If your business is plagued by rising healthcare costs in the U.S., this meeting is for you. The 4th Annual International Medical Travel Summit, hosted at the Los Suenos Marriot Ocean & Golf Resort located just north of Jaco, on Costa Rica’s beautiful Pacific coast. This year’s summit is hosted by The Costa Rican Tourism Board (ICT), the Council for International Promotion of Costa Rican Medicine (PROMED), and The World Institute of Surgical Excellence, who is serving as the Public Relations Partner.

1. The 4th Annual
International Medical Travel Summit
Date: April 24th–26th, 2013 Location: Los Suenos Ocean & Golf Resort, Pacific Coast of Costa Rica
Hosted By:
 PROMED Council for International Promotion of Costa Rican Medicine
 ICT The Costa Rican Tourism Board
 WISE The World Institute of Surgical Excellence
You’re invited to join us for the 4th Annual International Medical Travel Summit, hosted at the Los Suenos
Marriot Ocean & Golf Resort located just north of Jaco, on Costa Rica’s beautiful Pacific coast. This year’s
summit is hosted by The Costa Rican Tourism Board (ICT), the Council for International Promotion of Costa
Rican Medicine (PROMED), and The World Institute of Surgical Excellence, who is serving as the Public
Relations Partner.
Attending the Summit will allow you gain first-hand knowledge and experience of Costa Rica’s remarkable
private healthcare system and WISE’s network of providers that offer superior care at a fraction of the cost,
when compared to the cost of the exact same procedures in the United States. WISE allows insurance
companies, self-insured companies, third party administrators, U.S. physicians, unions, and state, trade and
professional associations to provide a better healthcare experience for their policy holders, employees, clients,
patients and members all while getting to recover in a tropical paradise, being treated like royalty with the care
they deserve and getting to save dramatically in the process. Come and see it for yourself!

2. Speakers
The Summit will have speaking events conducted by many of the most influential individuals within the industry
of medical tourism. Some of this year’s speakers will include:
 Past President of Costa Rica: Jose Maria Figueres
 Costa Rican Minister of Health: Dr. Daisy
Corrales
 Costa Rican Minister of Tourism: Allan Flores
 Costa Rican Foreign Investment Agency: Irving
Soto
 World Institute of Surgical Excellence:
Management Team
 University of Montreal
 North Texas Heart Center
 And Many Others!
Topics of Interests
All current topics of interest surrounding medical tourism and Costa Rica’s unparalleled healthcare system will
be addressed during the speaking events, workshops and breakout sessions that will take place during the
summit. Some of the topics of interest include:
 Opportunities Facing the Problems of the US Healthcare System
 The Expectations of US Patients
 Risk, Responsibilities & Insurance in Medical Tourism
 Medical Tourism for Corporations: Opportunities and Challenges
 Marketing in Medical Tourism
 Innovation and Health: New Procedures to
Solve Health Problems
 Medical Travel and the US Perspective
(WISE’s Topic of Interest)
 Retirement in Costa Rica
 And Many More!

3. There will be ample opportunity to network, mix and mingle in a beautiful setting with leaders and executives
from all types of companies and providers that
have a strong stake in medical tourism.
Additionally, there will be guided, individuals tours
of the major provider facilities within the WISE
network in Costa Rica. Therefore, giving you all of
the information, time and experience you need to
make the prudent decision to include medical travel
with WISE and Costa Rica’s wonderful healthcare
in your benefits plan, practice, or breadth of
services.
Email MedicalTravelSummit@WiseMDs.com today to reserve your place at The 4th Annual International
Medical Travel Summit with a special registration price of only $450. Register today as there are limited seats
available.
When reserving your place at the Summit, please include your:
 Name
 Phone number
 Company, practice or association name
 Email
 State