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Healthcare Elsewhere | The Medical Tourism Show with John Cote

John Cote | Medical Tourism and Healthcare Advocate | Best Selling Authorwww.healthcareelsewhere.com
Healthcare Elsewhere is a medical tourism show in podcast format that shares the success stories of medical tourism patients. Host John Cote interviews Doctors, industry experts and patients worldwide to help educate people about the affordable and cutting edge options available globally. Many patients find that the cost, time frame or availability of a particular procedure is too expensive or not available in their country so they travel elsewhere to get their treatment. This can range from cosmetic procedures, to stem cell and cancer treatments or knee or hip replacement surgery as examples. Learn more at HEALTHCAREELSEWHERE.com
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Episodes

109: Linsey Hyatt Shares How Stem Cell Treatment had his son, Tucker Beau, Walk Back on his Feet Again

Linsey Hyatt shares the struggle of her son Tucker Beau who was diagnosed with Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis at the age of two. Prior to his diagnosis, Linsey and her husband, Todd, started to see some changes in their son. He would run extremely high temperatures, would get a rash all over his body and completely quits eating. Tucker Beau grew up with active arthritis in his hips, both knees and ankles, his elbow and both his wrists. At that time, he also developed fluid around his hea...

Jun 02, 201532 min

108: The Lifelong Battle of Sarah Hughes with Systemic Juvenile Arthritis and How Stem Cells Improved her Quality of Life

Fiona Cunningham shared the lifelong battle of her daughter Sarah Hughes with her illness that started when she was still an infant. Sarah lived normally when she was born but not until she turned 6 months old that they noticed lymph nodes on her legs while she was sitting up and crawling. Her temperatures at that time was at its peak and she started to get some rashes too. Fiona was advised by her sister to bring Sarah to Mayo Clinic which at 11-months old, Sarah was fully diagnosed to have Sys...

May 28, 201536 min

107: Utilizing Effective Methods to Treat Cancer by Dr. Gerhard Subenhuner and Martin Czaikowski

Dr. Gerhard Subenhuner from the German Medical Center located in Frankfurt, Germany was joined by Martin Czaikowski, who is the Vice Director of the German Cancer Society shares the breakthrough therapies and treatments they use in their country that is proven to be effective in treating various types of cancers. These include hyperthermia, insulin potentiation therapy, detoxification or a combination of each practiced only in Germany. Pharmacies in Germany are allowed to promote drugs and subst...

May 08, 201533 min

106: Empowering Women to Overcome MS through Active Living with Lisa Cohen

Lisa Cohen is the published author of the book called “Overcome The BS of MS: A 3-Step Plan For Women Living With Multiple Sclerosis” and the founder of Rockstar Women with MS. In 2001, Lisa was diagnosed with relapsing-remitting MS and at that point, her symptoms don't come and go. She experienced worsening physical impairments which made her daily activities more difficult to do. After much realization, Lisa has developed a "rockstar" mindset and believed that there are options to get better a...

Apr 15, 201533 min

105: Helping People Achieve their Path to Wellness with Dr. Robyn Benson

Dr. Robyn Benson is the Founder and CEO of Healthy Travelers Global Summit and the Founder of Santa Fe Soul Center for Optimal Health. She is also the author of the book called Healthy Traveler’s Guide: Retrain, Regain, and Renew Yourself – Eight Pathways to Smart and Conscious Travel. Her 23 years of medical experience and her travel quests into 70 different countries have changed her life and have brought the best of her skills and knowledge to every treatment she provides her patients. Her pa...

Mar 31, 201534 min

104: Improving Cellular Function Through High-Voltaged Magnetic Therapy with Pat Ziemer

Pat Ziemer is the Founder and CEO of Magna Wave Inc. which operates on a device called Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Field (PEMF) Therapy equipment for the last 10 years. This device has been widely used in Europe to treat humans for more than 30 years already. It is a device that creates a very strong magnetic field of about 1700-1900 Gauss which is basically stronger than any other MRI devices. These magnetic fields go into the tissue of the body which makes the cell wall more permeable allowing mor...

