Medical practice, surpassing $10 million, doubles revenue in four years,

Florida Skin Center grows through mastering the basics — such as seizing opportunities and putting patients first. The founder also made a big decision four years ago.

By Beth Luberecki
| 5:00 a.m. September 16, 2021
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Stefania Pifferi. Dr. Anais Aurora Badia founded Florida Skin Center in 2001.

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When Dr. Anais Aurora Badia started her dermatology practice in Fort Myers in 2001, it was a one-woman operation. “I didn’t have any employees, so I was doing everything myself,” she recalls.

She’d chosen Fort Myers because she saw an opportunity there. “There were not a lot of dermatologists in the area at that time, much less female dermatologists,” says Badia. “It was an area that had been undiscovered.”