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Study Group: Medical Tourism Experts

Council Members in this Study Group: 358

This study group may include physicians, care providers, and researchers specializing in internal medicine, cardiology, oncology, dermatology, emergency medicine, family medicine, neurology, obstetrics-gynecology, psychiatry, radiology, nursing, optometry, genetics, and mental health. It may also include experts knowledgeable on diagnostic labs, disease management, medical devices, long term care, surgery centers, health management, pharma, and biotechnology, among others.

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Leading Experts in this Study Group

Jan Hacker, Managing Partner, Oberender & PartnerJan Hacker

Managing Partner
Oberender & Partner
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Jan Hacker is the Managing Partner and Co-founder of Oberender & Partner, a leading Healthcare Consulting Company in Germany. Mr. Hacker has expertise in strategic hospital management and the development of market entry strategies for foreign companies. He is also a member of the board of EconoMedic...

Daniel Weiss, MD, President, Weiss Consulting Groups, Inc.Daniel Weiss, MD

President
Weiss Consulting Groups, Inc.
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Daniel Weiss, MD, FACC, is a Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologist with Florida Arrhythmia Consultants and the Founder and President of his own consultancy, Weiss Consulting Groups, which provides consultation services to the business world on medical topics and to medical drug and device startup companies....

Lyle Berkowitz, MD, Founder and Program Director, Szollosi Healthcare Innovation ProgramLyle Berkowitz, MD

Founder and Program Director
Szollosi Healthcare Innovation Program
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Lyle Berkowitz, MD, FHIMSS, is an Internal Medicine Physician and a healthcare innovator who was named one of the top "20 People Who Make Healthcare Better" by HealthLeaders Magazine in 2008. He is also the Founder of the Szollosi Healthcare Innovation Program and the President of Back 9 Healthcare...

Joe Atkins, RN, MBA, CNN, CHT

Chief Executive Officer
Medical Concepts & Innovations
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Joe Atkins, RN, MBA, CNN, CHT, is the Chief Executive Officer and Owner of Medical Concepts & Innovations. Mr. Atkins also works as a Dialysis Nurse. He serves as a Consultant for ESRD providers, manufacturers of dialysis supplies, and investment houses in New York and London. Mr. Atkins has set-up,...

Rochelle Pleskow, MS, HSA, Healthcare Consultant, Rochelle J Pleskow, MS,HSARochelle Pleskow, MS, HSA

Healthcare Consultant
Rochelle J Pleskow, MS,HSA
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Rochelle Pleskow is a senior health care professional with industry experience encompassing the clinical, business and technological perspectives of medicine, clinical practice protocols have been developed, and physician profiling report cards have been created as well as revenue streams with contract...

Josh Valdez, DBA

Owner/Consultant
The Right Way
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Josh Valdez, DBA, is Owner of The Right Way, a full service healthcare consulting organization. For the previous four years, Dr. Valdez served as the Senior Vice President of Health Care Management for WellPoint Pacific Zone, one of three Regions comprising WellPoint, Inc, the leading health planin...

Aemad Aslam, MBA

President
MindPharma
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Aemad Aslam, BPharm, MBA, RPh, is the President of MindPharma, a pharmacy and retail strategy consulting group. Most recently, he has consulted with a PBM, Prime Therapeutics, in Texas, a subsidiary of Blue Cross Blue Shield. He also has served as an Executive Team Leader for Pharmacy at the Target...

Richard Baland, Sole Proprietor, Richard Baland, CPARichard Baland

Sole Proprietor
Richard Baland, CPA
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Richard Baland is an Independent Healthcare Consultant. Previously, Mr. Baland was the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at Richardson Medical Center in Rayville, Louisiana. He has also served Lutheran Social Services (LSSS), Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation (YKHC), Texoma Womens...

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Novartis, Sleeping Giant Wakes-Up in China

November 6, 2009

Novartis to invest US$ 1 bn to build largest pharma R&D institute in China | www.pharmabiz.com

Novartis to grow its China presence, late.Novartis has a slow response to market opportunities.GlaxoSmithKline and other big pharma players are perhaps too large to compete in the world's changing markets.

It's Time for Health Care Reform--Not Just Health Insurance Reform!

October 30, 2009

The Health Care Reform Debate We Need | blog.nj.com

With so much emphasis on changing the health insurance system, the far greater need to change the delivery and financing of care has gotten relatively little mention, at least in the sound bites where most people receiving their daily news. We should not squander this once in a lifetime change for...

HIV/AIDS DRUG-INDUS BIOTECH

October 27, 2009

Indus Biotech develops drug to control HIV/AIDS | www.pharmabiz.com

This is indeed great news for HIV sufferers all over the world. Since the drug is derived from botanical sources, the cost will be within the reach of millions in the developing world. It will also help those infected with HIV in the developed world where the cost of conventional therapies are extremely...

The Holy Grail of Saving Lives and Saving Money Found to be Achievable--Again!

October 23, 2009

Hospital Collaborative Finds Sharing Data Saves Costs, Lives | www.healthleadersmedia.com

As the health care reform march continues to drone on in D.C., we continue to hear naysayers claim that saving money will result in losing lives. Once again, in the results of the most recent study from the Premier health care alliance's national collaborative, QUEST: High Performance Hospitals, the...

Health Insurers may have Sealed their own Fate

October 16, 2009

A Hatchet Job so Bad It's Good | www.nytimes.com

By relentlessly attacking the major provisions of the Senate Finance Bill which would appear to be serving as the template for compromise reform legislation at least capable of overcoming a Republican fillibuster, the health insurance industry may have done itself no favors. While at least givingthe...

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Members in this Study Group include these company types:

  • Consultancy, Healthcare-Focused
  • Consultancy, Pharma-Focused
  • Individual/Small Consultancy
  • Strategic Management
  • Academic Medical Center/Hospital or Clinic
  • Office Based Private Practice or Clinic
  • Healthcare IT Consultancy

Members in this Study Group often have these job titles:

  • President
  • Principal
  • Consultant
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Owner
  • Director
  • Managing Director
  • Physician - Attending Physician

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