Dror Paley

Founder, CEO & Medical Director, Paley Orthopedic & Spine Institute, West Palm Beach

Paley founded the institute in 2009 with one surgeon and 10 employees. The company now has 270 employees and 23 surgeons and provides orthopedic surgery care in Florida. It is known for limb-lengthening and limb-deformity correction surgery.

EDUCATION: University of Toronto (MD) 

IF I WERE GOVERNOR: Provide more funding for public school education.

MENTOR: Dr. Alain DiMeglio of Montpellier, France imparted to me the invaluable lesson that professional success is intertwined with the ability to prioritize and find fulfillment in one's personal life.

BOOK: David and Goliath, by Malcolm Gladwell 

INSPIRING FLORIDIAN: Philip Lichtblau, MD, because of his long-standing commitment to treating children irrespective of their financial background.

SUCCESS: Dream, dare and do.