Mar 12, 201536 min

103: Helping Canadian Patients Receive Quality Healthcare in Latin America at an Affordable Cost with Pablo Castillo

Pablo Castillo is the Founder and CEO of Medbrick, a Montreal, Canada-based company which caters to Canadian patients wanting to receive healthcare specifically in Latin America. Canadians typically use their public system for their healthcare, however, in some cases, medical procedures are not covered by their system and these treatments are expensive if done in the private hospitals which could be very costly if paid out-of-pocket. This led to the founding of Medbrick 5 years ago to help patie...

Mar 05, 201535 min

102: Ken and Carol Purves Shares their Wonderful Experience in Mexico for their Dental Treatments

Ken and Carol Purves narrate their wonderful experience when they traveled down to Mexico to receive dental treatments. Their trip was facilitated by Dental Departures and were attended by Sani Dental Group in Los Algodones, which is basically just minutes away from the US border. In this episode, Ken and Carol shared about the extensive dental procedures they had which is way cheaper than what they could have in Canada or in the US. They have also taken into account how the dental staff of Sani...

Feb 27, 201536 min

101: Providing Dental Services to Patients to Gain Back their Confidence through their Smiles with Paul McTaggart

Paul McTaggart is the Founder and CEO of Dental Departures which is based in the United States facilitating dental services to patients allowing them the ability to travel to different countries to receive quality dental care at an affordable cost. Their objective in putting up Dental Departures was to make it easy for people to find quality global dentists at the most secure and most cost-effective way. Find out how Paul and his staff ensure an excellent overall experience for patients and help...

Feb 24, 201535 min

100: Dr. Cristy Kessler Shares How Stem Cell Transplant Saved Her Life After Being Diagnosed with 3 Rare Diseases

Dr. Cristy Kessler is a motivational speaker, author, a tenured professor in University of Hawaii and a survivor. For the first 26 years of her life, Dr. Kessler has been in chronic pain and fatigue and in 2007 she was diagnosed with three rare autoimmune diseases: scleroderma, ankylosing spondylitis, and vasculitis. She received several treatments and medications in the different hospitals in the US which, apparently, did not seem to be a success because they were only treating the symptoms not...

Feb 19, 201538 min

099: Exploring Exponential Technologies in Shaping the Future of Healthcare and Medicine with Dr. Michael Belich

This is the first episode of 2015 and Dr. Michael Belich has graced us with this interview wherein he shares his takeaways from his recently attended event called Exponential Medicine held in San Diego last November 9-12, 2014 at The Hotel Del Coronado. The Exponential Medicine event was basically a gathering of thought leaders in the field of science and technology and various organizations from across the globe whose vision and mission is to change our perception of technology and medicine and...

Feb 16, 201534 min

098: Jason Jordan Shares How Private Health Insurance Became Key to Access Proper Healthcare for His Wife in Germany

Jason Jordan is currently living in Germany where him and his wife are teachers in the Department of Defense School. In this episode, Jason shares the health challenges that his wife had faced during their first two years of living in Germany. Find out how their US provided private health insurance became the key for them to be able to get the healthcare they need for his wife.

Nov 17, 201435 min

097: Providing Patients an Experienced and Worry-Free Medical Assistance in Singapore with Chien-Wei Tan

Chien-Wei Tan is the Director of Ulink Assist based in Singapore which has been established and founded by his parents in 1996. Their experience in providing medical assistance has been one of the many reasons why patients have sought for their services for the past several years. With the thousands of patients that they have helped, patients are assured that their well-being are prioritized and any uncertainties are being removed. Find out how this experienced, independent assistance provider, ...

Nov 14, 201436 min

096: Quality and Affordable Dental Treatments in Cancun, Mexico with Antony DeSousa

Antony DeSousa is the Founder and CEO of Dental Destinations Cancun which is also an affiliate of Dentares located in Cancun, Mexico. Cancun has been know as a beautiful destination for vacation and travel and is also known to offer, not only, quality medical treatments but dental treatments as well at a very affordable cost. Because of their passion in providing quality dental treatments, Antony and his team of experienced dental experts have siginificantly changed the lives of their patients a...

