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.