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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What is the International Medical Travel Association? As the fast-growing sectors of Global Healthcare and Medical Travel begin to influence industry professionals as well as patients, there are often more questions than answers. International providers want to know more about Quality Assurance, liability issues, and how to attract patients to their facilities. Healthcare consumers are concerned about malpractice, continuity of care and a host of timely issues. We at IMTA are here to help address these important topics and help connect providers, patients, employers, insurers and third party brokers. Now in our third year of service, our membership base is growing to form a robust group of early adopters, who will emerge as tomorrow’s leaders on the Global Healthcare landscape. Why should I join IMTA? As an IMTA member you have an opportunity to be associated with the most respected single voice in medical travel and global healthcare, to network at the ground level with industry leaders, and to form meaningful working relationships in this rapidly rising sector. For the many practical benefits to joining IMTA, please visit our Member Info page.
Where is IMTA headquartered? The IMTA is registered in As a non-profit organization, how are IMTA activities funded? All IMTA activities are financed by membership subscription fees and other sources deemed fit by the IMTA Board and Executive Committee. Can anyone join IMTA? Whether an organization or an individual, you are welcome to join our growing member base and contribute to the dialog. For more information on joining IMTA, please visit our Members page. What are the costs to join IMTA? Costs vary, depending upon the type of organization. Please see our Members page for costs of joining IMTA
How do I sign up? You can easily join IMTA by completing our Membership Application. If you would like further information before joining, please contact us at info@intlmta.org, call (65) 6831 3505 (
OUR BOARD AND STAFF
PRESIDENT
VICE PRESIDENT Julie Munro has been a leader in setting standards and encouraging best practices for international patients since 2003. Ms Munro is a popular speaker on international patient management and the patient experience, and conducts workshops and seminars on medical travel. Her successful business ventures include a publishing company, and international marketing and research services in
SECRETARY Dr Mounes Kalaawi is a co-founder, partner, member of the Board of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer of Clemenceau Medical Center, a newly established state-of-the-art facility in Beirut. CMC has succeeded in reaching a long-term affiliation with Johns Hopkins Medicine in the United States in the establishment and administrative set-up of the facility, as well collaboration in providing clinical services and continuing medical education. Dr. Kalaawi has 22 years of surgical experience, trained and certified by the Royal Colleges of Surgeons in
Dr Yap's broad-based experience includes positions in medical informatics and health care e-portals, public health policy, healthcare facility operations, and a stint as Press Secretary to the Health Minister. He has played key roles in major healthcare changes in the past decade, including setting up the first comprehensive personalized patient portal in
George “Skip” Brickley, the producer of industry leading business to business conferences and tradeshows, focused on consumer healthcare, including the National Conference on Healthcare Consumerism, the Health Care Globalization Summit, The Medical Travel & Consumer Health Expos, and the Health 3.0 Summit. Mr Brickley leads a management team that has successfully executed their business model of providing the leading platforms for exploring and understanding how the convergence of consumerism, economics, policy and technologies are transforming the delivery cost and quality of healthcare in the U.S. and globally since 1993. Mr Brickley has produced over 100 conferences and tradeshows in ten vertical industries, proven the concept of the digital marketplace through the launch of several community-building web sites, and expanded internationally with production of several events in Europe and Latin America. He is also an advisor to several industry organizations and leaders.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER  Dr. Gerst holds an M.D. and Masters in Public Health from Columbia University in New York and an M.B.A. from the Goizuetta School of Business at Emory University where he has also been a Adjunct Professor. His past roles have been as a Senior HealthCare Consultant and Regional Medical Director for what is now PricewaterhouseCoopers,LLP and was previously President/CEO of the PPO Division for Columbia/HCA-'The Healthcare Company' where he built the first nationwide PPO. Prior to that, he was a healthcare consultant to SunHealth, Inc. and was Assistant Vice President of Crawford & Company, the nation's largest workers compensation claims administrator and insurance adjusting firm. Dr. Gerst is a Board Certified Diplomat in the American College of Healthcare Executives ('CHE') and is currently completing both a Doctorate in Business Administration (Finance) and Masters in Taxation at the Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship where he has recently published a chapter in a new textbook on International Business and Finance (Nova Science Publishers, NY).
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER Julian Gregory is Managing Director of Panacea Publishing. In 2005, he formed Panacea Publishing International Limited and led the management buyout of Business Traveller magazine from Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC. Mr Gregory has been in the media and events industry for many years, and prior to his current position, was Business Development Director of one of Euromoney’s businesses. Currently, Mr Gregory is also a Director of Nelson Media Limited. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER Ruben Toral is a recognized authority in medical tourism and healthcare globalization. Formerly Group Marketing Director for Bumrungrad International, Mr Toral was instrumental in positioning Mr Toral is the Chairman of the Healthcare Globalization Summit, and serves as an advisor to the Joint Commission International Task Force on Globalization, and Consumer Health World. He is a noted speaker on medical tourism and globalization, and his insights appear in major travel and business publications. Originally from the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER
Josef Woodman is President of the Healthy Travel Media Company and author of Patients Beyond Borders. He spent more than three years touring 100 medical facilities in 14 countries, researching contemporary medical tourism. As co-founder of MyDailyHealth and Ventana Communications, Mr Woodman’s pioneering background in health, wellness and Web technology has allowed him to compile a wealth of information about global health travel, telemedicine, and new developments in consumer and institutional medical care. He serves on the Advisory Board of the Global Healthcare Summit, and as Program Co-Chairman of the Global Healthcare Congress ’09. With recent speaking appearances at
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER With 20 years of exposure in the healthcare industry, Dr Ming-Yen Wu currently serves as consultant to the Ministry of Health, where he is responsible for planning and coordinating efforts to promote medical travel to |
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President's Statement (con't)
VISION STATEMENT
“The IMTA seeks to represent the interests of medical travelers and the medical travel industry including both healthcare providers and those who facilitate medical travel. As global healthcare choices expand, patients will increasingly travel across the world for access to better and more affordable healthcare. The International Medical Travel Association works to promote and protect the safety and well-being of patients through the development of industry networks, creation and distribution of knowledge, sharing of best practices, establishment of standards, and eventually accreditation with industry self-regulation.” |
