Alejandro Badia, MD, FACS is an internationally renowned hand and upper extremity surgeon at Badia Hand to Shoulder Center in Doral, Florida. Dr. Badia graduated from Cornell University and completed his medical degree at NYU. He served as the worldwide president of ISSPORTH and co-founded the globally recognized Miami Anatomical Research and Training Center (M.A.R.C.) and The Surgery Center at Doral, an elite state-of-the-art ambulatory surgery center. After years of a successful medical career and a prestigious speaking legacy, he saw a need for specialized orthopedic urgent care centers to efficiently assess and treat a range of orthopedic and sports injuries and founded OrthoNOW®, the only network of orthopedic urgent care centers in the country. Each OrthoNOW® has a team of orthopedic specialists on staff that treat broken bones, sprains, torn ligaments and muscles, cuts, sports and workers compensation injuries. Dr. Badia, a two-time South Florida Business Journal Top 100 Power Leaders in Healthcare and a Top 100 Under 50 Diverse Executive Leader by Diversity MBA Magazine, has also been honored with Legacy Awards from Today’s Work Comp Professionals and The Doral Business Council. OrthoNOW® was named a “Top Ten Franchise Opportunity” in healthcare by Entrepreneur Magazine and featured in the following media: Franchise Times, Orthopedics This Week, South Florida Business Journal, Franchise USA Magazine and The Miami Herald.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Elon Musk – the founder of SpaceX; co-founder of Tesla Motors; co-founder SolarCity; co-chairman of OpenAI; co-founder of Zip2; and founder of X.com which merged with PayPal of Confinity
When business started difficulties overcame:
“What’s key is to listen and learn from others, even in regular health care delivery bill being a physician in the US if you don’t have some business sense at least or have some marketing savvy it is very difficult with today’s insurance climate to make it”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
How to Win Friends and Influence People Book by Dale CarnegieMaking of a Surgeon Book by William A. Nolen
Favourite Quote:
“Quitters never win and winners never quit”
Recommended Online Resources:
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Maintain perspective, while you have to look at the day to day you need to keep an eye on the horizon and realise that there is going to be a lot of bumps in the road and the only way to succeed is to roll with those punches”…[Listen for More]
More About Alejandro Badia:
OrthoNOW Orthopedic Urgent Care Franchise
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“We are Surrounded by Paradoxes and Questions!” Deyth Banger
Other Quotes From the Chat with Alejandro Badia:
- “The key thing is to surround yourself with people who know that expertise”
- “Are entrepreneurs born or made”
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