Nov 06, 201431 min

094: Creating Patient Awareness on the Healthcare Services in Mexico with Servando Acuña

Servando Acuña is the President of Medical Tourism Association - Cancun. It was formed under ethical principles that basically helps create awareness to patients on the best available healthcare services in Mexico. They represent a group of healthcare institutions that aims to provide quality and certified care at an affordable cost.

Oct 30, 201435 min

093: Stem Cell Therapy to Treat Heart Diseases in the Bahamas with Dr. Todd Malan

Dr. Todd Malan is named as the Chief Cell Therapy Officer at the Okyanos Heart Institute based in the Bahamas. On October 2009, he pioneered the stem cell research utilizing the adipose or fat-derived stem cells to help breast reconstruction. For several years of clinical research, Dr. Todd Malan and his team was able to come up with the first stem cell-based procedure that treats advanced heart diseases using the patient’s own adipose-derived stem cells which are infused directly onto the heart...

Oct 27, 201436 min

092: Patient Advocate Offering Full-Medical Service to Patients in Guatemala with Lori Shea

Lori Shea is the Founder and CEO of Guatemala Medical Travel which started in 2009. She is an advocate to patients and assures them that they receive the finest medical care in Guatemala. They have spent many years in establishing a professional relationship with their network of educated, skilled and honest doctors and surgeons. Full-medical service and attention are provided to international patients by caring assistants from the initial consultation right through 100% recovery and voyage home...

Oct 23, 201435 min

091: John Koehn Shares How Stem Cell Treatment Has Improved the Cognitive Ability of His Brother with Autism

John Koehn is from Ames, Iowa and in this episode, he shares how his 16-year old brother with Autism, improved his cognitive ability through Stem Cell treatment. Prior to treatments, John's brother has low cognitive abilities i.e. no basic understanding of what time it is, no basic recognition of how many years there are in a year and has an IQ of 55. Her mother, on the other hand, made some research and started to talk to people in discussion groups and found out about stem cell treatments in G...

Oct 20, 201429 min

090: Helping People Get the Right Decision and Find the Right Doctor with Vasilica Baltateanu

Vasilica Baltatineau is tagged as the First Plastic Surgery Consulant in the Middle East. As a consultant, patients come to her and help them by providing information about any procedure that they think they might benefit from and makes sure that these patients are directed towards the best doctors or surgeons that will help them aesthetically. She provides experienced and neutral advice to patients to help them decide which path is ideal for them. She thoroughly and continuously performs resear...

Oct 16, 201434 min

089: Angela Chouaib Shares Her Positive Experience as a Medical Tourist that Led to the Founding of Her Own Cosmetic Surgery Company

Angela Chouaib is the Founder and CEO of Secret Surgery Ltd. In 2009 Angela had lost 10 stone through Gastric Bypass surgery and didn’t want to wait 2 years for the plastic surgery she need on the NHS. Angela then spent 3 to 4 months search out all the options, including surgery in the UK and abroad. She started to feel like a number in the whole process, encountering many ‘sharks’ and sales consultants before stumbling across a wonderful clinic in Poland who were prompt in responding, extremely...

Oct 14, 201436 min

088: Online Bidding Platform that Empowers Patients to Make Informed Choices with Dr. Sanjay Prasad #WMTCongress

Dr. Sanjay Prasad is the Founder and CEO of SurgiPrice located in Rockville, Maryland. They started in 2007 as a marketplace for patients to become empowered in coming up with an informed decision. By doing so, patients are empowered by providing them with data on quality, parameters, past experiences and outcomes that a certain surgeon has. They also provide patients with a multiple bundled bids from the company's network of elite surgeons and these transparencies aid patients in opting for a m...

Oct 10, 201425 min

087: Optimizing Patients' Health Using Stem Cells with Dr. Michael Belich and Anes Nicolao #WMTCongress

Dr. Michael Belich is one of the doctors of Regenerative Medicine in Autologous Stem Cell Technology (ASCT) and the principal doctor of Integrative Medical Clinics in Brisbane, Australia. He is also with Anes Nicolao who is the General Manager of ASCT. In ASCT, they optimize the patient's health before and after surgery which follows the usual methods of extracting stem cells from the body including bone marrow, adipose tissue and blood(PRP). They can also create pluripotent and multi-potent ste...

