving career in Emergency Medicine to pursue Addiction Medicine.
The answer is simple.
I met my father when I was 28 years old. It was the coldest day of the year in January 2006. He was living in a shack in Mississippi that did not have running water or electricity. He was huddled next to a propane heater to stay warm. My father lost everything because of alcohol addiction. He had 11 DUIs in seven years. The chief of police in his hometown of 2,500 people called my brother and said, “Your father is not well. He needs to be committed to the state hospital.” My brother said, “Do it.” My father was committed to the state hospital, detoxed by a doctor who saved his life, and never used alcohol again. We had a good relationship after that, as good as it could be given the circumstances.
After seeing the life-changing effect of sobriety in my father’s life, I decided to pursue a fellowship in
Addiction Medicine after working as an ER doctor for more than 10 years. Today, I own two addiction medicine and behavioral health practices headquartered in Nashville. We connect with patients on a personal level and operate with a ‘Mom and Pop’ company culture where we treat people the way we want to be treated.
I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
The most important lesson I learned after starting two businesses is that not everyone is for you.
Believe it or not, some people (not just competitors) want nothing more than to see you and your business fail. As a business owner, you must surround yourself with capable people who are genuinely interested in helping you grow your business.
Emotion is the enemy of common sense. Successful business owners assess difficult situations objectively.
It is easy for emotions to influence business decisions. That is a recipe for disaster. Business decisions must be made without emotional influences. This is especially true for decisions related to staffing.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your business?
Nashville Addiction Recovery is a concierge acute medical detox and crisis intervention practice headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.
Belle Meade AMP is a concierge addiction medicine and psychiatry practice, also headquartered in Nashville.
We treat a wide range of addictions and are primarily known for offering concierge medical detox services in private homes, luxury hotel suites or in our office located in Belle Meade.
We are different from other practices in three ways.
First, we detox patients in their homes, luxury hotel suites, or in our office.
Second, we treat addiction as a disease rather than a moral failing.
And third, we teach patients to be dogmatic about sobriety and wear it like a badge of honor.
Corporate medicine tends to treat patients with addiction as a nuisance. We’re different. We don’t judge people. We treat each patient with respect and approach addiction as a legitimate disease.
Are there any important lessons you’ve learned that you can share with us?
1. Small minds are conquered by hardships. Strong minds overcome them.
2. It’s hard to sore like an eagle when you’re surrounded by a committee of buzzards.
Pricing:
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Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.nashvilleaddictionrecovery.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nashvilleaddictionrecovery/
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGI_BU7tOpk
