2011 Congress Speakers
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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

Claudio Querol
Leader of Smart + Connected Communities
Cisco

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 Yıldırım 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.

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 Ruşen Yıldırım
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
Cascade Asset Management

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)

Gabriella Vicuña
Global Program Coordinator
Medical Tourism Association

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 Centers
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


Mr. Jose M. Loaiza
Senior Network Manager
Blue Shield of California

Joanne Armenio
Director, International Benefits
Kraft Foods

Karen Beyer
Director of Global Benefits
GE

Bob Ihrie
Senior Vice President of Employee Rewards and Services
Lowe’s Companies, Inc.

Dr.Saif AlJaibeji, MD, MHA, MBA
Medical Director
Green Crescent Insurance Company PJSC

H. E. Mr. Nasser Al Budoor
Director
Ministry of Health, UAE
International Relations & Health Affairs and Director of Health Minister’s Office
Board Member
Executive Board of Health Minister's Council for Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC Countries)

Anthony Amato
Vice President, Global Benefits
Discovery Communications

Jonathan Hart, MD
Chief Medical Officer
International Medical Group

Laila Al Jassmi
CEO of Health Policy and Strategy sector
Dubai Health Authority

Shady Fawzy Nawar
Middle East Contracting and TPA Development Manager
Bupa International

Michael Bertaut
Senior Healthcare Intelligence Analyst
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana

W. McKeeva Bush
Premier
Cayman Islands

Tom O'Hara
President
Surgical Trip LLC

Kathy Clark
Compensation and Benefits Analyst
Blackbaud, Inc. (US Employer)

Arthur L. Diskin, MD, FACEP
Vice President and Global Chief Medical Officer
Royal Caribbean, Celebrity and Azamara Club Cruises

Pete Thomas
Contestant and Winner of Losing the Highest Percentage of Weight
The Biggest Loser - Season 2

Armando Polanco
Principal Managing Partner
Texas Benefit

Jeff A Argotsinger
Director, Business Leader Medical Expense Group
Swiss Re

Larry Boress
President and CEO
Midwest Business Group on Health

Mark Scotland
Minister of Health
Cayman Islands

Brad Cook
Hospital Clinica Biblica, Costa Rica

Bhavdeep Singh
CEO
Fortis Healthcare Limited

Dr. Mathias Goyen, MD
CEO
UKE Consult & Management

Fred Hagigi
Director, Executive Education Programs
Professor of Health Services
UCLA School of Public Health

Dennis J. Streveler Ph.D
Lead HMIS Consultant to the World Bank

Alexander Sander Domaszewicz
Principal and Senior Consultant
Mercer Health & Benefits Services (Mercer)

Emilio M. Williams
Managing Director
Johns Hopkins Medicine International

Robert S. Shestack
Managing Director, National Sales Leader, Employer Benefits Business
Marsh U.S. Consumer

Greg Carlson, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Alabama, Department of Health Services

Missy Jarrott
Director of Human Resources
Chatham Steel Corporation

Jason B. Krouse

Jonathan Edelheit
President
Medical Tourism Association

Mr. Prem Jagyasi
MD & CEO, ExHealth, Dubai HealthCare City
Chief Strategy Officer, Medical Tourism Association, USA
Chief Editor, HealthFirst Magazine, UAE
Founder, UAE Health Network

Dr. Shetty
Heart Surgeon
and founder of a new healthcare facility in the Cayman Islands

Bill Cook
Operations and marketing manager
Hospital Clinica Biblica’s International Patient Department

Dr. Hisham Diwani
General Manager
Health Insurance,
Ministry of Health –Syria

Dr. Zeki Karagulle
Professor - Department of Medical Ecology and Hydroclimatology
Istanbul Medical Faculty of Istanbul University
International Society of Medical Hydrology and Climatology

Dr. Alekcey Murillo Alfaro
Assistant Medical Director
Hospital Clinica Biblica

Luiz Fernando Moraes
Secretary of Tourism
Porto Alegre

Dr. Antonia Arnaert
Vice-President
Debson Medical Tourism Inc

Dr. Narottam Puri
President, Medical Strategy & Quality
Fortis Healthcare Limited

Wouter Hoeberechts
CEO
WorldMed Assist

Doug Wojcieszak
Founder
Sorry Works!

