2011 Congress Speakers
Yakov Elgudin, MD, PhD, FACS
President
Russian American Medical Association
Muna Almuallem
Manager of International Benefits
Mary Kay Inc.
Jack Heisler
International Compensation & Benefits
Zebra Technologies Corporation
Irina Neklyudova
HR manager
Tupperware CIS
Vladimir Budiansky
Medical Director
Moscow Doctor
Philip Pfrang
Lead Partner of the Health Care & Life Sciences Merger & Acquisitions Transaction Services Group
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Jonathan Biles
Chief Executive Officer
Iraq Gate Insurance Brokers
Jack Norton
Human Resources Manager
Blue Lake Casino & Hotel
Karen H. Timmons
Former President and CEO
Joint Commission International (JCI) and Joint Commission Resources
Jacqueline Madrigal
Human Resource/ Benefits Manager
American Apparel
Chris Russo
President and Chairman of the Board
American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA)
Bernard Merkel
Minister Counselor. Head of the Food Safety, Health and Consumer Affairs section of the Delegation of
European Union/Commission
Dr. Prerna Mona Khanna
Medical Contributor
FOX Chicago News
J. Edson Pontes M.D
Senior VP International Medicine
Detroit Medical Center
Bill Ruschhaupt
Chair, Global Patient Services
Cleveland Clinic
Jim Grace
Jim Grace President & CEO
InsureMyTrip.com
Mouhanad Hammami, MD
President
National Arab American Medical Association
Michael Wesclitz
Director, Global Benefits
Philip Morris International
Ori Karev
Former CEO
UnitedHealth International
William D. Rowland
Global Business Development Div Medical Technologies Initiative
Export-Import Bank of the U.S.
Cheryl Matheis
Senior VP of Policy Strategy & International Affairs Group
AARP
Avi Smith
Benefits Manager
B & H Photo
Renee-Marie Stephano, Esq.
President
Medical Tourism Association
Sébastien Audette
Chief Executive Officer
Accreditation Canada International
Dr. Shetty
Heart Surgeon and founder of a new
Healthcare facility in the Cayman Islands
Phil Borden, CEBS
US Compliance & International Benefits
Kohler Co.
Jim Krampen
Jim Krampen Co-Founder, Principal and Executive Officer
Seven Corners
Shady Nawar
TPA Development and Contracting Manager
Bupa International
Simon Hudson
Endowed Chair in Tourism and Economic Development
University of South Carolina, Columbia
Sherry Kaufield
Executive Director, International Services
Joint Commission International
Dr. Tadanori Tomita
Children’s Memorial Hospital
Dr. Saif AlJaibeji, MD, MBA, MHA, PhD
President
Emirates Health Insurance Association Group
Colin Rohlfing
Assoc. AIA, LEED AP BD+C Sustainable Design Leader
Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum Inc.
Gail Vittori
Co-Director
Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems
Patrick Doyle
Senior Climate and Energy Officer
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Rolando Rodriguez
President and CEO
Jackson Memorial Foundation
Hon. Prof. Peter Anyang’ Nyong
Medical Services
Ministry of Medical Services, Kenya
John Casey
Director of International Benefits
Google Inc.
David Collins
Healthcare Division
Colliers International
Shannon Kraus, AIA, MBA, ACHA
Senior Vice President
HKS, Inc.
Dr. Robert Rey
Dr. 90210
Bill Rancic
Entrepreneur Winner of
The Apprentice
Ira Coleman
Partner
McDermott Will & Emery
Oxana Lutsenko
Founder
Medvoyage.info
Dr.Ghada M. El Ganzouri
Head of Business Devel. / Board Member
Ganzouri Specialized Hospital
David P Kalin MD MPH
Executive Director
International Board of Medicine and Surgery (IBMS)
Jeff Jensen, AIA
Principal and Senior Vice President
HKS, Inc.
Dr. Remon Farouk Abdel-Sayed
Vice President
Egypt In-Touch Assistance
Manuel Gómez-Ortigoza
CTO
Grup Pegaso
Samer Ellahham, MD,FACP,FACC,FAHA,FCCP
President
International Association of Healthcare Quality
Dr. Tamas Varhelyi
Professor and General Manager
Compudoc Plc.
Dr. Mahesh C. Goel MD, FRCS, MCh, MBA,
Indiana University/Mcgol Associates
David J. Bryan, CEBS
Marketing Consultant
Norfolk Mobility Benefits-MSH Americas
Scott A. Edelstein
Partner, Washington DC
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP
Peter L. Godfrey FIA, EA
International Benefits Actuary and Principal
Aon Hewitt
James Woomer, MSN, CRNA
President and CEO
Advanced Practice Nurse International
James G. Easter, Jr., MArch, FAAMA, SVP
Senior Vice President, Principal and Director of Healthcare Planning
HFR Design
Rosanna Gomez Moreno
CEO
RGM Global
Richard Henker, PhD, CRNA, FAAN
Professor of Nursing
University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing
Dr. Cecil Wilson
President
American Medical Association (AMA)
Mitch Joel
President
Twist Image
Víctor Raúl Castillo Mantilla
Executive Director
Fundacion Cardiovascular De Colombia
Juliane Hasselmann
Marketing Manager, International Office
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf in Hamburg, Germany
Liora Alschuler
Chief Executive Officer
Lantana Consulting Group
Ilan Elbaz
Sustainable Development Manager
Jewish General Hospital
Linda Brodsky, MD
Founder
Expediting the Inevitable
Maureen Kennedy-Harlan
Director, Global Benefits
Joy Global
Selin Yildirim Peker
Executive Vice President, Executive Commitee Member
Dünya Göz Hospital – World Eye Group
Richard J. Sobelsohn
Associate in the Real Estate Practice
Moses & Singer
Tracy J. Mabry
Greenberg Traurig, P.A.
