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2024 Prestigious Women Awards Honoree: Dr. Essie Yates

Meet Dr. Essie Yates, Medical Director of Yates Institute of Plastic Surgery

Dr. Essie Yates is a renowned plastic surgeon specializing in mommy makeovers, cosmetic and reconstructive breast surgery, abdominoplasty, facelift, and blepharoplasty procedures. Born in Liverpool, Essie is a British national and completed her plastic surgery training at the prestigious University of Chicago Medical Center. Dr. Yates is a consultant for Mentor, the leading global brand in breast aesthetics, and Alastin, the fastest-growing skincare brand dispensed by physicians worldwide. She is the Medical Director of the Yates Institute of Plastic Surgery. This nationally recognized clinic provides women with natural and discreet surgical results. The practice serves women from South Florida and worldwide, including Oscar winners, Fortune 500 executives, and dignitaries. In addition to her contributions to the medical field, she serves as a Board Director for South Florida PBS. She owns and breeds Rhodesian Ridgebacks and Azawakhs, many of which are champion and Best in Show winners. Despite her many commitments, she is an ever-present source and symbol of love, encouragement, and excellence for her four-year-old son and husband of 10 years. Married in Santorini, Greece, traveling and enjoying delicious food and wine with her family remains her escape of choice.

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.