Richard Polak
President & CEO
IBIS Advisors

Hugh Greeley
Associate
Healthcare Consulting

Jerry D Turney
President
The Consolidated Marketing Group

Derrell Connor
Account Executive
M3 Insurance Solutions for Business (M3)

Tom Hamilton
President
Carolina Benefit Designs

Daniel Friedland, MD
Founder & CEO
SuperSmartHealth

Vivian Ho
Chief Development Officer
Medical Tourism Association

Dr. Guillermo González Prieto
Strategic Development Executive for Argentina
Medical Tourism Association

MaryBeth Kramer
Sr. Manager, Global Benefits and HR Services
Compensation and Benefits
Verisign

Kevin M. Fickenscher, M.D., CPE, FACPE, FAAFP
Chief Strategy and Development Officer
Dell Services

Emin Cakmak
Founding Partner
Hello Tourism and Travel Inc

Ann J. LaFrance
European Partner, London and Brussels
Squire Sanders

Dr. Jeannette Takemura
Dean of School of Social Work
Columbia University

Scott A. Edelstein
Partner, Washington DC
Squire Sanders

Michael C. McMillan
Executive Director, Market and Network Services
Cleveland Clinic

Cheryl Matheis
Senior Vice President for Health Strategy
AARP

Cagri Kanver
Senior Associate
HOK Advance Strategies

Veronica Montgomery
Marketing Manager
Barbados Fertility Centre

Dr. Alejandro Badia
CEO & Founder
International Orthopedic Group ~ Badia Hand to Shoulder Center

Glauco Fonseca
Director
HealthCare Brazil

Mário Augusto Lopes Moysés
Vice-Minister
Ministry of Tourism of Brazil

Mia Kyricos
Director of Global Spa Brands & Programming
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

Curtis J. Schroeder
Global Healthcare Executive

Robyn Piper
Co-Founder
Piper Jordan

Chris Khoury
Consultant, Head of Research Healthcare Practice
Gallup, Inc.

Devon M. Herrick
Senior Fellow, Ph.D.
National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA)

Dr. László Puczkó
Managing Director & Head of Tourism Section
Xellum Management Consulting
Author of “Health & Wellness Tourism”

Ali Al Sanousi, MD, DIH, MBI, MBA
Medical Informatics Consultant
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre

Lisa G. Han
Partner, Columbus
Squire Sanders

L. Casey Chosewood, MD
Senior Medical Officer for WorkLife Programs
Ntl Institute for Occupational Safety & Health
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

Rob Passmore
Co Founder & CEO
Equals3 and SurgeryOverseas.com

Dr. Robert Gerl
Co-Founder
US- European Joint Educational MBA Program

Paul Caliendo

Stuart Barton
President, CEO, and Co-Founder
American Seniors Association

William D. Smith, M.D.
Chairman
AIMIS Spine Plc.

Dr. Rajen Ghadiok
Vice President – Medical Strategy & Operations
Fortis group of hospitals
Thumbay Moideen
President
Gulf Medical University & GMC Hospitals
Ajman – U.A.E

Ms. Mala. S. Sheth
MBA (Marketing), Ph.D Scholar (Medical Tourism).
Medical Tourism Consultant

Camille Hoheb
Spa, Wellness Tourism and Corporate Health Consultant
Global Spa and Wellness

Sjannie Hulsman
Owner
Reza Consultancy

Rob Davenport
Wellness Program Manager
NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Steve Latham
Founder and CEO
Spur Interactive

Sara Beth Farney
Founder/President
CreateACTivity, Inc.

Justine Mitsock
Corporate HR – Director of International Benefits
Citigroup

Susie Ellis
President
SpaFinder, Inc.

Les Rothenberg
Attorney and Ethics Consultant

Jill R. Hodges
Health Policy and Communication Consultant

Sun Sin Kim, MD, PhD
Seoul National University Hospital

Kaye Patterson
Senior Advisor
GD3 Solutions

Mohammed Saeme, MD. PhD.
International Expert on Maritime Health & Wellness

Mark Tomaszewski
Chief Marketing Officer
Global Benefits Group

Prof. Dr. Horst Kunhardt
CIO
District Hospital Mainkofen

Dr. Anupam Sibal
Group Medical Director
Apollo Hospitals

Jean Forbes
Director of Support
Homewatch CareGivers

Mike Hess
Managing Principal - Healthcare Practice Leader
Perkins+Will

Gabriel Alvarez Huiman
Deputy General Manager
Aranwa Hotels Resorts & Spas

Dr. Slaveyko Djambazov
CEO
Bulgarian Cardiac Institute

Kristina Zanic
Executive Director, Founder
dwp - design worldwide partnership

Paul Corbeel
Managing Director
VK STUDIO Architects

Craig Oliver
President and Founder
Spas of America

Vibhu Talwar
Group COO
Moolchand Healthcare Group

Anuja Agrawal
CEO
eMedSol

Jaime Echavarria
Director
Proexport USA (Colombian Trade Bureau)

