Kevin Palamara has spent his entire 24-year career at one firm, a rarity in investment banking, and it shows. As a Managing Director at Provident Healthcare Partners, Kevin has been on the front lines of the private equitization of American healthcare, from fax-machine deal rooms in 2002 to today’s fiercely competitive physician practice markets. In this conversation, Ryan and Kevin unpack the sectors moving fastest right now (oncology, urology, retina), the difference between referral-driven and consumer-facing healthcare businesses and why selecting the wrong private equity partner in a physician deal can be catastrophic for patients and providers alike. Listeners will walk away with a clearer picture of what a specialty investment bank actually does, and why the compounding wisdom of a 25-year healthcare banker is something no AI search can replicate.
