World Medical Tourism & Global Health Congress Connects Global Healthcare Providers With Global Insurance Companies
To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: Renee-Marie Stephano of Medical Tourism Association, +1- 561-627-1520
SAN FRANCISCO, June 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Medical Tourism Associations annual congress will take place September 9- 12th in San Francisco, CA at the Westin St. Francis Hotel. The event has more than 40 exhibitors and up to 1,000 attendees from over 30 countries. The event is sponsored by more than six countries and will have speakers from organizations such as CIGNA, UnitedHealthcare, Assurant, American Medical Association, Cleveland Clinic and Harvard Medical. The Keynote Speaker will be Alex Piper, a former buyer of healthcare for Chrysler (formerly DaimlerChrysler).
The medical tourism convention brochure can be viewed at http:// www.medicaltravelauthority.com/Medical-Tourism-Brochure.pdf.
You can also view the promo video of the conference at http:// www.medicaltravelauthority.com/healthcongress.wmv.
Website for registration is http:// www.medicaltourismcongress.com.
The Medical Tourism Association website is http:// www.medicaltravelauthority.com.
The conference will have a primary focus of the integration of medical tourism into health insurance for both fully insured and self funded employers. Attendees will include health insurance carriers, employers, health insurance agents who are interested in implementing medical tourism into their health plans. Over 100 employers and insurance companies have already implemented medical tourism and have started to send employees overseas for healthcare achieving discounts as high as 90% on major surgeries.
The current list of expert speakers include the following:
Joseph M. Heyman, MD
Chair-elect, Board of Trustees
American Medical Association
Lorna Friedman
Senior Medical Executive
CIGNA
Robert Germain
Former Director of Global Health
Aetna Insurance Company
John Blalock
Guardian Life Insurance Company Of America
Michael Kent
Senior Regional Director
Great West Life Insurance Company
Frank Lasee
Wisconsin State Representative
Christine Leyden
VP & GM of Client Services, Chief Accreditation Officer
URAC
Dan Bonk
Executive VP, Central Region
Aurora Healthcare, Wisconsin
Kemal Canlar
Senior Sales Executive
United Healthcare, USA
Jay Savan
Towers Perrin
Robert Frary
VP of Select Benefits & Worksite
Symetra Financial Insurance Company
Robert Crone
Former CEO -Harvard Medical International
Managing Director -Huron Consulting Group
Alex Piper
Former Buyer of Healthcare
Chrysler (Formerly DaimlerChrysler)
Mike Kellen
Senior Vice President, Strategic Development
Assurant Health Insurance Company
Sharon Kleefield
Harvard Medical School
William F. Ruschhaupt, MD
Chairman, Global Patient Services
Cleveland Clinic, Ohio
Alexandra Jung
Aon Consulting
Renee-Marie Stephano, Esq.
COO & General Counsel
Medical Tourism Association
Steve Green
Director
Trent Accreditation
James Lee
Wooridul Spine Hospital, Korea
Vishal Bali
CEO
Wockhardt Hospitals, India
Lee Chien Earn
Senior Director
Healthcare Performance Group
Ministry of Health, Singapore
Dr. B.K. Rana
Deputy Director
NABH, Quality Council of India
Grant Muddle
Senior Vice President of Operations
Apollo Hospitals Group, India
Arturo Garza
CEO
Christus Muguerza, Monterrey, Mexico
Dr. Sanjiv Malik
Max Healthcare, India
Jim Follett
Director, Global Sales Latin America
InterContinental Hotels Group
(Holiday Inn & Crowne Plaza)
Brad Cook
International Department Director
Clinica Biblica Hospital, Costa Rica
Adv. Kurt Worrall-Clare
Hospital Association of South Africa
Mohd Radzif Yunus
CEO
National Heart Institute, Malaysia
Edward Watson, MD
CEO
MedTral, New Zealand
Alma Jiminez
President
St. Frances Cabrini
Philippine Medical Tourism Association
Fred Hagigi
Professor
UCLA School of Public Health
Stuart Rowley
CEO
Prince Court Medical Center, Malaysia
Dr. Jorge Cortes Rodriguez
Medical Director
Clinica Biblica Hospital
Shin-Ho Lee
Ph.D. Executive Director for Industry Support
Korea Health Industry Development Institute
Jonathan Edelheit
President
Medical Tourism Association
Dr. med. Uwe Klien
Chairman of the Congress
Europe health GmbH
CEO
Bumrungrad Hospital
Dr. Carlos Dueas Garcia
President -Mexican Private Hospital Association
Representative -International Hospital Federation
Elizabeth Boultbee
Head of International Business
HCA International Hospitals – London
Dr. Prem Jagyasi
Chartered Management & Medical Tourism Consultant
Group Director – Marketing, Lifeline Healthcare
Dubai – UAE
Dr. Fawzi Al-Hammouri
Chairman
Private Hospitals Association – Jordan
Ernesto Dieck Assad
CEO
Hospital San Jose Tec de Monterrey
Stephen M. Weiner, Esq.
Chairman of Health
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C
Maureen Connors Potter
VP for International Services
HCPro, Inc. -Former Executive Director -JCI
Scott A. Edelstein, Esq.
Partner
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, LLP, Washington, D.C.
Michael G. Meissner, Esq.
Partner, Tax Practice
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Ohio
Jim McCormick, MD
Board Certified Emergency Medicine
Mary Ann Keogh Hoss, Ph.D.
Professor
Eastern Washington University, Washington
David G. Vequist
Professor
Margaret Ball
Founder
Health Links International
Christi de Moraes, BA
Founder
MedNetBrazil Services, Inc.
Brent T. McCallum, CPA
Professor
The American University, Washington, D.C.
Vishal Bali
CEO
Wockhardt Hospitals, India
About the Medical Tourism Association
The Medical Tourism Association is the international non-profit trade association for the medical tourism industry which focuses on transparency in quality and pricing, communication and education in an industry where patients travel from one country to another for medical care.
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