Nancy Auger Buckman MSN, MBA
Partners International

Rebecca Wise, MHA
Chief Operating Officer
DNV Healthcare Inc.

Harriet Lewis, PhD.
President
Konesens Research

Dr. Vijay Sharma
Master of Surgery
Board Certified Cosmetic Surgeon

Cherie Davis
General Manager
Miyako Hybrid Hotel

Vishal Bali
CEO
Fortis Hospitals Ltd

Abdallah Bashir M.D., M.,Ch., FRCS ,Ed.,FACS
Chairman Board of Directors– General Director
Jordan Hospital.

Banu Ataman
Senior Consultant ~ Sustainability Initiatives in Healthcare Industry
GD3 Solutions

Margita Thompson
Vice President Corporate Communication
Health Net Incorporated

Shahin Fard
Co Founder & CEO
Equals3 Ltd and SurgeryOverseas.com

Muna Almuallem
Manager of
International Benefits
Mary Kay Inc.

Jack Norton
Human Resources Manager
Blue Lake Casino
& Hotel

Renee-Marie Stephano, Esq.
President
Medical Tourism
Association

Dr. Rick van Pelt
Director Global Programs
Partners Harvard Medical International

Ricardo Forbes
President
International Captive Managers Limited

Dean Stone
Manager, Workers Compensation and Governance
National Australian Bank

Stephen Hartigan
Chief Executive Officer
InterGlobal Insurance Company Ltd. (IGIC)

Steve Owens
Assistant Administrator
Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention
United States Environmental Protection Agency

Jorge Cortes
Medical Director
Clinica Biblica, Costa Rica

Stuart Rowley
CEO
Prince Court Medical Center, Malaysia

Henning Lensch
Chairman of the Hospital Planning Group
Association for German Consulting Engineers and Architects, VBI
Member of Architects for Hospitals and Healthcare Facilties, AKG

Peter Lozier
Executive Vice President, Sales, Marketing and Provider Relations
CMN Inc.

Dr. Bob Bonar
President & CEO
Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas - Austin, Texas
Executive Vice President, Physician Enterprise
Seton Family of Hospitals

Dr. Mauricio Lynn
Medical Director
Jackson Memorial Hospital International

Dr. Myles Druckman
Vice President, Medical Services, Americas Region
International SOS Assistance, Inc.

Gail Vittori
Immediate Past Chair, United States Green Bulding Council
Co-Director, Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems

Norman Soto
Director of Healthcare for the MENA Region
Burt Hill

C. Duane Dauner
President
California Hospital Association

Sonia Roschnik
Operational Director
NHS Sustainable Development Unit, UK

Tony Procaccini, GMS, CS
Vice President
Global Benefit Associates of CA

Martha Turnbull
THIA
Travel Health Insurance Association of Canada

Bhaskar Chakravorti
Partner, McKinsey & Company
Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business School at Harvard University
Associate, Harvard Center for the Environment

Jacques Mulder
Principal, Pharmaceutical R&D Practice Leader
Deloitte Consulting LLP

Jocelyn Stroupe
Director of Healthcare Interiors, Cannon Design
President, AAHID

Walter Vernon, PE, LEED® AP
Principal
M+NLB, Mazzetti+Nash Lipsey Burch

Paul Reed
Legal Counsel
Global Excel Management Inc.

