Vasilica Baltatineau is tagged as the First Plastic Surgery Consulant in the Middle East. As a consultant, patients come to her and help them by providing information about any procedure that they think they might benefit from and makes sure that these patients are directed towards the best doctors or surgeons that will help them aesthetically. She provides experienced and neutral advice to patients to help them decide which path is ideal for them.

She thoroughly and continuously performs research on doctors who would best attend to the needs of the patients before she vets them out. Find out how Vasilica  has helped several patients lessen their costs and time in sorting out the best information and doctors.

Angela Chouaib is the Founder and CEO of Secret Surgery Ltd. In 2009 Angela had lost 10 stone through Gastric Bypass surgery and didn’t want to wait 2 years for the plastic surgery she need on the NHS. Angela then spent 3 to 4 months search out all the options, including surgery in the UK and abroad.

She started to feel like a number in the whole process, encountering many ‘sharks’ and sales consultants before stumbling across a wonderful clinic in Poland who were prompt in responding, extremely courteous and actually understood her needs as a patient.

In April 2010, after much deliberation, Angela went to Poland to have her tummy tuck – she booked on the understanding that she wasn’t fully committed to having any procedures until she met with the surgeon and enjoyed a good look around the hospital to check that everything was as it said it would be on the website; which it was! Angela felt like royalty and was treated like a VIP from start to finish. It was so good she returned 1 month later for a breast reduction and uplift.

Angela then realized that still no one offered a packaged holiday solution to the UK market; thus, Secret Surgery Limited was founded. Angela decided to build the business not to exploit the market, but to help the millions of people that couldn't afford surgery in the UK and were attracted to the competitive prices offered in Poland. For those frightened to travel abroad on their own like she did, or want a hassle free alternative, Secret Surgery was her idea for ‘one stop shop’ – a ready-made, hassle-free solution to affordable, exemplary cosmetic surgery abroad.

Dr. Sanjay Prasad is the Founder and CEO of SurgiPrice located in Rockville, Maryland. They started in 2007 as a marketplace for patients to become empowered in coming up with an informed decision. By doing so, patients are empowered by providing them with data on quality, parameters, past experiences and outcomes that a certain surgeon has. They also provide patients with a multiple bundled bids from the company's network of elite surgeons and these transparencies aid patients in opting for a more experienced surgeon at an affordable and reasonable cost. Discover more how Dr. Prasad and his team are very much passionate and committed in providing excellent patient care and helping them attain the value that they deserve.

This interview was recorded at the World Medical Tourism Congress in Washington D.C. where John was a featured speaker in September

Dr. Michael Belich is one of the doctors of Regenerative Medicine in Autologous Stem Cell Technology (ASCT) and the principal doctor of Integrative Medical Clinics in Brisbane, Australia. He is also with Anes Nicolao who is the General Manager of ASCT. In ASCT, they optimize the patient's health before and after surgery which follows the usual methods of extracting stem cells from the body including bone marrow, adipose tissue and blood(PRP). They can also create pluripotent and multi-potent stem cells that can be directed into different cell lines.

Discover more about the common types of diseases that they treat using stem cells and what protocols they follow to ensure safety among patients who seek for their help.

This interview was recorded at the World Medical Tourism Congress in Washington D.C. where John was a featured speaker in September 2014.

Tucson Dunn is the CEO of Medicover Hospital located in Warsaw, Poland. He was a former US Army Veteran and has had 20 years of International Healthcare Experience. Medicover is a 180-bed private general hospital which provides treatments including maternity, orthopedics, general surgery, and cardiology. They offer a full-type service to their international patients at a very reasonable and transparent pricing.

Tucson chose Poland over the other countries he has been to because of the overall friendliness of the people and the safe and excellent medical care in the country. They also boast of quality hospitals, facilities and quality hospital staff as well. Discover more about why Poland is making waves in the medical tourism industry and why many international patients are traveling there to receive medical treatment.

This interview was recorded at the World Medical Tourism Congress in Washington D.C. where John was a featured speaker in September 2014.

Magdalena Rutkowska is a very experienced medical facilitator from Warsaw, Poland who runs her own company called Medical Travel Europe. She was hired by the Polish government to help promote Poland as a destination for medical tourism. She was appointed to become a representative of one of the company who is in the Consortium who are promoting in behalf of the Ministry of Economy Polish Medical Tourism which runs a 3-year program targeted at 7 market countries including United States, UK, Germany, Russia, Scandinavia among others. Find out more in this episode how Magdalena takes part in helping  Poland attract more international patients to experience their high quality - low cost treatments in their well-equipped medical facilities. 

This interview was recorded at the World Medical Tourism Congress in Washington D.C. where John was a featured speaker in September 

Bill Mansell is the Director of Admissions at Sanoviv Medical Institute located at Rosarito Beach, Baja California, Mexico. It is a fully licensed hospital with cutting edge facilities and they are accredited by the Institute for Functional Medicine. They offer a holistic and integrative approach to help treat a certain disease and elevate one's immune system to make sure that the disease will not come back.

In this episode, Bill shared a story of a mother who is a lung cancer patient from Canada who underwent a series of medical treatments locally. At a certain point during her treatment, the doctor told her to set her affairs in order and plan for her funeral because there was nothing more they could do to treat her. She sought help online and found Sanoviv where she was placed under the Intensive Cancer Program which shrank her tumor by 80% in a very short time.

Find out in detail what the multi-pronged and aggressive approach Sanoviv uses to help treat patients with cancer and other diseases.

This interview was recorded at the World Medical Tourism Congress in Washington D.C. where John was a featured speaker in September 2014.

Dr. Chandy Abraham is the Medical Director of Health City Cayman Islands which recently opened its doors to local and international patients last April 2014. They are composed of medical professionals who provide high quality and world-class services and offers excellence in several surgical procedures. They are currently working on their accreditation by the Joint Commission International (JCI) and envisions to provide care in all specialties in their state-of-the-art hospital. Find out how Dr. Chandy Abraham and his team of professionals work on reducing costs to medical care and administer transparencies to pricing without losing the quality in their healthcare services. 

Dr. Ernesto Gutierrez is the President and Medical Director of World Stem Cells Clinic which is the stand-alone stem cell research center based in Cancun, Mexico where novel autologous stem cell therapeutic applications are being developed since 2010. They aim to provide advancements in the field of regenerative medicine, particularly stem cell therapy, to improve the patient's quality and quantity of life. Dr. Gutierrez and his team are very much committed in moving a step further and improving their procedures and methods to address a wide variety of medical conditions. He is also passionate about training and developing medical professionals by allowing them to visit, learn and participate in World Stem Cells Clinic's state-of-the-art laboratory and research facility. 

Debra Simons is the Founder and CEO of Weight No More Consulting Ltd which started in 2011 and is based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Years back, Debra has always had concerns about her weight and had suffered from obesity wherein she acquired Type 2 diabetes. This incident led her to a decision to travel down to Mexico and receive a weight-loss surgery with one of the top bariatric surgeons in Tijuana - Dr. Jaime Ponce de Leon. Discover how this surgery has changed the life of Debra and how she used this first-hand experience to help change the lives of other individuals suffering from obesity.