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2021 Excellence in Healthcare Honoree: Ronald A. Ford, MD

Dr. Ford is a board-certified hospital pediatrician with 25 years of experience. As a chief medical officer, he oversees clinical operations at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital. Dr. Ford is part of a team at Memorial Healthcare System that is working to meet the ongoing challenges of the pandemic while providing the highest quality care in the safest environment.

Favorite Quote: “Be who you are and say what you mean, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.” – Dr. Seuss

Fun Fact: I’m a pinball enthusiast and have three machines. I hope to spend time restoring classic pinball machines when I retire from medicine.

What challenges have you faced in your career, and how did you overcome them? The greatest challenge for me has been to embrace the fact that doing the right thing is often not the popular thing. Keeping focused on goals and objectives and reviewing them frequently keeps me from being derailed by the negative opinions of others.

What has been the most monumental moment of your career thus far? While it seemed somewhat pedestrian when I volunteered, spending a day administering the first Covid vaccines to my work family at Memorial Healthcare System was something I’ll never forget.

How is the healthcare industry important to you personally? Healthcare is one of the few industries that I know of that every individual will interact with in their lifetime. The ability to affect positive change within the industry is an awesome and inspiring responsibility.

How did the pandemic disrupt your specific role in the healthcare industry, and how did you adapt? Interpersonal interactions are critical for relationship building. The pandemic caused me to find alternatives means to develop and sustain these relationships.

What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever gotten? You will never go wrong doing what is right.

What do you love most about working in healthcare? Working in healthcare is science, creativity, compassion, and humility all rolled into one for the benefit of many.

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Drew Limsky

Drew Limsky

Editor-in-Chief

BIOGRAPHY

Drew Limsky joined Lifestyle Media Group in August 2020 as Editor-in-Chief of South Florida Business & Wealth. His first issue of SFBW, October 2020, heralded a reimagined structure, with new content categories and a slew of fresh visual themes. “As sort of a cross between Forbes and Robb Report, with a dash of GQ and Vogue,” Limsky says, “SFBW reflects South Florida’s increasingly sophisticated and dynamic business and cultural landscape.”

Limsky, an avid traveler, swimmer and film buff who holds a law degree and Ph.D. from New York University, likes to say, “I’m a doctor, but I can’t operate—except on your brand.” He wrote his dissertation on the nonfiction work of Joan Didion. Prior to that, Limsky received his B.A. in English, summa cum laude, from Emory University and earned his M.A. in literature at American University in connection with a Masters Scholar Award fellowship.

Limsky came to SFBW at the apex of a storied career in journalism and publishing that includes six previous lead editorial roles, including for some of the world’s best-known brands. He served as global editor-in-chief of Lexus magazine, founding editor-in-chief of custom lifestyle magazines for Cadillac and Holland America Line, and was the founding editor-in-chief of Modern Luxury Interiors South Florida. He also was the executive editor for B2B magazines for Acura and Honda Financial Services, and he served as travel editor for Conde Nast. Magazines under Limsky’s editorship have garnered more than 75 industry awards.

He has also written for many of the country’s top newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, Boston Globe, USA Today, Worth, Robb Report, Afar, Time Out New York, National Geographic Traveler, Men’s Journal, Ritz-Carlton, Elite Traveler, Florida Design, Metropolis and Architectural Digest Mexico. His other clients have included Four Seasons, Acqualina Resort & Residences, Yahoo!, American Airlines, Wynn, Douglas Elliman and Corcoran. As an adjunct assistant professor, Limsky has taught journalism, film and creative writing at the City University of New York, Pace University, American University and other colleges.