Claudio Querol
Leader of Smart + Connected Communities
Cisco
Tamara J Bledsoe, ARNP-BC, MS NNP
Director, Wasie Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital
Bradley Taylor, MBA, CHFM
Director
SSM Health Care St. Louis
John Wade
President
Rochester Area Chamber of Commerce
Syed Ehtesham Husain
Chief Architect
Latifia Group
Dr. I Rusen Yildirim
Chairman
DEIK/Health Tourism Business Council
Alaana Woods
International Director
BMI Healthcare
Fernando A. Harb
Director of Tourism Sales
Greater Fort Lauderdale CVB
Prof. Dr. Horst Kunhardt
CIO
District Hospital Mainkofen
Elizabeth Boultbee
Partner
London Medicine UK
Veronica Montgomery
Marketing Manager
Barbados Fertility Centre
Sharon S. Kleefield, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor
Harvard Medical School
Stacy Dreyfus
Founder
Orchid Resorts & Escapes
Yvonne Grassie
Greenberg Traurig, P.A.
Jimmy St. Louis
CEO
Advanced Healthcare Partners
Ross Church, P.E., LEED AP, MBA
Senior Project Manager
EEI Healthcare
Pete Sabeff
Principal and Senior Project Manager
EEI Healthcare
Clark Reed
Director Healthcare Facilities Division, ENERGY STAR
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Daniel J. Vukelich, Esq.
President
Association of Medical Device Reprocessors (AMDR)
Neil Peters-Michaud
Founder & Owner
David Jones
Vice President of Support Services
Heartland Health
Jane Rohde
Principal and Founder
JSR Associates, Inc.
Nicole Chardoul
Principal and COO
Resource Recycling Systems
Colleen Coetzee
Owner & CEO
Wellness, South Africa
Don Williams
President & CEO
Princeton Healthcare Inc. (PHI)
Lisa Purdy
Partner
Deloitte
Chris Youssef
Interior Designer
Perkins+Will
Peter Syrett
Sustainable Advisory Services
Perkins+Will
Joan Plisko
Technical Director
Maryland Hospitals for a Healthy Environment
Eric Hargan
Greenberg Traurig, P.A.
Chiranth Nataraj
President & CEO
International Services, Inc.
Patrick Goodness
Founder & CEO
The Goodness Company
Mark Semple
President
Passport Medical
Dr Abdelkarim Kamel
Assistant to the Chairman Specialized Medical Centersspan>
Egyptian Ministry of Health
Hashem Irshaid
International Medical Tourism Marketing & Quality Consultant
Jordan Hospital
Glynna Prentice
Contributing Editor
International Living
Andrew Thorburn
President/ CEO
Global Benefits Group, Inc.
Linda Merritt
Chairman
Bermuda Health Council
Dr. Brad Beira
Senior Vice President
Marsh Risk Consulting, Africa
Lisa Clarke
Division Chair, Public Affairs
Mayo Clinic
Christian Lindmark
Principal, Technology
Mazzetti Nash Lipsey Burch
Dr. Kenneth C.K. NG
CEO & Medical Director
BodyQ Health Specialists
Kenneth Mays
Director of Marketing
Bumrungrad International
Dr. Richard Saint Cyr
UFH Group Director, Clinical Marketing and Communications
Beijing United Family Hospital (BJU)
John Ashbee
CEO
CSRplus
Sandra Reiner
Infection Control Practitioner
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Timothy P. Sullivan
Founder and Managing Director
Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC
Dan Cormany
Visiting Assistant Professor
Florida International University
Chris Mirianthopoulos
Director of the International Center
Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS)
Ruben Berrocal, M.D.
National Secretary
for Science, Technology and Innovation of Panama
Dr. Hung-Che Chiang
Deputy Minister
Department of Health, The Executive Yuan
Gabriel Eduardo Mena, MD
Assistant Professor
MD Anderson Cancer Center University of Texas in Houston
Robyn Cameron
Senior Partner
Mercer
Dr. Lorna Friedman
Partner
Mercer – Global Health Management
Martha Coleman
Manager, International Center
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Dr. Kevin T. Bowe
Deputy Director/VP-Medical Services & Claims
National Insurance Board – Bahamas
Luciano Garrido
Vice President of Sales
Bupa Latin America
Martin Arias
Director of International Insurance Development
Baptist Health South Florida
Mevlut Kayar
General Manager
Turkish Airlines
Sandra G. Morris
Senior Manager of U.S. Benefits Design
The Procter & Gamble Company
Robert Quigley, M.D.
Regional Medical Director
International SOS
Ana M. Viamonte Ros, M.D
Director of Physician Relations
Baptist Health South Florida
