World Health Care Congress to Gather Global Thought Leaders to Share Insights on the Future of the Medical Travel Industry
With the global medical travel market poised to reach at least $60 billion by 2012, the 1st Annual Global Medical Travel Forum at the 2011 World Health Care Congress will gather global thought leaders to share insights on the future of the rapidly growing industry.
Scheduled for April 4-5, the forum is part of WHCC's 2nd Annual World Health Innovation Summit. More than 40 countries and 1,800 delegates from around the globe will be represented at the conference, including over 200 CEOs from major health plans and third party administrators, over 150 senior executives from the world's largest employers and over 200 CEOs from the world's leading hospitals and health systems.
Author of Medical Tourism Guidebook and Global Medial Travel Expert - Dr Prem Jagyasi will serve as forum chairman. According to research he recently conducted, 94 percent of experts agree medical tourism maintains significant room for growth and much of the market remains untapped.
For the agenda and to register to attend, visit www.worldhealthcarecongress.com/medicaltravel.
- Vishal Bali, Chief Executive Officer, Fortis Hospitals (India)
- Devi Shetty, MD, Founder and Chairman, Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospitals (India), Founder, a new healthcare facility in the Cayman Islands
- Joaquin Rodriguez, Sr., Chairman & CEO, HIMAHEALTH (Puerto Rico)
- Michael C. McMillan, Executive Director, Market and Network Services, Cleveland Clinic
- Sangita Reddy, Executive Director, Operations, Apollo Hospitals Group (India)
- Dennis Brown, Chief Executive Officer, Bumrungrad Hospitals International Ltd. (Thailand)
- Raffaella Molteni, Chief Administrative Officer, Johns Hopkins Medicine International (JHI) (United States)
- Hisham Diwani, MD, General Manager, Health Insurance, Ministry of Health (Syria); Member, Syrian Insurance Supervisory Commission
- Prem Jagyasi, Author – Dr Prem's Guidebook – Medical Tourism; MD and CEO, ExHealth, Dubai HealthCare City (UAE); Founder, Global Healthcare Network
- Globalization of Health Care—Forecasting Growth and Critical Financing and Operational Challenges
- Emergence of Global Health Care Clusters
- Best-In-Class Facilities – Innovations in Health Care Delivery for Medical Travel
- Strategies to Address Legal, Ethical, Cultural and Quality Issues for International Patients
- Public-Private Partnerships with Tourism Ministers and Delivery Systems to Attract New Business
The 8th Annual World Health Care Congress will gather employers, health plans and providers and convene all sectors involved in the medical travel industry. The congress will present networking and business opportunities to many international medical travel stockholders.
The WHCC 1st Annual Global Medical Travel Forum, as part of the 2nd Annual World Health Innovations Summit, convenes stakeholders from all over the world focused on the globalization of health care services. International Government Leaders, Ministers of Health, Ministers of Tourism, C-Suite Executives and VPs of International Patients from leading world-class Hospitals, C-Suite Executives, Medical Directors, GMs and International Network Directors from international private and public Health Plans and Insurers, as well as many other professionals from the medical travel industry, gather to discuss the many challenges and opportunities in the global health care market. World renown speakers from the medical travel industry address key challenges and strategies for the globalization of health care, best-in-class medical travel facilities, the emergence of global health care clusters, public-private partnerships in medical travel, as well as strategies to address legal, ethical and cultural concerns for international patients. The WHCC 1st Annual Global Medical Travel Forum offers a premier networking and educational opportunity for those involved, or looking to be involved, in the globalization of health care.