Oct 06, 201428 min

086: Tucson Dunn, CEO of Medicover, Shares About the Excellent and Cost-Effective Medical Care in their Hospital in Poland #WMTCongress

Tucson Dunn is the CEO of Medicover Hospital located in Warsaw, Poland. He was a former US Army Veteran and has had 20 years of International Healthcare Experience. Medicover is a 180-bed private general hospital which provides treatments including maternity, orthopedics, general surgery, and cardiology. They offer a full-type service to their international patients at a very reasonable and transparent pricing. Tucson chose Poland over the other countries he has been to because of the overall fr...

Oct 02, 201424 min

085: Promoting Poland as a Medical Tourism Destination with Magdalena Rutkowska #WMTCongress

Magdalena Rutkowska is a very experienced medical facilitator from Warsaw, Poland who runs her own company called Medical Travel Europe. She was hired by the Polish government to help promote Poland as a destination for medical tourism. She was appointed to become a representative of one of the company who is in the Consortium who are promoting in behalf of the Ministry of Economy Polish Medical Tourism which runs a 3-year program targeted at 7 market countries including United States, UK, Germa...

Oct 01, 201429 min

084: An Effective and Life Saving Approach to Cancer Treatment in Mexico with Bill Mansell #WMTCongress

Bill Mansell is the Director of Admissions at Sanoviv Medical Institute located at Rosarito Beach, Baja California, Mexico. It is a fully licensed hospital with cutting edge facilities and they are accredited by the Institute for Functional Medicine. They offer a holistic and integrative approach to help treat a certain disease and elevate one's immune system to make sure that the disease will not come back.In this episode, Bill shared a story of a mother who is a lung cancer patient from Canada...

Sep 27, 201432 min

083: A World-Class, Affordable, and Best Quality Healthcare in Cayman Islands with Dr. Chandy Abraham

Dr. Chandy Abraham is the Medical Director of Health City Cayman Islands which recently opened its doors to local and international patients last April 2014. They are composed of medical professionals who provide high quality and world-class services and offers excellence in several surgical procedures. They are currently working on their accreditation by the Joint Commission International (JCI) and envisions to provide care in all specialties in their state-of-the-art hospital. Find out how Dr....

Sep 24, 201433 min

082: Educating Medical Professionals and Patients About Stem Cell Advancements in Addressing a Wide Variety of Medical Issues with Dr. Ernesto Gutierrez

Dr. Ernesto Gutierrez is the President and Medical Director of World Stem Cells Clinic which is the stand-alone stem cell research center based in Cancun, Mexico where novel autologous stem cell therapeutic applications are being developed since 2010. They aim to provide advancements in the field of regenerative medicine, particularly stem cell therapy, to improve the patient's quality and quantity of life. Dr. Gutierrez and his team are very much committed in moving a step further and improving...

Sep 18, 201440 min

081: Providing Surgical Weight-loss Solutions to Individuals Suffering from Obesity with Debra Simons

Debra Simons is the Founder and CEO of Weight No More Consulting Ltd which started in 2011 and is based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Years back, Debra has always had concerns about her weight and had suffered from obesity wherein she acquired Type 2 diabetes. This incident led her to a decision to travel down to Mexico and receive a weight-loss surgery with one of the top bariatric surgeons in Tijuana - Dr. Jaime Ponce de Leon. Discover how this surgery has changed the life of Debra and h...

Sep 15, 201436 min

080: Evolutionary Concepts of Medicine as a Cure for the Epidemics of Chronic Diseases with James Maskell - Part Two

James Maskell is the Founder and CEO of Revive Primary Care and also the Founder of The Evolution of Medical Summit. The summit is basically a gathering of some of the world's trusted leaders in healthcare who act as agents of change and have a specific set of vision for a more evolved healthcare system. He envisions that medicine will be seen differently by both patients and healthcare practitioners over the next decades to come and how it can affect us in general. He believes that it is import...

Sep 10, 201437 min
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