Dear Attendee,

Medical tourism is a rapidly growing industry that is changing healthcare worldwide. As the prices of healthcare services soar in North America and Europe, more and more individuals, governments, health insurance companies, employers, and administrators are realizing the financial savings and quality of care involved in sending patients to hospitals and healthcare providers in other countries.
Every year millions of people travel outside of their home country for healthcare. Over the next several years this number will grow significantly.

Costa Rica, already considered one of the top medical tourism destinations of the Americas, is in prime position to take advantage of this trend. With a reputation for peace and stability, a fantastic tourism infrastructure already receiving more than two million visitors a year, and a medical system ranked amongst the best in the world Costa Rica has it all.

With our conference, we will be uniting the public and private sectors to work together to promote and
educate about health tourism in Costa Rica. This event is meant for international and Costa Rican organizations to create new relationships and contacts in the area of medical tourism, as well as to learn how to properly implement medical tourism into the end-user’s budgets and health insurance plans with success. Our event includes speeches, seminars, and networking opportunities involving government officials, hospital representatives, healthcare providers, insurance professionals, employers, and medical tourism experts. Additionally, attendees have the opportunity to tour local medical facilities, and see how medical tourism works first-hand.

We look forward to your participation!

Dr. Jorge Cortés
Chairman of the Board
PROMED

Dr. Rafael Porras
Administrative Director
Association of Dental Surgeons

Dr. Hugo Villegas del Carpio
Medical Director
Hospital CIMA

Dra. Jacqueline Peraza
Director of the Rehabilitation
Costa Rica Ministry of Health