Fertility
Interview with IMS Global's Ira Nissel
Posted December 28th, 2007 by David WilliamsI spoke recently with Ira Nissel, CEO of IMS Global, a medical tourism company based in Israel. Israel is home to some of the most modern medical centers in the world and the country's physicians and scientists are known for medical breakthroughs.
IMS Global has three divisions. One focuses on fertility, another on children and the third on adults. The company works will all of the internationally known medical centers in Israel and provides end-to-end service. Patients are coming from all over the world including the US, Europe, and the former Soviet Union.
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Interview with Dr. W C Cheng, founder of Singapore's Thomson Medical Centre (transcript)
Posted August 14th, 2007 by David WilliamsDavid Williams: This is David Williams, CEO of MedTripInfo.com. I visited the Thomson Medical Centre in Singapore recently and had the pleasure of meeting Dr. W.C. Cheng, who founded Thomson in 1979 and has seen it become Singapore's leading private health care provider for women and children.
Interview with KK Women's and Children's Chong Pik Wan (transcript)
Posted August 8th, 2007 by David WilliamsInterview with KK Women's and Children's Chong Pik Wan
Posted August 8th, 2007 by David WilliamsDavid E. Williams: Hello, this is David E. Williams, CEO MedTripInfo. Today I toured KK Women's and Children's Hospital, a 900-bed tertiary care facility in Singapore. After a tour of the facility, which matches anything I've seen in the US in terms of physical plant and creature comforts, I sat down to speak with Chong Pik Wan, the hospital's Director of International Medical Services, in order to learn more about KK's OB and fertility services, and their relevance for medical travelers.
Medical Tourism for Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD)
Posted August 3rd, 2007 by Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei
Medical Tourism for Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD)
Reprinted from Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei's Eye on DNA blog
All parents want to protect their children from harm especially when it comes to serious illnesses. For families who have a history of inherited diseases, there is now the option of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) where one cell is taken from an early stage embryo and genetically screened for the disease-causing mutation. Currently, PGD can be performed for a long list of diseases including Huntington’s disease, breast cancer, neurofibromatosis, cystic fibrosis, and polycystic kidney disease.
