2023-08-11 14:02:15
It is the main stage of medical tourism in Central America and the Caribbean, to be held in the Dominican Republic.
It is a meeting of multi-sector leaders focused on innovation, education, local and international public-private synergies, and business and project development.
The organizers of the 6th International Congress of Health and Wellness TourismDr. Alejandro Cambiaso, president of the Dominican Association of Health Tourism (ADTS) and Amelia Reyes Mora, president of AF Comunicación Estratégica, announced the details of the agenda of the great event, which will take place on November 1 and 2 2023, at the JW Marriott Hotel, in Santo Domingo.
The meeting, which will have more than 40 exhibitors, is the main scenario for medical tourism in Central America and the Caribbean, which is characterized by being a meeting of multisectoral leaders focused on innovation, investment, education, sustainable tourism, local public-private synergies and international and the development of businesses and projects.
Dr. Daniel Rivera, Minister of Public Health and Social Assistance, will offer the opening remarks. The program of the activity will have two master lectures, offered by the Minister of Tourism David Collado, with Innovative Strategies for the positioning of a destination, given the Dominican experience of success in the tourism sector during the pandemic and the second will present the results of the second Study and Diagnosis of Health Tourism by Dr. Alejandro Cambiaso, president of the ADTS.
The agenda is made up of different discussion panels that will address: Opportunities in Latin America as a Health Tourism Hub, moderated by Dr. Javier Potes, general manager of the Mexican Hospital Consortium; Challenges for the training and recruitment of human capital in the health and tourism sectors, moderated by Amelia Reyes Mora, president-vice president of AF Comunicación Estratégica and the Dominican Association of Health Tourism (ADTS); How new technologies drive the health sector?, with Fedor Vidal, CEO of Arium Digital Health, as moderator.
Likewise, from the financial sector, a Panel on Tourism and Health will be presented, a pairing to promote the economy and sustainable development, with Javier Tejada, president of United Capital, as moderator and including as panelists Samuel Pereyra, general administrator of Banreservas, Steven Puig , president of Banco BHD, René Grullón, Senior Executive Vice President of Banco Popular Dominicano and Felipe Amador, CEO of Advanced.
Likewise, other topics will be: How to innovate and improve the patient experience in the health sector and medical tourism?, moderated by Dr. Rodolfo Núñez Musa, Caribbean Health TPA medical director, Local regulations and international accreditations, moderated by Bill Cook, director business development and marketing at Global Healthcare Accreditation.
In addition, new opportunities for wellness and retirement tourism will be discussed, with the participation as moderator David Llibre, president of ASONAHORES; as well as the Dominican health offer to the world, moderated by Dr. Arnaldo Espaillat, medical director of the Espaillat Cabral Institute.
Other prominent panelists include Dr. José Natalio Redondo, president of Grupo Rescue, Dr. Héctor Sánchez Navarro, deputy director general of the Hospital Metropolitano de Santiago and director of Full Meta, Dr. Sergio Guzmán, president of the Dominican Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Aesthetics, Dr. Virginia Laureano, president of the Dominican College of Dentists, Carlos Prato, president of IMG Hospital, Dr. José López, medical vice president of the Central Romana Medical Center, Odil Camilo, UNIBE rector.
Likewise, Dr. Eddy Pérez-Then, Director of the O&M School of Medicine and José David Montilla, Vice Minister of Digital Agenda; Víctor Rojas, Executive Vice President of Seguros Reservas, Lorenzo Ramírez, General Director of INDOCAL, Joaquín Toribio, CEO of MacroTech, Dr. Juan Gerardo Mesa, Director of Licensing and Accreditations Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance, Laura Porcella, Ambassador of the Hospital for Special Surgery, among others.
From the tourism sector will be Rafael Blanco Canto, advisor to the Ministry of Tourism, Yudit Rodríguez, president of the Santo Domingo Hotel Association and Flavio Acuña, vice president of the Ibero-American Wellness Tourism Association, delegate of the American SPA Association.
Also noteworthy is the intervention of Dr. Rafael Lantigua, vice dean of Columbia University and specialist physician at New York-Presbyterian Hospital; Dr. Roosevelt Fajardo Gómez, Head of Continuing Medical Education at Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá.
The long-awaited event will have an outstanding participation of renowned international experts: Elizabeth Ziemba, from Temos International, Theodoro Constantinau, general manager of The Panama Clinic; Dr. María Fernanda Valencia Gamba, director of the International Office of Colombia, Clínica Imbanaco and Grupo Quironsalud and Mario López Salguero, president of the Health Tourism Cluster of Guatemala and Antonio Acosta-Rua, representative for Latin America of the ACHC International Accreditation .
This international congress seeks to highlight the competitive advantages that the country has as a tourism leader in the region. In its last two editions, it has brought together more than 800 participants and around 70 local exhibitors and from Canada, Costa Rica, the United States, India, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Panama, Spain, Colombia and the Caribbean islands and more than 110 sponsors. .
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