Performing Shoulder Surgery while Listening to Old Julio Iglesias Ballads

Meet the 2020 Power Leaders in Health Care

When asked by the South Florida Business Journal, “what’s your zone?,” Dr. Alejandro Badia responded:

My zone is performing shoulder surgery while listening to old Julio Iglesias ballads.”

Other responses:

• Birthplace: Havana
• Education: A.B., physiology, Cornell University; M.D., NYU School of Medicine
• First car: A green Isuzu Opel
• Childhood hero: Mark Spitz
• Health care innovator I’d like to have drinks with: Dr. William Halsted, an early champion of anesthetics
• Favorite smartphone app: Waze
• Favorite TV network: BBC for British comedy
• Three people I’d invite to dinner: Leonardo da Vinci, Linus Pauling and Robin Williams
• Bucket list: Climbing Kilimanjaro

Alejandro Badia, M.D., is an internationally renowned hand and upper-limb surgeon and founder of Badia Hand to Shoulder Center and OrthoNOW®, a network of immediate orthopedic care centers. Dr. Badia is the author of Healthcare from the Trenches.