Alejandro Badia

About Alejandro Badia

Alejandro Badia, MD, FACS is a hand and upper extremity surgeon expert who was educated in Physiology at Cornell University and obtained his medical degree at NYU. He trained in NYC, undertook a hand fellowship at Alleghany General Hospital in Pittsburgh, and followed that with an AO trauma fellowship in Freiburg,Germany.He was formerly a Chief of Hand Surgery at Baptist Hospital in Miami and remains a member of the ASSH, AAHS, AAOS as well as honorary member of many foreign hand surgery societies. He leads an active international hand fellowship, serves on the editorial board of two hand journals, and organizes a yearly Miami meeting for surgeons/therapists that is devoted to upper limb arthroscopy and arthroplasty. In 2008, he completed the Badia Hand to Shoulder Center, a fully integrated clinical facility for the upper limb encompassing digital radiography, MRI extremity imaging, Integra rehabilitation facility, OrthoNow walk in medical center and the Surgery Center at Doral.The multitude of challenges faced in our troubled healthcare system to disrupt HOW MSK care is delivered led to the writing of the book,#HealthcarefromtheTrenches which resulted in a podcast,\"Fixing Healthcare.from the Trenches. The struggle is ongoing and any help appreciated with fixing 20% of the US economy. He can be easily reached via a patient education portal and website for hand surgeon academic exchange, or via (305) 227-HAND at the Badia Hand to ShoulderCenter.Created world class center for upper limb surgery including surgery center and therapy unit. Goal is to provide tertiary care to patients from all western hemisphere, particularly countries with less hand surgery accessibilityTake an Office Tour on YouTube- Plastic, Reconstructive, Orthopedic, Hand Surgeons, Surgery, Tennis Elbow, Thoracic Outlet, Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, Trigger Finger, Dupuytren\'s contracture, Congenital defects, Traumatic injuries of the hand & upper extremity, Upper extremities Fractures, Nerve & blood vessel, lacerations, Congenital deformities, Trigger finger, Complex microsurgical repair, Ganglion cysts, Complex arm, hand & finger reconstruction resulting from trauma, Joint replacement, Wrist,elbow & shoulder,arthroscopy.

Experience

1. Chief Medical Officer

   OrthoNOW immediate Orthopedic Care

   Apr 2018 — Present · US

   NOW transitioning to exclusively Chief Medical Officer role as Nick Mendez has assumed the role of CEO. This allows me, as a clinician, to focus on streamlining clinical protocols and engaging with other OrthoNOW medical directors/ supervising physicians and mid-level clinicians in optimizing initial orthopedic and injury care.

Education

• New York university school of medicine

  MD, medicine

  1985 — 1989

• Cornell University

  A.B., Animal Physiology

  1981 — 1985

Skills

• Arthroplasty
• Healthcare Consulting
• Orthopedic
• Medicine
• Upper Extremity
• Medical Devices
• Clinical Research
• Pediatrics
• Arm
• Therapists
• Plastics
• Healthcare Industry
• Healthcare
• Tennis Elbow
• Patient Education
• Training
• Clinical Trials
• Plastic Surgery
• Hand Surgery
• Rehabilitation
• Injury
• Non-Profits
• Wound Care
• Reconstructive Surgery
• Joint Replacement
• Public Health
• Fitness
• Medical Research
• Sports Injuries
• Emergency Medicine
• Sports Medicine
• Emr
• Research
• Healthcare Information Technology
• Managed Care
• Wrist
• Treatment
• Elbow
• Board Certified
• Musculoskeletal