July 21, 2010

The Medical Tourism Association reaches news peaks as it releases the names of this year’s industry experts who will present the most up to date trends and case studies at the 3rd annual World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress September 22nd-24th in Los Angeles, CA.

http://www.medicaltourismcongress.com/en/speakers.html

“We have an amazing list of speakers who are senior healthcare leaders from around the world coming to present at this year’s Global Healthcare Conference.  Some of the top US and International Insurance Companies will be present alongside some of the largest US and International Employers.   We are particularly encouraged at the number of high level government officials who are attending the ministerial summit which indicates growing support from all sectors for medical tourism initiatives, especially ministers of health, tourism and economic development, ” said Jonathan Edelheit, CEO of the Medical Tourism Association.

The addition of the “Buyers of Healthcare VIP Program” is also a unique feature which was added to create more interesting and one on one business meetings for all delegates and sponsors, bringing up to 200 employers, insurance companies, agents and medical tourism facilitators who are involved in or interested in patients traveling across borders for healthcare.

Some of our featured speakers are as follows:

• Karen Beyer - Director of Global Benefits, General Electric
• Mr. Jose M. Loaiza - Senior Network Manager, Blue Shield of California
• Joanne Armenio - Director, International Benefits, Kraft Foods
• Bob Ihrie - Senior VP of Employee Rewards and Services, Lowe’s Companies, Inc.
• Anthony Amato - VP Compensation & Benefits, Discovery Communications
• Kevin M. Fickenscher, M.D., CPE, FACPE, FAAFP - Chief Strategy and Development Officer, Dell Services
• H. E. Mr. Nasser Al Budoor – Director, Ministry of Health, UAE, International Relations & Health Affairs and Director of Health Minister’s Office
• Cheryl Matheis - Senior Vice President for Health Strategy, AARP
• Laila Al Jassmi – CEO, Clinical Support Services Sector, Dubai Health Authority
• David M. Cheek - Vice President of Sales, Pan American Life Insurance Group
• Michael Bertaut - Senior Healthcare Intelligence Analyst, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana
• Jeff A. Argotsinger - Director, Business Leader Medical Expense Group, Swiss Re Insurance Company
• Dr. Hisham Diwani - General Manager, Health Insurance, Ministry of Health –Syria
• Emilio M. Williams - Managing Director, Johns Hopkins Medicine International
• Dr. Rick van Pelt - Director Global Programs, Partners Harvard Medical International
• Fred Hagigi - Director, Executive Education Programs Professor of Health Services, UCLA School of Public Health
• MaryBeth Kramer - Sr. Manager, Global Benefits and HR Services Compensation and Benefits, Verisign
• Shady Fawzy Nawar - Assistant Vice President – Provider Management, Qatar Insurance Company-Doha
• Arthur L. Diskin, MD, FACEP - Vice President and Global Chief Medical Officer, Royal Caribbean, Celebrity and Azamara Club Cruises
• Martha Turnbull - Travel Health Insurance Association of Canada
• Linda Cote - AGB Sales Director Pacific Region, Aetna
• Dr. Jeannette Takemura - Dean of School of Social Work, Columbia University
• Alexander Sander Domaszewicz - Principal and Senior Consultant, Mercer Health & Benefits Services
• Robert S. Shestack - WBC, Managing Director, National Sales Leader, Employer Benefits Business, Marsh U.S. Consumer, a service of Seabury & Smith, Inc.

To view a full list of speakers please CLICK HERE or go to http://medicaltourismcongress.com/en/speakers.html.

This year the congress will also feature a Global Healthcare Reform Ministerial Summit where Ministries of Health from around the world will converge to share insight relative to their healthcare, healthcare reform and health insurance reform issues in addition to the opportunities and challenges for medical tourism moving forward.

The World Medical Tourism and Global Healthcare Congress includes two additional conferences which are the Expatriate Healthcare, Travel Insurance and Global Health Insurance Conference, http://www.expatriateconference.com and the Sustainable Healthcare and Hospital Development Conference, http://www.healthcaredevelopmentconference.com .  Speakers listed above are from all three conferences.

The Medical Tourism Association™ (Global Healthcare Association) is the international non-profit trade association for the medical tourism and global healthcare industry made up of the top international hospitals, healthcare providers, medical travel facilitators, insurance companies, and other affiliated companies and members with the common goal of promoting the highest level of quality of healthcare to patients in a global environment. http://www.medicaltourismassociation.com.

For more information please call USA 001.561.792.6676 or email

Amelia Fernandez

Amelia@medicaltourismcongress.com

http://www.medicaltourismcongress.com/