Brian S. Inamine, Esq.
Shareholder, LeClairRyan LLP
Healthcare Industry Team

LeAnne Stefl
Senior Vice President and Director of Global Client Advocacy
Willis’ Multinational Employee Benefits

Gary McGeddy
Executive Vice President
Fairmont Specialty

Linda Cote
AGB Sales Director Pacific Region
Aetna

Richard J. O’Brien
Vice President, Global Benefits Practice
Aon Consulting

Deborah A. Sheehan
ACHA, EDAC, LEED AP, Principal
Cannon Design

Dale E. Beatty
RN, MS, Vice President Patient Services & Chief Nursing Officer
Northwest Community Hospital

W. Clift Montague
AIA, LEED® AP, Senior Vice President & Chief Strategic Officer
Albert Kahn Associates, Inc.

Derrick Mains
CEO
GreenNurture

Erik Hokanson
AIA, Senior Architect and Lead Healthcare Designer for the MENA Region
Burt Hill

Ori Karev
Chief Executive Officer
UnitedHealth International


H. E. Mr. Nasser Al Budoor
Director
Ministry of Health, UAE
International Relations Health Affairs and Director
of Health Minister Office - Board Member
Executive Board of Health Ministers Council for
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC Countries)

Ana Andrade
Vice President
Health Net Latino Programs

George P. Zahorcak
CIGNA International

Michelle Lerow
Sr. Network Manager
Aetna Global Benefits

Dr. Nagi Iskander
Medical Advisor to the International Health and Telemedicine Department
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Dr. L. Casey Chosewood
Office of Strategy and Innovation
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Joseph M. Heyman, MD
Chairman, Board of Trustees
American Medical Association

W. McKeeva Bush
President
Tourism and Development, Cayman Islands

Mark Scotland
Minister of Health
Cayman Islands

Jay Gieringer
Humana

Shady Fawzy Nawar
Assistant Vice President – Provider Management
Medical Department
Qatar Insurance Company-Doha

Peter Hayes
Director of Health Strategy
Hannaford Brothers Co

Steve Cyboran
Vice President, Consulting Actuary
Sibson Consulting - A Division of Segal

Scott A.leavitt
President
National Association of Health Underwriters

Matt Leming
Vice President
Swiss Reinsurance Company

Ms Laila Al Jassmi
CEO - Clinical Support Services Sector
Dubai Health Authority (DHA)

Paul H. Keckley, Ph.D
Executive Director of the
Deloitte Center for Health Solutions

Dr.Walid M Albakili
Doctor and Research Fellow, Incharge for Gulf And Arab Region
Apollo Hospital

Rhonda Foster
Human Resources Director
Monroe County Government

Steve Weiner
ChairHealth Law Practice
Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo

William F. Ruschhaupt, MD
Chairman, Global Patient Services Staff Physician, Department of Cardiovascular Medicin
Cleveland Clinic, Ohio

Jim Krampen
CO-Founder Principal Executive Officer
Seven CornersI

Dr. Rafael Lorenzana
DDS
Lorenzana Dental Center

Jeff Pearcy
Executive Vice President
Surgery Facilities Resources

Daniel Frieland
SuperSmart Health

Dr. Sherri Tenpenny
President & CEO
Osteomed II

Camille Hoheb
Sales Manager
California Health & Longevity Institute

Christine Leyden
Vice President and General Manager Client Services Chief Accreditation Officer
URAC

Brad Cook
International Department Director
Clinica Biblica Hospital, Costa Rica

Mary Ann Keogh Hoss
Associate Professor, Health Services Administration
Eastern Washington University

Scott Edelstein
Partner
Squire, Sanders, & Dempsey

Annette Watson
Managing Director Global Emerging Business
CARF International

Maureen Bennett
Partner
Squire, Sanders, & Dempsey

Larry Boress
President & CEO
Midwest Business Group on Health

Leonore Boscher
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf Germany

Jonathan Edelheit
Chief Executive Officer
Medical Tourism Association

Jerry D Turney
USNOW

Dr. Daniel Kelly
Director, Brain Tumor Center
John Wayne Cancer Institute at Saint John's Health Center

Jeff Carter
CEO
Patients Without Borders

Dana Citron
Global Health Analyst
Large Global Insurer

Dr. Robert Gerl
Co-Founder
US- European Joint Educational MBA Program

Tony Dale
Chairman & Founder
The Karis Group

Don Williams
President & CEO
Princeton Healthcare

David Vequist
Founder & Director
Center for Medical Tourism Research

Sandra Berkowitz
Vice President
National Healthcare Industry Practice Willis/HRH

Irving Stackpole
President
Stackpole & Associates

Susie Ellis
President
SpaFinder, Inc.

