Alejandro Badia, MD, FACS, is a hand and upper extremity orthopaedic surgeon at Badia Hand to Shoulder Center in Miami, Florida and previously served as Chief of Hand Surgery at Baptist Hospital of Miami. He studied physiology at Cornell University and obtained his medical degree at New York University, where he also trained in orthopedics. He is the founder of OrthoNOW®, a network of orthopedic walk in care centers, the Miami Anatomical Research Center (MARC Institute) and the author of health care from the Trenches, an Amazon best-seller.  For more information on Dr. Badia, visit DrBadia.com, Orthonowcare.com, and DoralDOC.com and DrBadiaBook.com.