There are 4 physician-owned plastic & reconstructive surg practices in South Dakota, vetted against the NPPES NPI Registry. Hospital-employed, government, and academic positions are excluded.
Most PGY-Final-Year physicians sign their first plastic & reconstructive surg contract in South Dakota without knowing what else is out there. This directory shows the 6 groups they were never told about.
For 15 years the path was visible. Pre-clinical, clinical, sub-I, Match, intern year, residency, fellowship. Every transition had a name and a date.
A hospital recruiter's quiet superpower is that you do not know what else is around. They are counting on you not knowing. This directory takes that superpower away. The Real Contract course walks you through every clause that matters.
Hospital-employed, government-operated, and academic positions are excluded. These are not independent private practices:
Hospital systems
Rapid City, SD
Dr. Snyder is a double-board certified plastic surgeon with special interests in breast reconstruction, breast enhancement and body contouring.
3615 5th St #101, Rapid City, SD 57701
Rapid City, SD
Olga Schuth, M.D. is a plastic surgeon at Monument Health Plastic Surgery in Rapid City. She grew up in Kostroma, Russia before moving to North Carolina with her family. Dr. Schuth completed her undergraduate degree at University of North Carolina in Wilmington then attended Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University for her medical degree. She went on to complete her Integrated Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Residency at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center and a Hand and
4150 5th St, Rapid City, SD 57701
Rapid City, SD
Eyelid, Eyebrow, Face, Orbit, Lacrimal Surgery
2800 3rd St, Rapid City, SD 57701
Sioux Falls, SD
Practicing plastic & reconstructive surg in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Dr. Thomas Howard offers care through an owner-operated medical office. The practice also provides reconstructive and cosmetic surgery. Visit the practice website or call to discuss potential openings.
6301 S Minnesota Ave Unit 100, Sioux Falls, SD 57108
Then PGY-Final arrives. Suddenly there is no syllabus, no advisor telling you which clause to push back on, no upperclassman who has done this before. There is only a contract and a clock.
What this directory does is hand you the page you were missing. Every physician-owned plastic & reconstructive surg group in South Dakota, in one place, so the first contract you sign is not the only contract you ever saw.
There are 6 plastic & reconstructive surg practices in South Dakota on this page, and every single one is physician-owned. I built the list from the NPPES NPI Registry, then layered on business data from DataForSEO for practice websites, phone numbers, and descriptions. Hospital-system practices, government clinics, academic positions, and corporate-acquired groups didn't make the cut. The listings cover 2 cities across South Dakota.
The reason this matters is that job boards don't distinguish between an independent plastic & reconstructive surg practice and a corporate medical group. They list them side by side, identical formatting, identical apply buttons. But the compensation model, the call schedule, the equity path, and the long-term upside are completely different depending on who owns the practice. This page separates the two. You can work through the list, contact practices directly, and skip the recruiter entirely.
South Dakota's physician-owned plastic & reconstructive surg directory lists 4 practice locations across 2 cities.
Three steps. Skip any one of them and you are back to signing the first thing handed to you.
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Daniel Aragón, MD, MBAThere are 4 physician-owned plastic & reconstructive surg private practices in South Dakota, verified against the NPPES NPI Registry. All are independently operated. Hospital-employed, government, corporate, and academic positions are excluded.
A physician-owned practice is one where licensed physicians hold controlling ownership of the business entity. This is distinct from hospital employment, corporate medical groups, or private equity-backed practices where non-physician entities control the business.
The Corporate-Acquired flag means the practice was historically physician-owned but has since been acquired by a corporate entity such as Optum. The MSO-Affiliated flag means the practice uses a Management Services Organization for billing and administration while physicians retain practice-level ownership.
South Dakota has 5 physician-owned plastic & reconstructive surg practices in this directory, including Plastic Surgery Associates of South Dakota, Ltd. (Sioux Falls), Sioux Falls Center for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Sioux Falls), and The Body Garage Plastic Surgery & M...
NPPES is the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System, a federal database maintained by CMS. Every practice in this directory has an active NPI record in NPPES, confirming it is a registered U.S. medical practice.
It depends on the procedures and state regulations. In South Dakota, in-office surgical suites performing procedures under general anesthesia or deep sedation typically require state licensure as an office-based surgical facility. Procedures under local anesthesia only (with or without oral sedation) may have lighter oversight requirements. CMS certification is required only if the facility bills Medicare, cash-pay cosmetic practices may not need Medicare certification. Confirm South Dakota-specific office-based surgery facility requirements with a healthcare attorney before opening a surgical suite.
| Physician-Owned | Hospital-Employed | Corporate / PE-Backed | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who controls the practice | Physicians | Health system | Non-physician entity |
| Non-compete scope | Narrower, negotiable | Broad | Very broad |
| Partnership / buy-in path | Common | Rare | Rare |
| Call schedule flexibility | Higher | Variable | Lower |
| Productivity bonus upside | High | Moderate | Moderate |
| Included in this directory | Yes | No | Flagged |
This directory is maintained by Daniel Aragón, MD, MBA, a physician who just walked this path. All listings are pulled from the NPPES NPI Registry (CMS.gov), the federal database of all U.S. medical providers. Hospital-employed, corporate, and government-operated positions are excluded. Last updated: .
Daniel Aragón, MD, MBA. A physician who just walked this path.
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