Dr. Kevin Huffman
Founder
iBarihealth

Rob Passmore
Co-Founder & CEO
AllMedicalTourism.com

Stuart Rowley
CEO
Prince Court Medical Center, Malaysia

Gary McGeddy
Executive Vice President
Fairmont Specialty

Brian Keeley
President & CEO
Baptist Health South Florida

Edison Vallejo
Healthcare Purchasing Manager
BUPA Insurance Company

Norene McCormick
Director of Global Healthcare
Healthscope Ltd

Jorge Cortes
Medical Director
Clinica Biblica, Costa Rica

Patrick Martin
Chief Medical Officer
Ministry of Health, St. Kitts and Nevis

Ross Pendergraft
President-Elect
Los Angeles Association of Health Underwriters

Peter Lozier
Executive Vice President
CMN, Inc.

Curtis Schroeder
CEO
Bumrungrad

Trey Malicoat
VP of Communications Homewatch CareGivers

Denis Storey
Editor
Benefits Selling Magazine

Kimberly Smith
Director
Development Research and Medical Travel Initiative Project Lead Strategic Development
Assurant Health

Mehul C. Mehta
Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer
Partners Harvard Medical International

Armando F. Polanco
Principal Managing Partner
Texas Benefits

Robert Whiddon
Editor
Employee Benefit Advisor Magazine

Robert Frary
VP of Select Benefits & Worksite
Symetra Financial

Armando Baez
President
Self Insurance Institute of America Vice President – GBG/Tiecare

Alex Piper
Former Buyer of Healthcare
Formerly of Chrysler
President,
OneWorld Global Healthcare Solutions

Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace Bahamas
Minister of Tourism and Aviation

Kathy Clark
Compensation and Benefits Analyst- Human Resources
Blackbaud

Vivek Shukla
Healthcare Strategy and Business Development

Anuja Agrawal
CEO
e-MedSol Pvt. Ltd.

Alexandra Jung
Aon Consulting

Dr. Prem Jagyasi
MD & CEO – ExHealth, Dubai HealthCare City, UAE
Chief Strategic Officer – Medical Tourism Association, USA
Medical Tourism Association

Levent Bas
President
Turkish Healthcare Tourism Development Council

Nathan Cortez
Assistant Professor of Law
Southern Methodist University

Arturo Vargas Bustamante, PhD, MA, MPP
Assistant Professor, Department of Health Service
UCLA School of Public Health

Joe Ledesma
PRESIDENT & CEO
ST. LUKE’S MEDICAL CENTER PHILIPPINES

Elizabeth Boultbee PNA
Managing Director
Boultbee Healthcare Consultancy

DR. Juliet Skinner, MRCOG, MRCPI.
Head Clinician
Barbados Fertility Centre

Nancy Valenzuela
Vice President of Business Development and Marketing
Jackson International

Dr. Abdallah Bashir
General Manager
Jordan Hospital

Judy Lim
Director of Marketing
Ministry of Health Holdings Pte. Ltd

Brian Gooch
Gooch and Associates
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF BRIAN E. GOOCH, MHA, FACHE

Natalie Steiner
Marketing Manager, Medical Tourism Department
ISI Israel Scientific Instruments, Ltd.

Jorge Franz

Michelle Bholat, MD, MPH
Co-Founder
UCLA International Medical Graduate Program (IMG)

Christine Chadwick
Vice President | Regional Leader
Health Care, HOK

Steve Latham
Founder and CEO
Spur Interactive

Jim McCormick, MD
Board Certified Emergency Medicine

William Roger, AIA, ACHA
Senior Vice President / Director
Healthcare, HOK

Fitz Todd
Executive Director
HOK

Kaul-Ashok

Mark Goodma
Squire, Sanders, & Dempsey

William F. Ruschhaupt, MD
Chairman, Global Patient Services
Cleveland Clinic, Ohio

Margaret Ball
Founder
Health Links International

Dr. Fawzi Al-Hammouri
Chairman
Private Hospitals Association - Jordan

David P. Kalin, M.D., M.P.H
Executive Director
International Board of Medicine and Surgery

Bruce Fairchild
Regional Director
Sunstone Hotel Group

Jee Soo Jang
Department of Neurosurgery,Seoul Wooridul Hospital, President

Dr. Nicola Angelo Fortunatic
STB Group, Italy

Myung-Whun Sung
Member of Korean Society of Otorhinolarynglogy-Head and Neck Surgery
Seoul National University Hospital

Jong-Hoon Park
Jong-Hoon Park
MD, Korea University College of Medicine Professor
Korea University Hospital

Sang-eun Park
Korea University College of Medicine, MD, Ph.D
SAM Medical Center, South Korea

Dr. Roger Mason
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Tracey Smaeyah
President
Murad Inc.

