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64 | GRAVITAS MAGAZINE GravitasMag.com Do you see teaching as part of your future to grow other women as successful healthcare leaders? I've had opportunities throughout my career to do just guest lecturing. I had an opportunity to address the health economics at the University of South Florida last fall. I went out and addressed the student chapter of the American College Healthcare Executives at the University of South Florida in Tampa. Some day I do want to do some part time teaching. Of course I'd want to do that in healthcare management, organizational structures and healthcare, that kind of thing. Outside of work, what's important to you? I have a very strong exercise program, which has helped me deal with stress and I am committed to making sure that I get up early and I exercise early. Most of my sessions either start at 5:45 a.m. or 6 a.m. I know when I don't work out and it makes a difference. I know that that keeps me mentally strong, helps me with stress and keep me physically fit. at is hugely important to me in dealing with the stress of life. My son is grown. I have grandchildren. ey are the love of my life. ey live in Jacksonville so I try to see them as much as possible. ey are a busy young family so we have to work around their schedule a little bit. When I'm not here I try to take long weekends and go places with girlfriends or friends or family, and it might be a trip to Chicago or it might be a trip to Charleston or last year, a group of us girls went to the New Orleans Jazz Fest. It's creating those opportunities, and sometimes you have to work at that just as much as you do your job because we all get so bogged down in life. D What I live by is that for me to feel successful it's not so much about making a lot of money or having the practice come out with good numbers, but having patients leave the office, feel ing happy and feeling like they were taken care of and listened to. at is kind of my overall goal and what I try to live every day by is to treat every patient so they would want to recommend me to someone close to them. Who is the best kind of dermatology patient? I think the best patient is someone who is honest: honest about what they want, what they expect, and if something isn't to their liking, I want to know. I'd rather have a patient who is brutally honest with me and tell me everything that they want, or feel, or any issues that they're having than someone who keeps it all in. Sometimes you just don't know what someone's thinking and that makes it all harder to treat them. e ideal patient just tells me what they want and then trusts me to do that. What is your biggest fear? Professionally I guess just failure in business. At the end of the day it's business and no matter how many patients I have, if we don't make it run well and successfully, it's going to fail. at's definitely a fear I have, especially after being told so many times that it's impossible to do. What does true beauty look like to you and the next evolution in dermatology? I think topical hyaluronic acids are very big right now. It's like a topical filler, and these creams that are helping to soften lines and wrinkles because they have the same component as what is in filler, but you're not shooting it in. e newest thing that's just come out is something called Kybella. I have to look it up because we don't even have it yet, but it's injectable fat reduction especially for neck tightening. So patients who carry a little extra fat in their neck area, it's an injectable that shrinks fat and tightens the neck and it looks like a non-surgical (facelift). What is your beauty skin care routine? If I tell you my beauty routine, you would be shocked. I have actually stopped using any face wash because I have very sensitive skin. Literally just do like a water wash. I know it sounds crazy but once I started doing that I stopped breaking out. Envy sunscreen has a good SPF. I use the Teoxane products that have hyaluronic acid in them, and a retinoid. You're a Florida native. What do you love about Sarasota? I think there's no more beautiful place than being near the beaches. It's almost hard to go on vacation now because everywhere is less beautiful than here. I really lived in College Town and then in Tampa my whole life before coming here. You've talked about taking some time to get involved in charity work and other patient work. What are you interested in? I was actually just talking to my mother who is on the board of directors for educational programming in Gainesville called Kids Count. I'd like to help out in something like that organization that's near and dear to her heart. I would like to possibly start working at some of the Health Department free clinics and volunteering my time. I also still work on my days at the Veterans Administration Clinic in Tampa. ey are very near and dear to my heart. I worked there as a resident so I don't really want to leave now. It's a very grateful patient population, and they have a lot of faith. D Kate Ross continued page 63 Kathryn Gillee continued om page 56

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