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2021 Excellence in Healthcare Honoree: Shino Bay Aguilera

Board-certified with a Fellowship in Dermatology from the American College of Osteopathic Dermatology, Dr. Aguilera has over 20 years of advanced training in lasers and aesthetics. He is a published author, clinical researcher, international Key Opinion Leader, and trainer. NOVA University, Assistant Professor of Dermatology and four other universities. He was the keynote speaker on the newest laser advances and cosmetic techniques. He participates in FDA clinical trial studies for a leading global laser manufacturer and skincare company.

Favorite Quote: If you have the opportunity to be right or being kind, always chose to be kind.

Fun Fact: I was named after a horse. I want to be a bartender and work on a tiki bar after I retired from dermatology.

What challenges have you faced in your career, and how did you overcome them? I had to work throughout all of my education, and this made my days long and arduous. Trying to study and keep a job was at times a tricky task. However, I learn how to overcome feeling tired and fatigued. Every time I felt exhausted, I will recite what my grandmother used to tell me when I complain of being tired: “You are going to get plenty of rest when you died.” So, I get up and continue to plow through.

What has been the most monumental moment of your career thus far? I have a voice in the aesthetic industry worldwide. I am a key opinion leader in the aesthetic world and I use this opportunity to educate physicians, extenders and the public about best practices in aesthetics in order to elevate our industry and make sure that procedures are done safely and that the outcomes are also natural and beautiful.

How is the healthcare industry important to you personally? For me, it is very important that patients have a healthy dose of self-love and self-acceptance. Being a Cosmetic dermatologist allows me to help many people physically and emotionally so they can align themselves in mind, body, and spirit.

How did the pandemic disrupt your specific role in the healthcare industry, and how did you adapt? No everyone got infected with Covid, but all of us got affected. I was considered a non-essential worker because I do cosmetics. But time after time again, it has been shown that aesthetic procedures in a pandemic is a recession-proof type of business because feeling and looking attractive is ingrained in our primitive brain. As early man, living in the wild, being left alone meant death from predators and invaders. We are communal beings in our ancient nature, and our primary purpose for existence is procreation. Therefore we need to feel we are able to attract a mate and be attractive to a group. Attractiveness is very closely associated with survival as individuals and as a species. Therefore, we were fortunate enough to survive the pandemic. It did affect us in many ways, but at least we are staying afloat.

What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever gotten? “Never be number one at anything, always be number two.”

What do you love most about working in healthcare? I can help people physically and emotionally.

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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.