Patients from Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa are drawn to Israel's quality healthcare services.

California based Global Medical Excellence (GME) sets a new benchmark. Innovative arrangement with U.S doctors to treat U.S patients in International Hospitals of U.S. quality standards. GME patients to pay less than 25% of the U.S. cost of surgery.

At Marina Plastic Surgery Associates in Los Angeles, plastic surgeons Dr. Grant Stevens and Dr. David Stoker have seen a rise in the number of patients outside of the United States who want to travel to their practice for cosmetic surgery.

Irving Stackpole, President of Brookline-based Stackpole & Associates, presented a workshop on "Marketing to International Patients" at the First International Congress of Medical Tourism on November 4-6, 2009

"Experts are alarmed that Americans are not making informed decisions when it comes to medical travel."

Looking for savings but unwilling to sacrifice quality American patients shift toward a new medical travel destination- Poland.

Team of healthcare professionals and Internet-savvy marketers establish unique call centre service to help market medical tourism facilities around the world.

It has been reported,last year more than 150 000 patients decided to travel for more affordable treatment. Investors see medical travel sector as a lucrative business opportunity and for bigger market share and profit the quality often suffers.