[PROFILE] In 25 Words or Less: Dr. Collin Smikle (Healthcare)
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In 25 Words or Less.
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Posted: August 4, 2016
THE BASICS
| Name: Collin Smikle | ||
| Age: 50s • Status: Single • Kids: Yes | ||
| Place of Birth: Spanish Town, Jamaica, WI • Raised: Bronx, New York | ||
| Professional Background: Dr. Smikle graduated from Cornell University in 1981, Yale Medical School in 1985, and completed his residency in OB/GYN at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital of Harvard Medical School in 1989. He served as a medical officer in the USAF before attending and completing his fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology from UCSF. | ||
| What achievement or position are you most known for? Helped to create more babies within our community than many realize. | ||
| Contact/Follow: Website • Email • Facebook • LinkedIn • Twitter | ||
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25 WORDS OR LESS: WORK
| Job(s) held that is most unlike what I currently do now: Worked as a baker at Zaro’s Bake Shop in the Bronx. | ||
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| Field: Healthcare | ||
| Years of Experience: >20 | ||
| Title: Medical Director | ||
| Organization: Laurel Fertility Care • San Francisco, CA | ||
| What it does and what I do: Fertility treatment for patients trying to grow their families. | ||
| Current Big Project: Managing growth and development of Laurel Fertility | ||
| Staffing/Resource Needs: 2. | ||
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25 WORDS OR LESS: PROFESSIONAL PERSPECTIVE
| Significant Challenge: Time management. It’s hard to have time to be a doctor, manage a business and manage your staff with equal levels of passion and compassion. | ||
| Significant Mistake/Regret: Not having the right business mentor. | ||
| Significant Accomplishment: The number of families around the world that I’ve been privileged to help. 15 countries and counting!! |
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| Biggest Strength(s): Perseverance and dedication. I’ve been told countless times that I’d never accomplish what I’ve done. | ||
| Biggest Weakness(es): Not saying “no” as much a I should have. | ||
| Career Advice: To own your own business, ask if you are willing do what it takes to succeed and are you okay flying without a safety net. | ||
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25 WORDS OR LESS: PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE
| Significant Challenge: Having the right balance of personal time for myself and my family. | ||
| Significant Accomplishment: Having three beautiful young adults that I admire each day as they struggle through the world. |
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| Life Advice: Give freely of yourself and you may have returns many times over. (It isn’t always financial). | ||
| Trait(s) most admired in others: Dedication, strong work ethic, diligence to detail. | ||
| Among several global issues of deep concern, one(s) that stands out to me: Global warming, availability of resources. | ||
| Some causes/organizations I support: Child education, mental health. | ||
| Some of my most-admired people (excluding parents): Dalai lama, Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu. | ||
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25 WORDS OR LESS: LIFESTYLE
| Hours of “personal” downtime/week: 5 | ||
| Favorite activity(s) in my personal downtime: Watching sports, wine tasting, spending time with family and friends. |
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| Some of my favorite local hangouts: Michel’s, Bocanova, Miss Ollie’s | ||
| Some of my favorite TV shows: Game of Thrones, Orphan Black, Blacklist, Luther (Idris Elba) |
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| What news outlets or media sources do you most rely on? NPR, KTVU | ||
| Favorite Vacation Spot(s): Napa Valley, CA. | ||
| Place(s) I would like to visit: Spain, Portugal, Nepal. | ||
| Favorite Pastime/Hobby(s): Wine tasting, reading, listening to music. | ||
| Favorite Book(s): “Faces at the bottom of the well”, ” And we are not saved” (Derrick Bell), “The Art of Happiness” Conversations with myself”. | ||
| Something about me that may surprise you: I’m a really good listener even when it doesn’t appear that way. | ||
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