Ann J. LaFrance
Coordinator
Squire, Sanders, & Dempsey

Maggie Ozan-Rafferty
Global Practice Leader, Healthcare
Gallup Poll

Timothy R. Morse
Senior Vice President
CNA Life Insurance

Dan Cormany
Doctoral Candidate
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

Cagri Kanver
senior consultant

Mark Scotland
Minister of Health
Cayman Islands

Ana Andrade
Vice President
Health Net Latino Programs

H. E. Mr. Nasser Al Budoor
Director
International Relations & Health Affairs and Director of Health Minister’s Office - Ministry of Health, UAE
Board Member
Executive Board of Health Minister's Council for Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC Countries)

Ted Cromwell
Travel Professionals

Dr. Mazan Al-Bashir
General Director and Chairman of the Board
Istishari Hospital, Jordan

Ismail Kalifah
International Medical Consultant

Rosanna Gomez Moreno
CEO
RGM Global


Brent T. McCallum, CPA
Professor
The American University, Washington, D.C.

David G. Vequist
Professor

Christi de Moraes, BA
Founder
MedNetBrazil Services, Inc.

Mary Ann Keogh Hoss, PhD
Professor
Eastern Washington University, Washington

Stephen M. Weiner, Esq.
Chairman of Health
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo P.C
Boston, Mass.

Maureen Connors Potter
VP for International Services, HCPro, Inc.
Former Executive Director, JCI

Scott A. Edelstein, Esq.
Partner
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, LLP, Washington

Elizabeth Boultbee
Head of International Business
HCA International Hospitals

Dr. Kushagra Katariya
CEO
Artemis Health Sciences

Professor JD Frame
International Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons

Leann Reynolds
Homewatch

Michael G. Meissner, Esq.
Partner, Tax Practice
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Ohio

Shin-Ho Lee
Ph.D. Executive Director for Industry Support
Korea Health Industry Development

Ernesto Dieck Assad
CEO
Hospital San Jose Tec de Monterrey

Fred Hagigi
Professor
UCLA School of Public Health

Alma Jiminez
President
St. Frances Cabrini Philippine Medical Tourism Association

Edward Watson, MD
CEO
MedTral, New Zealand

Jim Follett
Director, Global Sales Latin America
InterContinental Hotels Group
(Holiday Inn & Crowne Plaza)

Charles Cutler
Aetna Insurance Company

Adv. Kurt Worrall-Clare
Hospital Association of South Africa

Frank Lasee
Wisconsin State Representative

Ilyas Benvenyste
Acibadem Hospital

Dr. Carlos Dueñas Garcia
President
Mexican Private Hospital
Association

Robert Crone
Former CEO
Harvard Medical International
Managing Director
Huron Consulting Group

Michael Kent
Senior Regional Director
Great West

Dr. B.K. Rana
Deputy Director
NABH, Quality Council of India )

Lee Chien Earn
Senior Director
Healthcare Performance Group
Ministry of Health, Singapore

Mike Kellen
Senior Vice President
Strategic Development Assurant Health

Jay Savan
Towers Perrin

Sharon Kleefield
Harvard Medical School

Dan Bonk
Executive VP, Central Region
Aurora Healthcare, Wisconsin

Steve Green
Director
Trent Accreditation

Arturo Garza
CEO
Christus Muguerza, Monterrey, Mexico

James Lee
Wooridul Spine Hospital, Korea

Grant Muddle
Senior Vice President of Operations
Apollo Hospitals Group, India

Sandra G. Morris
Proctor & Gamble

Robert Germain
Former Director of Global Health
Aetna Insurance Company

Vishal Bali
CEO
Wockhardt Hospitals, India

Dr. Sanjiv Malik
Max Healthcare, India

Lorna Friedman
CIGNA
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While we do understand that at times it may be necessary for a presenter to refer to his or her business by name, promotional efforts of any kind are considered a serious breach of the spirit of the conference.

















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